Class Action

  • May 19, 2026

    THL Partners' Agiliti Buyout Suit To Settle For $32M

    A proposed $32 million settlement would end consolidated Delaware Chancery Court litigation challenging private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners LP's $2.5 billion take-private acquisition of medical equipment company Agiliti Inc., resolving claims that minority stockholders were squeezed out at an unfair price.

  • May 19, 2026

    Ex-Marketing Workers Take 401(k) Forfeiture Suit To 2nd Circ.

    Two former marketing company employees said they're going to ask the Second Circuit to revive their proposed class action alleging that 401(k) plan forfeitures were misused after a New York federal judge dismissed their case in April.

  • May 19, 2026

    Rocket Mortgage Defends Exit In Homebuyer Antitrust Case

    Rocket Mortgage's parent company is arguing in Michigan federal court that a proposed class failed to show direct injury from an alleged scheme by the company to funnel homebuyers to brokers promoting costlier Rocket-affiliated mortgage services, in a brief supporting its bid to escape the case.

  • May 18, 2026

    Nikola Founder Accused Of Dodging $2.5M Settlement Share

    Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton "has not paid a dime" of his $2.5 million share of an eight-figure settlement resolving shareholder litigation over a fraud-shadowed special purpose acquisition company merger, the bankrupt electric vehicle company's trustee claims, asking the Delaware Chancery Court to hold the billionaire in contempt.

  • May 18, 2026

    DeMayo Says Marketers Owe Coverage In Camp Lejeune Suit

    A North Carolina plaintiffs firm facing a proposed class action over unwanted robocalls related to Camp Lejeune water contamination litigation is now suing its marketing company, telling a Charlotte federal court the company should cover any potential damages and legal fees.

  • May 18, 2026

    Ad Buyers Want To Depose Nexstar CEO In Price-Fixing Case

    Nexstar's CEO can't skip out on being deposed by advertisers who claim that the broadcast behemoth and its competitors in the TV industry came together to fix the price of advertisements, those ad buyers have told the judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation.

  • May 18, 2026

    FirstEnergy Urges 6th Circ. To Again Nix Investors' Class Cert.

    FirstEnergy Corp. is once again asking the Sixth Circuit to curb a class action alleging it defrauded investors by hiding its involvement in a $1.3 billion bribery scandal, urging the court to overturn class certification a second time.

  • May 18, 2026

    CoStar's Apartments.com Sued Over 'Junk' Rent Payment Fee

    Apartments.com illegally inflated tenants' housing costs by charging them hidden "junk transaction fees" on rent payments, according to a Washington woman's proposed nationwide class action removed to a federal court in Tacoma on Friday.

  • May 18, 2026

    BofA Can Arbitrate Overdraft Fee Claims, 9th Circ. Says

    Bank of America can arbitrate proposed class action claims over overdraft fees it charges its business checking account customers instead of fighting the allegations before a judicial referee, the Ninth Circuit has determined.

  • May 18, 2026

    Comic Gets Serious About Mom's Cancer At J&J Talc Trial

    A comedian who testified Monday at a California bellwether trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused three women's deadly ovarian cancer wiped away tears as he talked about his late mother, saying his emotions are "a little unusual" because he spends most of his time trying not to be serious.

  • May 18, 2026

    Judge Lauds Wells Fargo Settlement In 'Fake' Diversity Suit

    A California federal judge has given final approval to a deal between Wells Fargo investors and executives in a derivative suit claiming the bank's leadership failed to address the company's discriminatory lending practices and engaged in "fake" interviews with diverse candidates, calling the assistance fund resulting from the settlement "significant."

  • May 18, 2026

    Florida Bank Shareholder Wins Injunction Over Bylaw Changes

    A Florida bank must hold off on selling its assets and postpone its annual shareholder meeting, a federal judge ruled, saying the bank's biggest shareholder presented credible evidence suggesting that the directors rigged corporate bylaws to keep themselves in charge following a federal crackdown on the bank's cannabis-related business.

