Class Action Archive » December, 2021

Class Action - December, 2021

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• NY Jury Holds Teva Liable After Opioid Trial
• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• Endo Gives Texas $63M In Latest Opioid Deal
• 1st Circ. Resurrects Stock-Drop Suit Over Carbonite Product
• Opioid Judge's 'Many Errors' Ruined Trial, Pharmacies Charge
• Investor Balks At Reddit-Based Brief In Ackman SPAC Spat
• Goldman Takes 3rd Shot At Nixing Cert. For Investor Class
• NFL, Fanatics Accused Of Monopolizing Amazon Market
• Ill. Firm Accused Of Shorting Workers In $2.5B Stock Deal
• Vaxart Can't Ditch Claims Co. Lied To Investors About Vaccine
• Ill. Racetrack Hawthorne Hit With Suit Over Security Scans
• 9th Circ. Ejects Honda's Win In Defective-Transmission Suit
• The New Right Of Publicity Theories Facing Retailers
• IRS Agents Can't Duck Immigration Raid Suit, Workers Say
• Judge Overrules 'State Secrets' Concerns In Valsartan MDL
• Co.'s Easement Suits Not Covered By Insurance, Court Told
• Horizon Healthcare Beats Revived Data Breach Suit, For Now
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Attys Get $19M In Cognizant's $95M Bribery Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Biggest Corporate, Institutional, Gov't Injury Payouts Of 2021
• Drivers' Attys Earn $2.5M Fee In $50M Nissan Headlight Deal
• The Top NJ Supreme Court Rulings From 2021
• Top 3 Immigration Cases Of 2021: Year In Review
• Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021
• Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2021
• Court Pushes Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Plan Hearing To February
• Tuna Giants' Price-Fixing Admissions Made Public In MDL
• Vizio Says Arch Insurance Can't Duck Smart TV MDL Coverage
• IAnthus, Gotham Green Want Investors' Latest Pot Suits Axed
• New Balance 'Made In USA' Claim Sparks New Consumer Suit
• Fla. Man Fights Pfizer's Escape Bid For Chantix Suit
• Facebook Beats Cambridge Analytica Stock Suit For Good
• Customers Fight Bid To Stay, Transfer Geico Data Breach Row
• Natixis Can't Sink Suit Alleging 401(k) Mismanagement
• Mylan Says Unharmed EpiPen Loyalists Undercut Class Cert.
• Ohio Utility Gets Investor Suit Over $60M Bribery Plot Tossed
• Class Action Ties Alleged Whipping To Haitian Discrimination
• Texas CBD Retailers Hit With Worker's OT Class Action
• JPMorgan, Traders Finally Get OK On $60M Spoofing Deal
• The Biggest Privacy Developments Of 2021
• Prudential Says Refiled ERISA Class Action Still Falls Short
• Court Approves $4.2M OT Deal For Giant Eagle 'Team Leaders'
• Takata Ch. 11 Trustee Must Take $53M Insurer Claim To Japan
• Red Lobster Customers Push Back Against Dismissal Bid
• Insurer Says Georgia Firm Hid Ties To Tax Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Offers Key Antitrust Takeaways On Standing
• Suit Says Debt Collector Sent Deceptive Settlement Offers
• What M&A Activity Looks Like Right Now
• Chicago Eateries Ask To Keep Virus Loss Claims Together
• NRA Not Subject To Do-Not-Call List, Judge Rules
• Recalled P&G Deodorants Contained Carcinogens, Suit Claims
• NJ Firm Wants To Toss Suit Over Benicar MDL Atty Fees
