Class Action

  • October 06, 2025

    Morgan Stanley Race Bias Suit In NY Closed After Settlement

    A decade-old suit accusing Morgan Stanley of discriminating against its African American financial advisers and depriving them of lucrative opportunities has come to a close after the final plaintiff reached a settlement with the financial institution.

  • October 06, 2025

    SentinelOne Beats Investors' Revenue Revision Claims

    Cybersecurity company SentinelOne Inc. has shed a proposed investor class action alleging that it hurt investors after it disclosed accounting issues that led to a $27 million downward revision of its 2023 recurring revenue, with a judge finding that there was "not enough" in the suit supporting an inference that the company misled the markets on purpose.

  • October 06, 2025

    Supplement Co. Sold Soviet-Era Drug As Sleep Aid, Suit Says

    An addict in recovery hit Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a proposed class action on Friday in Georgia federal court alleging that he bought a sleep aid sold as a dietary supplement that actually contains a dangerous, addictive sedative first developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s.

  • October 06, 2025

    Artists Want Google To Produce AI Datasets In Copyright Suit

    Artists and writers accusing Google of infringing their copyrights to train its artificial intelligence models asked a California federal judge to order the tech giant to produce certain datasets the plaintiffs believe contain their work, while Google has argued the request is "yet another sideshow" seeking irrelevant information.

  • October 06, 2025

    Pa. Hospitals Ink $28.5M Deal In No-Poach Deal Antitrust Fight

    Two hospitals will pay a combined total of $28.5 million to approximately 12,000 healthcare workers who alleged the defendants illegally agreed not to poach each other's doctors and nurses, which suppressed wages and job mobility opportunities in the area, according to a preliminary approval motion filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court. 

  • October 06, 2025

    2 Firms To Lead Humana Investor Suit Over Post-COVID Costs

    Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP and The Rosen Law Firm will co-lead consolidated shareholder derivative claims against healthcare giant Humana Inc. alleging its brass made the company downplay the "pent-up demand" that pushed up patient utilization rates on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • October 06, 2025

    Neuriva 'Brain Health' Products Don't Work, Class Suit Claims

    A proposed class of buyers sued Reckitt Benckiser LLC in Illinois federal court on Monday, alleging its Neuriva line of products make promises about supporting brain health that they come nowhere near delivering.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Take Up Md. Retirees' Drug Benefits Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a Fourth Circuit decision concluding that Maryland wasn't contractually bound to provide benefits to employees upon retirement, turning away a case that challenged the state's transition of retirees' prescription drug benefits from a state subsidy to Medicare.

  • October 06, 2025

    Bernstein, Robbins Geller Vie For Top Co-Counsel In Deal Row

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP are vying to be co-lead counsel in a Delaware Chancery Court class action over the $14.30-per-share, $8.9 billion buyout of a healthcare management company, arguing its clients have a stronger case than others.

  • October 06, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, the owner of the Kentucky Derby was hit with a suit accusing it of withholding escrow funds for environmental compliance violations owed under a 2022 deal with hospitality company Enchantment Holdings LLC.

  • October 06, 2025

    Grassley Probes Judges' Possible AI Use In Faulty Rulings

    Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed two federal judges on Monday about their possible use of artificial intelligence in court orders that contained a multitude of errors.

  • October 06, 2025

    Hagens Berman Fights Sanctions Over Thalidomide Suits

    Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.

  • October 06, 2025

    Texas Class Action Nixed Over Law Firm's La. Hurricane Ads

    A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a litigation funder and a Houston-area attorney will not face a proposed class action alleging that a law firm engaged in deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims in Louisiana, finding that a prior Texas Supreme Court ruling dooms the case.

  • October 06, 2025

    3 Firms Guide $1.3B Heidrick & Struggles PE Buyout

    Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. said Monday it has agreed to be acquired in an all-cash transaction valued at about $1.3 billion, with Paul Hastings LLP steering Heidrick and two firms — Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP — advising the buying group. 

  • October 06, 2025

    Buyers Launch False Ad Suit Over Trader Joe's Probiotics

    Two buyers have hit Trader Joe's Co. with a proposed class action alleging that the store's probiotics products contain far fewer "good bacteria" than advertised, with less than 8 billion colony forming units rather than the 30 billion the store claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    State Farm Underpaid Totaled Vehicle Claims, NC Drivers Say

    A proposed class of drivers told a North Carolina federal court that State Farm has systematically manipulated data in vehicle valuation reports to underpay policyholders' claims for totaled vehicles in violation of the state's total loss regulation.