  • May 18, 2026

    Amazon's Subscribe & Save Duped Consumers, Suit Says

    Two Pennsylvania consumers targeted Amazon's Subscribe & Save feature in a proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Monday, claiming the e-commerce giant tricks shoppers into registering by pricing eligible items lower than other sellers, then jacks up those prices once customers are committed to automatic future purchases.

  • May 18, 2026

    Fla. Hospital Patients Denied Rethink On Class Cert.

    A Florida federal judge refused to rethink her decision denying class certification for consumers accusing Health First Inc. of locking in patients and blocking competition from rival hospital systems, dinging the plaintiffs for raising arguments they could've asserted earlier and for altering a quote from a cited case.

  • May 18, 2026

    Online Directory Wrongfully Listed Cell Numbers, Suit Says

    An online directory operator published thousands of residents' cellphone numbers without their consent, exposing them to scams, harassment and identity theft, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court Monday.

  • May 18, 2026

    Chancery Sends Sinovac Biotech Suit To Antigua And Barbuda

    The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday dismissed a shareholder suit against Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and several investors, ruling a fight over control of the China-based vaccine maker belongs in Antigua and Barbuda, where Sinovac is incorporated, rather than in Delaware courts.

  • May 18, 2026

    Disneyland Illegally Collects Visitors' Face Scans, Suit Says

    Disneyland guests hit the entertainment behemoth with a proposed class action in New York federal court Friday alleging it gathered facial recognition data of children who enter its parks without a meaningful way for them to opt out, arguing "the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim."

  • May 18, 2026

    American Express Hit With 401(k) Target-Date Fund Suit

    Former American Express workers hit the credit card giant with a proposed class action in New York federal court, alleging that underperforming target-date and other investment funds in the company's 401(k) plan — with approximately $9 billion in assets and 40,000 participants — lost workers hundreds of millions in future savings.

  • May 18, 2026

    Ex-Detainees Say NC Sheriff Withholding Data In ECourts Row

    Counsel for a putative class of individuals who allege they were wrongfully arrested or detained due to glitches in the state's electronic court system told a North Carolina federal court during a Monday hearing that a county sheriff's office is delaying the release of its own records.

  • May 18, 2026

    Judge Severs FedEx Wage Suits Affecting 14K Drivers

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday severed three wage suits against FedEx affecting more than 14,000 delivery drivers, saying their claims were improperly joined and represented an attempt to sidestep failed collective and class action efforts.

  • May 18, 2026

    Calif. High School Athletes Say State's NIL Ban Exploits Them

    High school athletes told a California federal judge that state regulations unfairly limit their name, image and likeness opportunities, contrary to the state governing body's claim that the rules exist to protect amateurism and keep transfers reasonable.

  • May 18, 2026

    Justices Skip Review Of Accountant Strict Liability Standard

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Ninth Circuit decision holding that legal liability does not extend to auditors who certify a client's financial statements for initial public offerings, even if those statements are later found to contain alleged misstatements.

  • May 18, 2026

    Aetna Denied A Freeze On Trans Facial Surgery Order

    A Connecticut federal judge ordered Aetna to comply with a preliminary injunction requiring it to reconsider coverage denials affecting two transgender health plan participants who sought gender-affirming facial surgery, refusing to stay the insurer's compliance obligations during its pending appeal in the proposed class action.  

  • May 18, 2026

    FTC And Deere In 'Advanced' Right-To-Repair Settlement Talks

    The Federal Trade Commission got an Illinois federal judge to hit pause on its right-to-repair antitrust lawsuit against John Deere, citing ongoing settlement talks less than two months after the company struck a $99 million deal with farmers promising to facilitate independent equipment repairs.

  • May 18, 2026

    NY Court Tosses Challenge To Insurers' Anti-Adjuster Clause

    A New York federal court permanently dismissed a public adjusting company's proposed class action against a group of insurers over a policy endorsement barring insureds from hiring public adjusters, finding enforcement of the clause did not constitute tortious interference.