• Judge Skeptical Of Amazon COVID Race Bias Claims
• Smith & Nephew Tries To Sink Pre-2009 Hip Implant Claims
• DLA Piper Hit With $180M Malpractice Suit From Investor
• 7th Circ. Wants Ill. Justices To Weigh In On BIPA Accrual Issue
• Chamber Backs Home Depot In Massive ERISA Class Action
• Doormaker Slams Bid To Duck $10M Of Settlement Coverage
• Ill. Accounting Firm Sued For Late Disclosure Of Data Breach
• Consumer Class Action Trends To Watch As 2021 Ends
• Makeup Buyers Want Final OK For $2.8M Huda Beauty Deal
• Chicken Price-Fixing Deals Totaling $181M Get Final OK
• 3M Wins In 10th Bellwether Combat Earplug Trial
• Ex-NFLers Waited Too Long For Painkiller Suit, Judge Says
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• Class Action Claims Philly Apts. Were Unlicensed To Rent
• State Farm Defeats Insureds In Policy Fight Over Claims
• Citgo Blasts Suit Alleging Workers Were Shorted On Benefits
• Plum, Campbell Want Out Of Heavy Metal Baby Food Suit
• Wash. Cannabis Cos. Agree To Settle TCPA Class Action
• NJ Virus Benefit Recipients Sue BofA Over Debit Card Fraud
• 9th Circ. Snuffs Drivers' GM Corvette Engine-Defect Action
• Class Certified In Suit Against FPL Over Irma Power Outages
• USCIS Fights Request To Speed Up Processing Work Visas
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• Wawa, Sonic, Others Settle JBS Pork Price-Fixing Claims
• Robbins Geller Seeks $4.5M Fee In Investor Deal Intervention
• Chancery Denies Fast-Track of Krispy Kreme Takeover Suit
• How Market Definition Fueled Antitrust Win For Apple
• The Biggest D&O Liability Insurance Rulings Of 2021
• The Biggest COVID-19 Business Interruption Rulings Of 2021
• 7th Circ. Revives 2 Cook Medical Vein Filter Suits
• PNC Ducks Suit For Good Over Alleged Role In $75M Scheme
• CoreLogic CEO Sued In Del. Over 'Conflicted' Role In $6B Sale
• StarKist Cites 'Unlucky Timing' As It Seeks Antitrust Rethink
• Judge Questions Feasibility Of October Google Play Trial
• T-Mobile Wins Venue Fight In Data Breach MDL
• Chancery Tosses Suit Targeting $16B Kraft Heinz Value Plunge
• Judge Gives Initial OK For $90M Deal To End Juul, Altria Suit
• Wis. Class Asks For Final OK Of $1M Plant Explosion Deal
• Fla. Developer Denies Defrauding $100M From EB-5 Investors
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Cordova V. Chicago Could Narrow Fulton Creditor Protection
• Alsup Miffed At Fee Provision In Apple's $30M Bag Check Deal
• Judge Probing Girardi Fallout Mulls Who Knew What, When
• 3M Scores Victory In 9th Combat Earplug Bellwether Trial
• Coppertone Buyers Get Final OK For $2.25M False Ad Deal
• NJ Locals Say Insurers Use Blanket Markdown To Pare Payout
• Chancery Denies Alexion's Call To Revisit Fee Shift Ruling
• GM Ignition MDL Firms Get OK For Another $10.8M In Fees
• Disputing Plaintiff Expert Testimony In Product Liability Cases
• Attorney Can't Front Sanctions For Clients, Pa. Court Says
• Ex-Worker Says McDonald's Sent Out Shoddy COBRA Notices
• Ill. Appeals Court Pauses Workers' Biometric Privacy Claims
• Mylan Can't Decertify EpiPen Antitrust Action Ahead Of Trial
• Hagens Berman Breached Client Duty, Objector Tells 9th Circ.
