Class Action

  • October 22, 2024

    Blink Investor Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Score $1.25M Fee

    A Florida federal judge has granted final approval to a $3.75 million settlement between electric-vehicle charging station operator Blink Charging Co. and a proposed class of investors who alleged the company mischaracterized the functionality of its charging network.

  • October 22, 2024

    Big Banks Say Yearslong Libor Suit Still Lacks Evidence

    Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and more than a dozen other large banks have urged a federal judge to dismiss the remaining claims in multidistrict litigation accusing them of manipulating Libor, arguing that the plaintiffs have failed to bring sufficient evidence in the 13 years since they filed suit over the once-critical benchmark interest rate.

  • October 22, 2024

    AMC Fights Insurer Bid For Toss Of $99.3M Settlement Claim

    AMC Entertainment has asked a Delaware judge to summarily toss four insurers' refusals to approve a $99.3 million claim for losses related to the theater chain's settlement with stockholders after the company settled a battle over a preferred share conversion and reverse stock split.

  • October 22, 2024

    Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Cops Want 2020 Protest Suit Dismissed

    Several Fort Lauderdale police officers Tuesday urged a Florida federal court to toss a proposed class action brought by demonstrators alleging their civil rights were violated during a 2020 George Floyd protest, saying they're entitled to qualified immunity.

  • October 22, 2024

    Hagens Berman Says Vorys 'Opportunistically' Seeking Lead

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is fighting a bid by Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP to take the lead in a proposed consolidated class action against gaming giant Valve Corp., saying that after they defeated Valve's arbitration provision Vorys sought to "opportunistically" seize the leadership role.

  • October 22, 2024

    Fintech Co. Ryvyl Investors' Accounting Fraud Suit Trimmed

    Executives of fintech company Ryvyl Inc. have shed some claims from an investor suit accusing them of concealing accounting problems, with a California federal judge ruling that the investors have not sufficiently pled that the defendants knowingly acted recklessly or committed wrongful acts.

  • October 22, 2024

    Pharma Co. Verrica Faces Derivative Suit Over FDA Inspection

    Current and former officers and directors of dermatological medication maker Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. face a shareholder derivative action alleging the company concealed a "litany of issues" with a manufacturer's facility that ultimately delayed U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a skin treatment.

  • October 22, 2024

    10th Circ. Rebuffs GEO's Early Appeal In Forced-Labor Suit

    The Tenth Circuit said Tuesday that GEO Group Inc. jumped the gun by appealing a Colorado federal judge's ruling that the private prison operator can't be shielded by derivative sovereign immunity from human-trafficking claims brought by immigrant detainees.

  • October 22, 2024

    Hertz Board Panel Takes Control Of Shareholder Buyback Suit

    Delaware's chancellor has granted a Hertz Global Holdings Inc. board special committee's request to investigate stockholder-filed derivative claims challenging the fairness of $4 billion in stock buybacks in 2022 that vaulted a private equity-based shareholder into a controlling position, in a ruling that also sidelined related direct damage claims.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ivy League Athletes Plan To Appeal Antitrust Suit's Dismissal

    A group of college athletes challenging the Ivy League's practice of prohibiting athletic scholarships told a Connecticut federal judge they plan to appeal the dismissal of their antitrust suit against Harvard and other top-tier universities.

  • October 22, 2024

    Buyers Drop Colgate-Palmolive Sunscreen False Ad Suit

    Two women have agreed to drop a proposed class action that claimed Colgate-Palmolive Co. falsely claimed its sunscreen products' only active ingredient is a mineral-based component despite the products containing significant levels of chemical sunscreen ingredients.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ill. Temp Worker Fight Restarts Over Amended Statute

    An Illinois federal judge agreed on Monday to reopen a federal benefits lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that mandates benefits for long-term temporary workers so a group of staffing agencies and the state can relitigate injunction issues under amended statutory language.

  • October 22, 2024

    BofA, Others Say Bond-Rigging Suit Still Can't Prove Conspiracy

    Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and others have argued the amended complaint in a recently revived securities suit accusing them of conspiring to rig corporate bonds fails to adequately allege a "farfetched" antitrust conspiracy.

  • October 22, 2024

    Elevance Wants Weight Loss Drug Discrimination Suit Tossed

    Elevance asked a Maine federal court to toss a worker's proposed class action alleging subsidiary Anthem violated healthcare nondiscrimination law by denying coverage for a weight loss drug to treat obesity, arguing the insurer's decision was based on her employer's plan exclusion and not bias.

  • October 22, 2024

    UFC Parent Can't Escape Remaining Wages Suit, Fighters Say

    The fighters in a wage dispute against UFC that remains unsettled told a Nevada federal court that it is too early for the MMA organization's parent company, Endeavor Group, to exit the ongoing class action without proper discovery.

  • October 22, 2024

    Appliance Co., Customers Agree To End Stove Pollutant Row

    Luxury kitchen appliance maker Sub-Zero Group Inc. and the customers behind a proposed class action have agreed to drop the litigation, bringing to an end claims the company sold them gas stoves that emit "health-harming" pollutants.

  • October 22, 2024

    Starbucks Shareholder Sues Execs Over $890M Buyback

    A Starbucks Corp. shareholder on Monday accused the coffee giant's former CEO and current and former company directors — including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — of misleading investors about future growth and revenues, resulting in a stock buyback program that was allegedly inflated by more than $227 million.