Expert Analysis

  • Operational AI Washing: The Section 220 Information Strategy

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    Plaintiffs filing AI washing claims will likely use Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law to obtain internal board records, but 2025 amendments have fundamentally changed the landscape of presuit shareholder document demands in ways that create both risk and opportunity for companies, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • AI-Proofing Class Action Notices From Pro Se Objection Surge

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    Class action practitioners should prepare for a likely surge in artificial intelligence-enabled pro se objections by implementing several practical strategies to navigate this shift, says Britany Wessan at Almeida Law Group.

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    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Survive The Tech Revolution

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    Colorado Supreme Court Justice Maria Berkenkotter and Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Lino Lipinsky de Orlov discuss how artificial intelligence has already fundamentally altered the legal system and offer tips for courts navigating deepfakes, hallucinations and a gap in access to AI tools.

  • A Framework For Habeas Relief After 5th Circ. Bond Ruling

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    Following the Fifth Circuit’s recent Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi decision foreclosing statutory bond for detained nonimmigrants not deemed admitted to the U.S., lawyers should adopt a framework that requests habeas relief pursuant to the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause, says Kemal Hepsen at Mandamus Lawyers.

  • 4th Circ. Ruling Will Rewrite Class Action Litigation Strategies

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    The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in Oliver v. Navy Federal Credit Union is the first from a federal circuit court to hold that motions to strike are inappropriate vehicles for challenging class allegations at the pleading stage, invalidating a tactic that had been used for decades, says Jim Francis at Francis Mailman.

  • 3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid

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    The pressure in-house legal teams face to quickly adopt artificial intelligence tools, combined with budget constraints and the need to evaluate a crowded market of options, sets the stage for implementation mistakes that are often difficult to undo, says former 23andMe general counsel Guy Chayoun.

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    Playing Basketball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My grandfather used to say "I wear your jersey" as shorthand for wholly committing to support someone with loyalty and integrity — ideals that have shaped my life on the basketball court and in legal practice, says Tracy Schimelfenig at Schimelfenig Legal.

  • How Del. Courts Will Likely Evaluate AI Oversight Claims

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    While no Delaware court has thus far adjudicated a claim based on alleged board failures to oversee artificial intelligence risk, recent Court of Chancery decisions suggest that familiar Caremark principles will be applied in predictable but consequential ways, particularly when AI touches mission‑critical operations, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • How 'Bundling' Enforcement Is Parsing Efficiency, Access

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    Recent antitrust enforcement actions have taken a selective view of companies' bundling of products or services — challenging it when it shuts out rivals, but tolerating it when it creates efficient scale — making the real test now less about lower prices than about whether competition is being blocked, says attorney Alan Kusinitz.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind

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    Thanks to recent legislation, the Georgia State-wide Business Court will soon offer business litigants greater access to the court than ever before, further enhancing the court's emphasis on efficiency, predictability and accessibility for sophisticated commercial disputes, says former GSBC judge Walt Davis at Jones Day.

  • Mass. Draft Regs Signal Nationwide Scrutiny Of Junk Fees

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    Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's new draft regulations for assisted living facilities is only her latest move in the war on junk fees — and part of a national reordering of consumer protection enforcement in which states are aggressively and creatively asserting authority, says Steve Provazza at Arnall Golden.

  • Operational AI Washing: A New Securities Class Action

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    In rising claims of operational AI washing — plaintiffs alleging that artificial intelligence was invoked to explain corporate business decisions in ways that may obscure underlying financial distress — earnings calls, restructuring disclosures and board-level communications will serve as key defense evidence, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • 4 Emerging Approaches To AI Protective Order Language

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    Over the last year, at least five federal district courts have issued or analyzed specific protective order provisions restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence platforms with protected materials, establishing that proactive AI-specific provisions are now standard practice and demonstrating that no single model works for every case, says Joel Bush at Kilpatrick.

  • Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

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    While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise when confidential information enters the operative context of an AI system used by an attorney, says Jianfei Chen at Quarles & Brady​​​​​​​.

  • Live Nation Shows States, Experts Key To Antitrust Verdicts

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    A New York federal jury's recent finding that Live Nation unlawfully monopolized primary ticketing services and amphitheaters demonstrates that states will not defer to federal agencies when they believe anticompetitive conduct warrants stronger action and highlights the vital role of economic expert testimony in antitrust cases, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

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