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September 30, 2025
Fiat Chrysler Can't Exit Workers' 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
A Michigan federal judge rejected Fiat Chrysler's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of two employee 401(k) plans, ruling Tuesday that current and former employees had sufficiently backed up allegations that underperforming fund offerings breached fiduciary duties under federal benefits law.
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September 30, 2025
Han-Dee Hugo's Managers Win Collective Cert. In Wage Suit
A North Carolina federal judge has conditionally certified a collective action from Han-Dee Hugo's gas and convenience store managers who accused the employer of misclassifying them and denying overtime pay, finding the managers to be similarly situated.
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September 30, 2025
Pharma Co. Asks Judge To Toss 'Vague' Investor Class Action
Counsel for Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday that a shareholder class action alleging the company misled investors about the potential success of an epilepsy drug was based solely on "vague and uncorroborated" statements from confidential witnesses.
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September 29, 2025
Visa Defeats Claims It Profited From Child Porn, For Now
A California federal judge has thrown out allegations Visa knew about and profited from child pornography on Pornhub and other websites it worked with, though he gave the young woman who sued another opportunity to file an amended complaint.
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September 29, 2025
Meta Faces Sanctions Bid Alleging Co. Destroyed 'Taps' Data
Personal injury plaintiffs have urged a California state judge to sanction Meta Platforms Inc. in coordinated litigation over claims social media harms young users' mental health, alleging Meta willfully destroyed crucial time‑stamped "taps" data that captures users' taps, scrolls and swipes on Facebook and Instagram.
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September 29, 2025
Meta Ducks Antitrust Suit As Economist's Opinions Excluded
A California federal judge on Monday freed Meta from an antitrust lawsuit that accused it of monopolizing an asserted market for personal social networking, saying Facebook users failed to prove the existence of an antitrust injury, with or without help from an expert witness.
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September 29, 2025
Lithium Co. Beats Investor Suit Over Extraction Rate Claims
Canadian extraction plant operator Standard Lithium Ltd. on Monday escaped a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors about the production capabilities of a U.S. plant after a federal judge determined the suit does not show investors were harmed by inconsistencies between its public statements and disclosures it made to a state government agency.
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September 29, 2025
Chess Website Can't Dodge Suit Over Video Data-Sharing
An Illinois federal judge has refused to ax a proposed class action accusing Chess.com LLC of illegally sharing information about website visitors' video-viewing activities, finding that the plaintiff qualified as a "consumer" and met two other necessary elements to assert a claim under the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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September 29, 2025
Del. Heavyweight Firms Get Lead Spot For Endeavor Deal Suit
The Delaware Chancery Court tapped Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA on Monday as lead co-counsel for the shareholder class action over sports and entertainment company Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.'s $13 billion take-private merger.
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September 29, 2025
FPI Signs $2.8M Deal To Exit Yardi Price-Fixing Class Action
Property management firm FPI Management Inc. has reached a $2.8 million deal to settle a proposed price-fixing class action in Washington federal court accusing it and others of using Yardi Systems Inc.'s third-party software to inflate residential rents.
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September 29, 2025
Resort Co. Loses TCPA Suit Targeting Unsolicited Promo Calls
Club Exploria LLC lost its bid to compel arbitration in a class action targeting unsolicited telemarketing calls when an Illinois federal judge favored instead the lead plaintiff's bid for a quick win on his claim that the resort company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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September 29, 2025
Boeing Using Rejected Args In 737 Max Fraud Suit, Fund Says
An investment fund has told an Illinois federal judge that Boeing cannot escape a lawsuit alleging it misrepresented the overall safety of the 737 Max 8 after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, saying it has pinpointed specific misstatements that judges in similar cases have already deemed actionable.
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September 29, 2025
NJ Panel Rejects Suit Over Deadly Warehouse Fire
A New Jersey appellate court on Monday backed the dismissal of a proposed class action that was filed over a deadly December 2021 fire in a Hoboken commercial warehouse that killed two people.
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September 29, 2025
Hagens Berman Misstep Ends Amazon-Apple Suit, For Now
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action targeting an alleged pact between Amazon and Apple to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform, agreeing on Monday to revisit an earlier ruling after fresh facts surfaced showing that the former lead plaintiffs' counsel misled the court for months.
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September 29, 2025
Chancery Mulls Bid To Toss AI-Linked Battery Co. SPAC Suit
Attorneys representing a blank-check company that took artificial intelligence-driven energy storage business Stem Inc. public in April 2021 argued in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday that investors suing over the deal are following a "free pass to trial" strategy that the court has cautioned against.
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September 29, 2025
State Farm Class Action Over Car Payouts Narrowed
An Illinois federal court on Monday significantly cut a proposed class action accusing State Farm of systematically undervaluing policyholders' claims for totaled vehicles, but left intact the policyholders' claims for unjust enrichment.
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September 29, 2025
Hain 'Channel-Stuffing' Securities Suit Revived By 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Monday reversed a district court's dismissal of a proposed class action accusing food and personal care company Hain Celestial of "channel-stuffing," or asking distributors to take more product than they can sell in order to cover up flagging demand, finding the class had adequately alleged actionable misrepresentations and false statements by the company.
