Class Action

  • July 25, 2024

    NCAA, Schools Want Out Of Suit Fighting Trans Eligibility

    As a private organization, the NCAA cannot be sued for violating an athlete's Title IX rights and should be dropped from the proposed class action that seeks to overturn its transgender athletes eligibility rules, the NCAA has told a Georgia federal court.

  • July 25, 2024

    Samsung Might Not Control Face App Data, Ill. Judge Rules

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday threw out a putative class action alleging facial-recognition technology in an application on Samsung smartphones and tablets violates the state's privacy law, saying while the company controls the app and its technology, there's no claim it receives the app's data or even has access to it.

  • July 25, 2024

    GSK To Remove '100% Natural' Chapstick Labels To End Suit

    A class of consumers is asking a California federal judge for approval of a settlement to end claims that chapstick made and sold by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (US) LLC and Pfizer Inc. was deceptively marketed as "100% Natural."

  • July 25, 2024

    Morgan & Morgan Pushes To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims

    Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, unit wants a Georgia deputy sheriff's malpractice case sent to arbitration, saying he signed a representation agreement with the firm related to a back injury case that included an arbitration clause.

  • July 25, 2024

    Foley Hoag Hit With Overtime Wage Suit By NY Support Tech

    A former support technician at Foley Hoag LLP accused the firm of "egregious violations of wage and hour laws" in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court.

  • July 25, 2024

    Via Renewables Investor Sues In Chancery Over Buyout Deal

    A former common stockholder of Via Renewables Inc. has sued the Houston energy company's board members and controlling stockholders in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging they breached their fiduciary duties in connection with a June 13 buyout that took the company private.

  • July 25, 2024

    Vanguard Opposes Investors' Cert. Bid In Tax Liability Suit

    A group of investors accusing Vanguard of violating its fiduciary duties by triggering a sell-off of assets that left smaller investors with massive tax bills shouldn't be granted class certification, the asset manager told a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • July 25, 2024

    Fisher-Price, Mattel Ink $19M Deal Over Recalled Baby Sleeper

    Fisher-Price and parent company Mattel asked a Buffalo federal judge for preliminary approval for a $19 million payment to settle a class action over a recalled baby sleeper that a group of consumers claims was falsely advertised as safe.

  • July 25, 2024

    Rising Star: Tycko & Zavareei's Annick M. Persinger

    Annick M. Persinger of Tycko & Zavareei LLP has served as lead class counsel for a $22.5 million deal with StubHub over hidden ticket fees, a $38 million settlement with Rodan & Fields, a multimillion-dollar settlement with insurance companies over allegations that they failed to pay people the full value of their totaled vehicles, and other high-profile consumer class actions, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2024

    Manufacturer Dodges Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit, For Now

    An Illinois federal judge threw out two workers' lawsuit accusing a manufacturing company of saddling its $1.6 billion retirement plan with excessive recordkeeping and administrative fees, but left the door open for them to revise their complaint.

  • July 24, 2024

    Google, Ill. Parents Reach Deal In Grade School BIPA Dispute

    Google and parents who accused the tech giant of illegally harvesting their grade school daughters' biometric data have reached a settlement in the putative class action and want the suit sent back to state court to finalize the agreement, they have told an Illinois federal judge.

  • July 24, 2024

    Eggland's Best Accused Of Lying About Hens' 'Pleasant' Digs

    Egg brand Eggland's Best was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers by describing living conditions for certain laying hens as "pleasant" when in reality those chickens allegedly "live in typical factory farming conditions."

  • July 24, 2024

    Even With Deal, Athletes Still Fighting For Share Of NCAA Pie

    College athletes suing for a cut of NCAA television revenue in Colorado federal court have stressed that they will continue to litigate even if the settlement of a massive class action over name, image and likeness rights in California receives court approval.

  • July 24, 2024

    Meme Stock Investor Opposes Robinhood Settlement For Now

    A meme stock investor on Wednesday urged a Florida federal judge to deny a settlement between Robinhood and other traders who say they sustained losses when the exchange restricted trading of certain stocks during a social media fueled run, since he says he hasn't received any details on the deal.

  • July 24, 2024

    Intelsat Insider Trading Claims Don't Connect, 9th Circ. Rules

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of claims accusing satellite company Intelsat stakeholders of insider trading, saying the suing hedge funds did not properly plead that the shareholders possessed material nonpublic information at the time of their trades.

  • July 24, 2024

    Naval Engineers Urge 4th Circ. To Revive No-Poach Suit

    A pair of former naval engineers have urged the Fourth Circuit to revive their proposed class action accusing military shipbuilding contractors and related firms of using secret "no-poach" agreements, saying their suit was wrongly ruled untimely amid a cover-up of the alleged scheme.

  • July 24, 2024

    IPhone Users Push For Apple Docs On Korea, EU App Stores

    Plaintiffs in the ongoing App Store antitrust suit are accusing Apple of stonewalling their effort to obtain documents detailing procompetitive changes the company made to the online marketplace in South Korea and Europe, saying the tech giant won't turn over the information because it'd undermine Apple's core defense.