• ERISA Suit Against UnitedHealth Unit Wins Class Status
• Capacitor Makers To Pay $160M To End Price-Fixing Trial
• Timing Is Key In Juul-Altria Arbitration Row With Buyers
• Raytheon, Others Hit With Antitrust Suits Amid DOJ Probe
• Fla. Judge Allows Surfside's Engineer Access To Collapse Site
• DevaCurl Buyers Push For Final OK On $5.2M Settlement
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive United Pilots' Sick Pay Accrual Claim
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• High Court To Weigh Calif. Arbitration Pacts Carveout
• Edelson Sought Solid Case Before Flagging Girardi Concerns
• Ill. Judge Pauses McDonald's BIPA Dispute Over Similar Case
• Puma Biotech Investors Ink $54M Deal Over Drug Statements
• Morgan Stanley, 3 Others Ink $104M Deal In Rigging Case
• Ill. Residents Say Insurer On Hook For $20M BIPA Settlement
• Fla. Judge Trims Woman's Claims In Belviq Cancer Lawsuit
• Boy Scouts Tout $800M Settlement As AIG Seeks Delay
• Apple Seeks Funding Info For £1.5B Putative UK Class Action
• Investor Can't Serve Crypto Execs Via Twitter, Court Says
• NY Tenants Sue To Reopen Rent Relief Application Portal
• Milling Co. Can't Slip ERISA Suit Over $244M Stock Sale
• 4th Circ. Ruling Offers Guidance On Scope Of WARN Act
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• Ex-Pharma Worker's 'Dark Web' Suit Can Stand, 3rd Circ. Told
• Former Northwest Airlines Workers Sue Delta Over Pensions
• TD Ameritrade Clients Can Bring Short Sale Tax Suit As Group
• 5 Firms Vie To Lead Insider-Trading Suit Over Archegos Crash
• Nippon Chemi-Con Strikes Deal Ahead Of Price-Fix Closings
• NFL Says App User Failed To Back Up Privacy Claims
• 7th Circ. Decertifies Classes In Chicago Towing Suit
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• Split 5th Circ. Won't Block United Vax Mandate Amid Appeal
• High Court Asked To Weigh Robocall Ruling, Recusal Denial
• Pa. School Group Settles ADA Suit From Student Athletes
• Toolmaker Matco Inks $15.8M Deal In Misclassification Suit
• Ideanomics Agrees To Governance Reforms After Investor Suit
• Bitcoin Miner Claims Investors' Suit Copies 'Unverified' Report
• Capacitor Antitrust Plaintiffs Nix Defense Damages Estimate
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• Arbitration's Advantages Make It A Superior Solution
• Insurer Ducks Coverage For John Varvatos Discrimination Suit
• Edelson Faces Grilling At Girardi Keese Contempt Hearing
• Minor League Players Say MLB Can't Kill Fla. Wage Claims
• Insurer Tells 7th Circ. Furniture Co.'s Losses Aren't Physical
• Balance Seems To Elude Justices In Northwestern ERISA Case
• Mass. Justices Say Contractor Test Unfit For Joint Employers
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• 3M Hit With $22.5M Verdict In Fla. Military Earplug Bellwether
• Amazon Wins Bid To Send Chinese Seller Fight To Arbitration
• FCC Regs Don't Preempt iPhone Radiation Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Court Asked To Create Fund In Atrium Defective Mesh MDL
• New 9th Circ. Rulings May Restrict McGill Rule's Scope
• The Top Product Liability Cases Of 2021
• Shkreli, Vyera To Settle Out Of BCBS Antitrust Class Action
• Payday Lenders Hit With Racketeering Suit In Ill.
• Truck Drivers Want To OK $9.5M Deal In Misclassification Suit
• Investor Class Cert. Win Offers Post-Goldman Insight
• Ill. Judge Trims Fraud Suit Targeting Barilla Pasta Sauce
• US Soccer Says 4th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Affect Equal Pay Suit
• Investors Reach $90M Deal To End Juul, Altria Marketing Suit
• Del. Justices Pull Energy Co. From 'Procedural Black Hole'
• Pomerantz, Levi & Korsinsky To Co-Lead Del. StoneMor Suits
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jones Day Securities Litigator In Texas
• 9th Circ. Wary Of Class Cert. In Rock Star Copyright Fight
• $427M Damages Bid In Capacitor Trial 'Nonsensical,' Jury Told
• Minor Leaguers Look To Strike 'Improper' MLB Wage Filings
• 11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Marriott Timeshare Owners' Suit
• Workers' Attys Get $1M Cut Of $4M Koch ERISA Deal
• Subway Slams 'Shifting' Claims In Tuna Sandwiches Suit
• Conflict Causes Judge Switch In Southern Copper Suit In Del.