  • October 22, 2024

    Anthropic Says Fair Use Bars Authors' Copyright Class Action

    Anthropic PBC will mount a fair use defense against allegations from a proposed class of authors and journalists who sued the artificial intelligence company in August for allegedly ripping off their copyrighted work to train its large language model Claude.

  • October 22, 2024

    SunTrust Argues Overdraft Fees Didn't Violate Ga. Usury Law

    SunTrust Bank urged the Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday to overturn a trial court's denial of summary judgment in a decade-long class action alleging the bank's overdraft fees were unlawful interest charges that violated the state's usury laws, arguing courts overwhelmingly agree that the fees are not interest.

  • October 22, 2024

    LegalZoom, Ex-User Clash Over Unlawful-Practice Arbitration

    Legal services provider LegalZoom cannot force a proposed class action alleging unauthorized practice of law into arbitration, a former customer has told a New Jersey federal judge, because the web platform provided an inadequate explanation for a supposedly binding arbitration agreement.

  • October 22, 2024

    Hagens Berman Tells Amazon, Apple: Sure, Sanction Client

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is fine with a Washington federal court sanctioning the firm's client — formerly the lead plaintiff — in a putative antitrust class action against Apple and Amazon, saying it shares their goal of compelling document production after the plaintiff ghosted his attorneys.

  • October 22, 2024

    11th Circ. Knocks Class Cert. In Emory COVID Refund Suit

    An Eleventh Circuit panel vacated and remanded a Georgia federal judge's certification of a proposed class of tuition payers in a parent's lawsuit seeking refunds for Emory University's switch to remote learning during the pandemic.

  • October 22, 2024

    Housing Biz Engaged In 'Rent-To-Own' Fraud, Renters Say

    A proposed class of renters has accused homeownership company Landis Technologies Inc., its affiliates and multiple investment firms in Pennsylvania federal court of running a fraudulent rent-to-own scheme.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-Trucking Worker Nabs Class Status In 401(k) Fee Suit

    A South Carolina federal judge approved a nearly 10,000-member class in a suit claiming a trucking company failed to keep its employee 401(k) plan's fees in check, but refused to expand the class definition.

  • October 22, 2024

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Expert Analysis

  • NCAA Settlement May End The NIL Model As We Know It

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    The recent House v. NCAA settlement in California federal court, in which the NCAA agreed to allow schools to directly pay March Madness television revenue to their athletes, may send outside name, image and likeness collectives in-house, says Mike Ingersoll at Womble Bond.

  • Opinion

    The FTC And DOJ Should Backtrack On RealPage

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    The antitrust agencies ought to reverse course on their enforcement actions against RealPage, which are based on a faulty legal premise, risk further property shortages and threaten the use of algorithms that are central to the U.S. economy, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • Opinion

    Bankruptcy Judges Can Justly Resolve Mass Tort Cases

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    Johnson & Johnson’s recent announcement of a prepackaged reorganization plan for its talc unit highlights that Chapter 11 is a continually evolving living statute that can address new types of problems with reorganization, value and job preservation, and just treatment for creditors, says Kenneth Rosen at Ken Rosen Advisors PC.

  • How Federal And State Microfiber Pollution Policy Is Evolving

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    Growing efforts to address synthetic microfiber pollution may create compliance and litigation issues for businesses in the textile and apparel industries, so companies should track developing federal and state legislation and regulation in this space, and should consider associated greenwashing risks, says Arie Feltman-Frank at Jenner & Block.

  • An Insurance Coverage Checklist For PFAS Defendants

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    With PFAS liability exposures attracting increased media attention, now is a good time for companies that could be exposed to liability related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to review existing and past insurance policies, and consider taking proactive steps to maximize their likelihood of coverage, say attorneys at Nossaman.

  • Series

    Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

  • Parsing Controversial Del. General Corporation Law Proposals

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    In response to issues raised in three recent high-profile Delaware Court of Chancery decisions, many amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law were quickly proposed that, if enacted, would bring significant changes likely to be hotly debated — and litigated — for the foreseeable future, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Defuse The Ticking Time Bomb Of US Landfills

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    After recent fires at landfills in Alabama and California sent toxic fumes into surrounding communities, it is clear that existing penalties for landfill mismanagement are insufficient — so policymakers must enact major changes to the way we dispose of solid waste, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • What Junk Fee Law Means For Biz In California And Beyond

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    Come July 1, companies doing business in California must ensure that the price of any good or service as offered, displayed or advertised is inclusive of all mandatory fees and other charges in compliance with S.B. 478, which may have a far-reaching impact across the country due to wide applicability, say Alexandria Ruiz and Amy Lally at Sidley Austin.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • 9th Circ. COVID 'Cure' Case Shows Perks Of Puffery Defense

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    The Ninth Circuit's March decision in a case surrounding a company's statements about a potential COVID-19 cure may encourage defendants to assert puffery defenses in securities fraud cases, particularly in those involving optimistic statements about breakthrough drugs that are still untested, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • After Years Of Popularity, PAGA's Fate Is Up In The Air

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    The last two years held important victories for plaintiff-side employment attorneys in California Private Attorneys General Act litigation at the trial and appellate court levels, but this hotbed of activity will quickly lose steam if voters approve a ballot measure in November to enact the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act, says Paul Sherman at Kabat Chapman.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: May Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four notable circuit court decisions on topics from automobile insurance to securities — and provides key takeaways for counsel on issues including circuit-specific ascertainability requirements and how to conduct a Daubert analysis prior to class certification.

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