  • July 24, 2024

    Chemical Co. Settles Ex-Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit

    Chemical company Univar Solutions USA Inc. has agreed to resolve a proposed class action claiming it let its employee 401(k) plan pay unreasonably high administrative fees and cost workers millions of dollars in retirement savings, according to a filing Wednesday in Illinois federal court.

  • July 24, 2024

    6th Circ. Floats Remand Of Geico Agent Misclassification Suit

    The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday pressed Geico about plan documents reviewed by a lower court when it tossed agents' claims they were misclassified as independent contractors, floating the possibility of sending the case back for limited discovery.

  • July 24, 2024

    GM Drops 6th Circ. Faulty Fuel Pump Appeal

    The Sixth Circuit won't hear an appeal by General Motors, which initially sought to decertify seven state classes of diesel truck drivers who claimed GM sold them faulty fuel pumps, after the automaker voluntarily pulled back its bid as the parties inch closer to a $50 million deal.

  • July 24, 2024

    EV Co. Scores Initial OK On $13M Deal To End Investor Suits

    A Colorado federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $13.3 million settlement resolving shareholder lawsuits against commercial electric-vehicle company Lightning eMotors, whose executives and directors had been accused of touting unrealistic growth projections in the lead-up to a 2021 merger.

  • July 24, 2024

    Milliman 401(k) Class Hangs Onto Cert. After Bench Trial Loss

    A Washington federal judge will keep a class of Milliman 401(k) plan participants intact despite rejecting their claims that Milliman mismanaged their retirement funds, after the lead plaintiff and the company agreed certification should be preserved as the court enters its final judgment.

  • July 24, 2024

    Connecticut Justices Won't Certify 'Slum' Tenant Class

    A Connecticut state court judge was under no obligation to redefine a proposed class of low-income tenants in order to help them meet the certification requirements in a fraud and unfair trade practices lawsuit against their corporate landlord and property manager, the state Supreme Court hs ruled.

  • July 24, 2024

    Pa. Judge Won't 'Chase' Deadline-Flouting ADA Case Attys

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday told attorneys in an Americans with Disabilities Act case against Tommy Bahama that he wasn't going to "chase" lawyers flouting scheduling orders, warning that the consequences might hurt more than just complying with the plan.

  • July 24, 2024

    Last Holdouts Avoid Trial With Deal Over Chicken Price-Fixing

    Chicken buyer plaintiffs say they've reached a settlement with Mountaire Farms and Koch Foods in their suit against the country's biggest broiler chicken producers for allegedly conspiring to raise prices, telling an Illinois federal judge to call off the trial that had been scheduled for September.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Arbitration Takeaways From High Court Coinbase Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's May 23 decision in Coinbase v. Suski, which provides clarity to parties faced with successive contracts containing conflicting dispute resolution provisions, has four practical impacts for contracting parties to consider, say Charles Schoenwetter and Eric Olson at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How AI Cos. Can Cope With Shifting Copyright Landscape

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    In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, recent legal disputes have focused on the utilization of copyrighted material to train algorithms, meaning companies should be aware of fair use implications and possible licensing solutions for AI users, say Michael Hobbs and Justin Tilghman at Troutman Pepper.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • What 11th Circ. FCRA Ruling Means For Credit Furnishers

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    Credit furnishers should revisit their internal investigation and verification procedures after the Eleventh Circuit declined last month in Holden v. Holiday to impose a bright-line rule that only purely factual or transcription errors are actionable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, say Diana Eng and Michael Esposito at Blank Rome.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • Opioid Suits Offer Case Study In Abatement Expert Testimony

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    Settlements in the opioid multidistrict litigation provide useful insight into leveraging expert discovery on abatement in public nuisance cases, and would not have been successful without testimony on the costs necessary to lessen the harms of the opioid crisis, says David Burnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • FTC Noncompete Rule Risks A Wave Of State AG Actions

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    The Federal Trade Commission's final rule language banning noncompetes may contribute to a waterfall enforcement effect in which state attorneys general deploy their broad authority to treat noncompetes as separate and independent violations, say Ryan Strasser and Carson Cox at Troutman Pepper.

  • Series

    Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

  • Lessons On Challenging Class Plaintiffs' Expert Testimony

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    In class actions seeking damages, plaintiffs are increasingly using expert opinions to establish predominance, but several recent rulings from California federal courts shed light on how defendants can respond, say Jennifer Romano and Raija Horstman at Crowell & Moring.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Del. Dispatch: Chancery's Evolving Approach To Caremark

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    Though Caremark claims are historically the least likely corporate claims to lead to liability, such cases have been met in recent years with increased judicial receptivity — but the Delaware Court of Chancery still expressly discourages the reflexive filing of Caremark claims following corporate mishaps, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Devil's In The Details On FDCPA, Article III Standing

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    The Third Circuit’s recent decision in Barclift v. Keystone Credit Services concerning the alleged harm needed to support a class action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is in line with other circuits' interpretations of Article III of the Constitution, notwithstanding disagreement over the minutiae of a proper Article III analysis, says Nick Agnello at Burr & Forman.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

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