  • October 06, 2025

    Amazon Fails To Pay Area Managers Overtime, Court Told

    Amazon misclassified area managers as overtime-exempt even though they mostly worked on handling packages, leading to unpaid overtime, a former employee said in a proposed class action now removed to Washington federal court.

  • October 06, 2025

    Attys Want Sanctions For Ex-Admin Of $600M Derailment Deal

    The attorneys representing a class of residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, have asked a federal court to let them move ahead with seeking penalties against the former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement.

  • October 06, 2025

    ICE Ordered To Halt Plan To Send Teens To Adult Facilities

    A D.C. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt an allegedly unlawful U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plan to transfer unaccompanied immigrant youths to adult detention facilities as soon as they turn 18 years old.

  • October 06, 2025

    Baseball's Antitrust Exemption Escapes High Court Review

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused a request on Monday to review baseball's century-old exemption from antitrust law in a case from players accusing Major League Baseball and its teams of colluding to pay minor leaguers "poverty level" wages.

  • October 06, 2025

    Mass. Justices Say Harvard Must Face Cadaver Theft Claims

    Massachusetts' highest court on Monday reinstated claims against Harvard University over what one justice called a "ghoulish" and "macabre scheme" by its former medical school morgue manager to dissect, steal and sell body parts from donated medical research cadavers.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Live Nation's Arbitration Terms

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to grant Live Nation's request for clarity about whether federal arbitration law covers "alternative" forms of arbitration after the Ninth Circuit found Ticketmaster's consumer arbitration agreement cannot be enforced in an antitrust case.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Coinbase's Calif. Arbitration Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case from Coinbase over whether federal arbitration laws preempt a California high court precedent that enabled a group of users to keep the crypto exchange in court over claims it misrepresented the security of its platform.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Nissan Sunroof Defect Class Spat

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Nissan North America Inc.'s bid to unravel certified classes of drivers alleging the automaker sold vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs, a case that sought additional clarity on standards that might allow uninjured plaintiffs to pursue class claims against corporate defendants.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Turn Away BDO's Auditor Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear a case that BDO USA LLP claimed could set a "dangerous precedent" for public-company auditors, leaving intact a Second Circuit decision allowing the securities fraud suit against the accounting firm to move forward.

Expert Analysis

  • Rule 23 Class Certification Matters In Settlements, Too

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc. highlighted requirements for certifying classes for litigation in federal court, but counsel must also understand how Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may affect certifying classes for settlement purposes, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Anthropic Ruling Creates Fair Use Framework For AI Training

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    A California federal court’s recent ruling that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its large language model qualified as fair use provides important guidance for both artificial intelligence developers and copyright holders because it distinguishes between transformative uses and unauthorized uses involving pirated or format-shifted works, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • Ultra-Processed Food Claims Rely On Unproven Science

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    Plaintiffs' arguments that ultra-processed foods are responsible for the nationwide increase in certain chronic illnesses, though a novel approach to food-based personal injury claims, depend on theories that are still being tested, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling

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    The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • What 9th Circ. Ruling Shows About Rebutting SEC Comments

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    The Ninth Circuit's June opinion in Pino v. Cardone Capital suggests that a company's lack of pushback to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission comment may be evidence of its state of mind for evaluating potential liability, meaning companies should consider including additional disclosure in SEC response letters, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.

  • What 9th Circ. Cracker Barrel Ruling Means For FLSA Cert.

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    The Ninth Circuit's decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel suggests a settling of two procedural trends in Fair Labor Standards Act jurisprudence — when to issue notice and where nationwide collectives can be filed — rather than deepening circuit splits, says Rebecca Ojserkis at Cohen Milstein.

  • Defense Lessons From Freshworks' Win In Post-IPO Case

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    A California federal court’s recent decision to grant Freshworks’ summary judgment bid in a proposed investor class action helpfully clarifies two important points for defendants facing postoffering securities claims under Section 11 of the Securities Act, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • 'Loss' Policy Definition Is Key For Noncash Settlements

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    A recent Delaware decision in AMC Entertainment v. XL Specialty Insurance, holding that the definition of loss includes noncash settlement payments, is important to note for policyholders considering other settlement options — like two other class actions that recently settled for vouchers, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • Tips For Business Users After 2 Key AI Copyright Decisions

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    Because two recent artificial intelligence copyright decisions from the Northern District of California — Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta — came out mostly in favor of the developers using the plaintiffs' works to train large language models, business users should proceed with care, says Chris Wlach at Acxiom.

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