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July 17, 2026
A New York federal judge has ruled that Deutsche Bank must face a proposed class action accusing it of conspiring with other big banks to fix U.K. government bond prices, finding that newly alleged trader chats provide "smoking gun" evidence allowing the case to proceed.
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July 17, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' social media addiction claims against Meta took issue with both sides' "extreme" penalty estimates during a pretrial hearing Friday, saying the states' $1.4 trillion proposal is "unreasonable," but Meta's $4 million estimate "is not even a slap on the hand."
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July 17, 2026
A California federal judge has certified a class of Extreme Networks investors who say they were misled about its financial prospects during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding their out-of-pocket damages are measurable on a classwide basis and that they don't have to prove their case via common evidence.
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July 17, 2026
Consumers accusing American Airlines and JetBlue of entering into a pact to allegedly increase fares and reduce flight choices have asked a New York federal judge to certify their narrowed class definition.
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July 17, 2026
A proposed class action alleges Busch Gardens Williamsburg overwhelmed Maryland customers with notices of misleading sales deadlines.
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July 17, 2026
A North Carolina plaintiffs firm facing a lawsuit alleging unwanted calls were made to those on the National Do Not Call Registry says a marketing company should be on the hook for damages, urging a federal court not to allow the vendor to hide behind a predecessor's bankruptcy.
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July 17, 2026
Gamers accusing Valve Corp. of violating Washington state gambling laws through in-game "loot boxes" containing potentially valuable virtual items on Thursday urged a Seattle federal judge not to dismiss their proposed class action, rejecting the gaming giant's assertion that the boxes are no different than a pack of baseball cards.
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July 17, 2026
Spokeo has reached a $10 million preliminary settlement with a group of plaintiffs from nine states alleging their right to publicity was violated by the company through teaser profiles that used their private information to help sell subscriptions to the platform, according to a motion filed in California federal court.
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July 17, 2026
Amazon urged a Washington federal court to toss a proposed class action alleging it paid women less than male colleagues and limited their career opportunities, arguing the lawsuit is short on details and many of the claims belong in New York or California rather than the Evergreen State.
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July 17, 2026
A California federal judge appeared open Friday to granting a group of states' bid for a temporary restraining order blocking Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying it appears the tie-up's anticipated market share presumptively violates the Clayton Act under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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July 17, 2026
A proposed class of consumers has sued retailer Five Below, claiming the discount-store chain should direct money it receives from the government's tariff refunds to the customers since they, not companies, bore the brunt of the economic pain from higher prices.
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July 17, 2026
A federal judge granted final approval to wholesalers on settlements worth a total of at least $62 million with Glenmark Pharmaceutical Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Pfizer subsidiary Greenstone LLC over claims the companies colluded with others to keep generic drug prices high, according to court orders.
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July 17, 2026
Plaintiff-side litigation veteran Jerry Schlichter, founding and co-managing partner of Schlichter Bogard LLP, told Law360 that highlights among the firm's recent legal victories include a reported settlement to end 401(k) investment litigation against ADP, as well as a $150 million settlement in a toxic lead emissions case.
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July 17, 2026
UPS has urged a Colorado federal court to deny class certification in a sick leave suit brought by a package driver, arguing the claims turn on too many individual questions to proceed as a class action and that the court should first resolve the company's pending motion for summary judgment.
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July 17, 2026
A California federal judge has said the Trump administration must take steps to improve conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center East and West, finding a class of immigrant detainees likely to prevail in litigation claiming people have been subjected to inhumane and intolerable treatment.
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July 17, 2026
A group of mortgage lenders and software companies once again pushed for the dismissal of a proposed mortgage price-fixing class action filed by homeowners in Tennessee federal court, arguing that the claims should be tossed, in part, because the plaintiffs failed to allege that the software products at the center of their suit made pricing recommendations.
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July 17, 2026
Two law firms have asked a New Jersey federal court to appoint them as interim co-lead counsel in a proposed federal benefits class action alleging telecom company Nokia mismanaged employees' 401(k) plans, pointing to their experience litigating similar actions and judicial efficiency to support their request.
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July 17, 2026
A Colorado federal judge dismantled a collective action brought by DaVita nurses and technicians alleging the kidney care giant forced them to work through unpaid meal breaks Friday, finding that the roughly 1,300 workers' vastly different experiences made collective treatment impossible.
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July 17, 2026
Class counsel is urging a Pennsylvania federal judge to grant it a fee award amounting to one-third, or about $39 million, of a negotiated $117.5 million data breach settlement with Comcast, saying it deserves that amount for the work put in and the "extraordinary result achieved."
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July 17, 2026
An Alaska Native corporation urged a federal court to toss a proposed class action alleging the company saddled its 401(k) plan with excessive fees and underperforming investments, arguing the case is based on ill-suited comparisons and minor performance differences.
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July 16, 2026
Meta Platforms Inc. can, again, trim a proposed class action alleging it deceptively sold Meta Portal video-calling devices the company later "bricked" by dropping software support, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, while refusing to toss an unfair competition claim and giving the consumers another chance to rework the complaint.
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July 17, 2026
In the second of a two-part series on the Virginia Revival Courtroom in the Charlotte federal courthouse, judges, architects and a trial consultant explain the strategy behind designing a space they see as more conducive to justice.
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July 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts decided several consequential cases impacting contractors this year, including weighing whether contractors can immediately appeal district court denials of their immunity claims and clarifying what a successful protester needs to challenge an agency's decision to continue a contract during a bid protest.
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July 16, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge has mostly refused to toss a putative class action accusing Warren General Hospital of illegally deploying tracking technology that divulged website visitors' private health information to Meta and others, trimming injunctive relief and negligence per se allegations while allowing state wiretap and six other claims to proceed.
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July 16, 2026
Washington, D.C.'s highest court refused to make a trial court vacate discovery orders requiring Meta to disclose certain communications concerning internal research related to the well-being of young social media users, saying Thursday that Meta failed to show it had a "clear and indisputable" right to such relief.