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September 29, 2025
Ill. Judge Trims Suit Over Chicago Children's Hospital Hack
Patients and patrons of Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago whose personal information was allegedly compromised in a hack can pursue their claim that the hospital's negligent data security practices led to the exposure, but an Illinois federal judge dismissed most of their other claims.
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September 29, 2025
Refrigeration Co. Shuts Down Employee Stock Valuation Suit
A North Carolina industrial refrigeration company defeated a lawsuit claiming family operators undervalued the company to the detriment of employee stock ownership plan participants, with a federal judge ruling Monday that a former executive filed suit too long after he discovered the alleged mismanagement.
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September 29, 2025
Benefits Co. Can't Escape Worker's Tobacco Surcharge Suit
A Tennessee federal court refused to toss an employee benefits company worker's proposed class action alleging a surcharge on the health plans of employees who used tobacco violated federal benefits law, but agreed to pare some allegations from the suit for failure to state a claim and lack of standing.
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September 29, 2025
Michigan Judge Tosses College Football Players' $50M NIL Suit
A $50 million proposed class action by former college football players, claiming that they have been deprived of the profits from their publicity rights for decades, has been thrown out by a Michigan federal judge, a decision the athletes said they would appeal.
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September 29, 2025
3rd Circ. Denies Pilots' Bid To Revive Military Leave Class
The Third Circuit will not review a Pennsylvania federal judge's order decertifying a class of American Airlines pilots who claim they were denied pay and profit-sharing benefits during their time off on military leave, the court announced Monday.
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September 29, 2025
Ga. HVAC Co. Hit With Wage Theft Collective Action
A west Georgia heating and air company was hit with a proposed collective action Friday from a former worker who said the company violated federal labor laws by docking the pay of its service and installation technicians and refusing to compensate them for their travel time between jobsites.
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September 29, 2025
Seyfarth Beats DQ Bid In Amazon COVID Screening Case
A Colorado federal judge Monday denied Amazon warehouse workers' bid to disqualify Seyfarth Shaw LLP from representing the e-commerce giant in a proposed wage class action, rejecting arguments that Amazon wrongly represented former managers who may be class members since the firm immediately withdrew from that representation once informed of the possible conflict.
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September 29, 2025
Idaho Pushes Back On Effort To Moot Trans Athlete Ban Case
The state of Idaho is pushing back at a plaintiff's bid to stop the U.S. Supreme Court from hearing a case that challenges a state law banning transgender athletes, arguing that the athlete cannot toss a suit that is stayed or "manipulate" the docket to avoid an unfavorable decision.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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One Year On, Davidson Holds Lessons On 'Health Halo' Claims
A year after the Ninth Circuit's Davidson v. Sprout Foods decision — which raised the bar for so-called health halo claims — food and beverage companies can draw insights from its finding, subsequently expanded on by other courts, that plaintiffs must be specific when alleging fraud in healthfulness marketing, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Rocket Mortgage Appeal May Push Justices To Curb Classes
Should the U.S. Supreme Court agree to hear Alig v. Rocket Mortgage, the resulting decision could limit class sizes based on commonality under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Evidence as opposed to standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, say attorneys at Carr Maloney.
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What Businesses Need To Know To Avoid VPPA Class Actions
Divergent rulings by the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act have highlighted the difficulty of applying a statute conceived to regulate the now-obsolete brick-and-mortar video store sector in today's internet economy, say attorneys at DTO Law.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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A Pattern Emerges In Justices' Evaluation Of Veteran Statute
The recent Soto v. U.S. decision that the statute of limitations for certain military-related claims does not apply to combat-related special compensation exemplifies the U.S. Supreme Court's view, emerging in two other recent opinions, that it is a reviewing court's obligation to determine the best interpretation of the language used by Congress, says attorney Kenneth Carpenter.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Focusing On Fluoride: From FDA To Class Action
A class action filed two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the connection between government pronouncements on safety and their immediate use as evidence in lawsuits, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.
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How Dfinity Timeliness Ruling Can Aid Crypto Issuers
A California federal court's recent dismissal of a class action against Dfinity, holding that the claims were time-barred by the Securities Act's three-year statute of repose, provides a useful defense for cryptocurrency issuers, which often solicit investments years before minting and distributing the associated tokens, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.
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NCAA Settlement Kicks Off New Era For Student-Athlete NIL
A landmark settlement stemming from 15 years of litigation between schools and the NCAA reflects a major development in college athletics by securing compensation for usage of student-athletes' names, images and likenesses, and schools hoping to take advantage of new opportunities should take proactive steps to comply with new rules, say attorneys at Manatt.
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9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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What Calif. Appeals Split Means For Litigating PAGA Claims
After two recent California state appeals court rulings diverged on whether a former employee with untimely individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act can maintain a representative action, practitioners' strategic agility will be key to managing risk and achieving favorable outcomes in PAGA litigation, say attorneys at Buchalter.