• Donziger Sent Home 1½ Months Into Contempt Sentence
• NASCAR Site Investors Sue For Info On $131.5M Sale Plan
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• Nippon Chemi-Con's Ex-CEO Takes The Fifth In Price-Fix Trial
• Class OK'd In Camry HVAC Odor Suit, But Not RICO Claims
• Fannie, Freddie Investors Win Class Cert. For Stock Profit Suit
• State Farm Owes $4.5M Interest In Class Action, 8th Circ. Says
• Mass. Justices Eye Narrow Ruling In 7-Eleven Worker Case
• GEO Group Can't Cut Wash. Detainees' $17M Wage Suit Award
• PwC, Big Banks Roped Back Into TelexFree Ponzi Case
• Lemonade To Mediate Bio Data Claims With Policyholders
• Goldman Investors Again Win Cert. After High Court Review
• Honeywell Investors Strike $10M Deal In Asbestos Suit
• Canadian Pot Co. Permanently Dodges 'Vague' Investor Suit
• Del. Justices Urged To Give Standing For SmileDirectClub Suit
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Drivers Seek Final OK For $33M Honda Infotainment Deal
• Ex-GGP Investors Tell Del. Justices Brookfield Dividend Unfair
• DOD Pay Info Demand OK'd In American Airlines Benefits Suit
• Pa. Tells State Justices School Mask Order Was 'Quarantine'
• Chaotic Pa. Music Festival Sued Over 'Fyre'-Like Conditions
• Allergan Strikes $200M Deal To Exit NY Opioid Trial
• Economic Pressures Drove Capacitor Price-Fixing, Jury Told
• JPML Picks Mo. Federal Court For T-Mobile Data Breach Suits
• Opioid Jury Finally Sees Teva's Movie-Parody Sales Videos
• Fla. Farm Aid Discrimination Suit On Hold Amid Texas Case
• Court Nixes Bid To Void Fogo De Chao's Arb. Agreement
• Ill. Judge Pauses BNSF BIPA Suit Pending 7th Circ. Ruling
• 7th Circ. Questions Loyola's Win In Tuition Refund Suit
• Amazon Can't Ditch Suit Over Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries
• Amazon Urges Judge To Toss Mistaken Military Leave Claim
• Texas Utility Can't Shake Suit Over Spiked Prices, Judge Told
• Pot Co. Aurora Looks To Dodge New Sham Sale Class Action
• Robbins Geller, Friedlander & Gorris To Lead Biotech Sale Suit
• USA Taekwondo, Insurer Leave Athletes' Sex Abuse Suit
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Alphabet Investors Sue Over 'Billions' In Antitrust Liability
• Justices Won't Touch Migrant Kids' Revived Mental Health Suit
• Justices Skeptical Of Workers In Northwestern ERISA Battle
• Prison Phone Co. Inks $67M Deal To End Fund-Forfeiture Suit
• Krispy Kreme Sued In Del. Over JAB Holding's Stock Gobbling
• Toyota Inks $20M Deal To End Prius Stalling Defect Suit
• Whole Foods Escapes False Ad Suit Over Sugar In Oatmeal
• Ill. Judge Blesses $28M Wells Fargo Secret Recording Deal
• NJ Fed. Rule On Litigation Funding Creates Privacy Intrusion
• Flowers Foods Must Face Distributors' Misclassification Suit
• Ritz-Carlton Looks To Exit Deceptive Tipping Suit In Fla.
• Cannabis Co. Investors Want $7M Deal To End IPO Suit
• 9th Circ. Snuffs VW Sales Reps' Bid To Save Lost-Income Suit
• The State Of Article III Standing In ERISA Cases
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• Facebook Hit With $150B US Suit, UK Claims Over Myanmar
• UDel Can't Get Del. Justices 'Do-Over' In Tuition Refund Suit
• BofA Accepts $1.2M Deal To End Mortgage Title Kickback Suit
• California Pizza Kitchen Ex-Employees Sue After Data Breach
• Matsuo Agrees To Midtrial Capacitor Antitrust Payout Of $5M
• Motley Rice Atty To Lead PlayStation Antitrust Class
• ICE Deal On Warrantless Arrests, Vehicle Stops Gets Initial OK
• Lightspeed's Statements Were Light On Facts, Investors Say
• States Say AMG Case Can't Save Drugmakers In Price-Fix Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of City's Gas Price Antitrust Suit
• Oil & Gas Co. Hit With OT Suit By 'Day Rate Workers'
• Don't 'Fix' Misrepresentation Class Claim Pleading Standards
• Electric Truck Co. Must Face Claims It Inflated Biz Prospects
• CVS, Target, Walmart Must Face 'Flushable' Wipes Suit
• Parents Renew Injunction Bid On Pa. School Mask Mandate
• Chicago Apartment Escapes COVID-19 Refund Suit For Now
• Lighting Co. Investors Seek $15.7M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• Class Attys Get $540K In Dollar General False Ad Suit
• Payment Co. Accused Again Of Stiffing Sales Reps On OT Pay
• Claims Court Won't Extend FLSA Deadline In VA Overtime Suit
• Classwide Deal Complicates CaptureRx Breach Venue Fight
• IP Forecast: 9th Circ. To Eye Class Cert. In Rock Music Fight
• Southwest Eyes Exit From Pilot's COVID Leave Benefits Suit
• Tax Accounting Firm Wants Out Of Ponzi Scam Suit
• Wash. Judge Shortage May Sway T-Mobile Breach Row Venue
• Parents Say Federal Law Doesn't Bar Toxic Baby Food Claims
• Judge Doubts Google Advertisers' Click-Fraud Suit Cert. Bid
• Attys Seek $113M In Fees From Glumetza Buyers' $454M Deal
• Buyers Say $40M In Chicken Of The Sea Antitrust Deals Fixed
• Grocer Says Insurer's BIPA Coverage Fight Is 'Self-Serving'
• Users Appeal Section 230 Ruling In Reddit Child Porn Suit
• User Agreements Sink Chrome Privacy Suit, Google Says
• Attys Win $55M Fee In Purchasers' Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Funerary Co. Investor's Suit Alleges Conflicted Stock Moves
• Chubb Unit Asks 11th Circ. To Affirm Virus Coverage Win
• Giant Eagle Opposes Letting Lawyer Front Clients' Sanctions
• Performance Sports Investors Score $13M Deal In Fraud Suit
• Amazon Gets Flex Driver Privacy Suit Paused For Appeal
• Juul Wins Permanent Trim Of MDL Suit Claims
• 4th Circ. Won't Revive DXC Technology Investors' $2B Suit
• United Airlines Hit With Class Action Over 'Early Out' Benefits
• NBT Bank To Pay $5.7M In Overdraft Fee Class Action Deal
• Clover Health Sued In Del. Over Merger Disclosure Failures
• Native Americans Say They Were Cheated By Local ISP
• CVS Must Face Illinois Suit Over Repeated Robocalls
• Too Late To Add IRS Agents To ICE Raid Suit, Feds Say
• Texas Drivers Get Class Cert. In GEICO Total Loss Dispute
• Union Challenges Pa. Nursing Home's Staff Vaccine Mandate
• StarKist Tells 9th Circ. Judge's Conflicts Doom Class Cert.
• Apple Gets Coronavirus Tracker's App Store Suit Thrown Out
• Matsuo Cuts Midtrial Deal In $427M Capacitor Antitrust Row
• Imerys, Cyprus Get Go-Ahead For Mediation In Ch. 11 Cases
• Ohio Opioid Verdict Brings Focus To Role Of Pharmacists
• Surfside Collapse Trial Would Start No Later Than Summer
• Class Counsel Gets $4.8M For Mercedes Paint Deal
• Chancery Tosses Most Counts Aimed At Vaccine Firm Insiders
• NorthShore Workers Denied Injunction In Vax Mandate Suit
• Delivery Workers, NYC Food Court Settle OT Claims