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September 23, 2025
Pa. Health Network To Pay $1.15M In 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
A Pennsylvania health system agreed to pay workers $1.15 million to resolve a federal suit alleging it unlawfully used forfeited retirement plan funds to satisfy its contribution obligations and allowed workers to be overcharged for plan administrative fees.
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September 22, 2025
Hershey Defeats Reese's Halloween Candy Misbranding Suit
A Florida federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action claiming Hershey misled consumers by selling Halloween-themed Reese's products in packaging that made them think the pumpkin-shaped candy would feature carved, jack-o'-lantern designs.
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September 22, 2025
Meta Can't Ditch Revived Contract Fight Over Scam Ads
A California federal judge Monday trimmed a proposed consumer class action against Meta Platforms Inc. over Chinese vendors' scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that was recently revived by the Ninth Circuit, tossing for good a negligent failure-to-warn claim, but keeping intact the consumers' remaining contact claims.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Blocks New Claims In BNY Mellon Self-Dealing Suit
A pair of investors with the Bank of New York Mellon can't use an amended complaint to raise a relatively new theory of liability against the bank nearly five years after filing their original suit, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Zillow Accused Of Jacking Up Costs Via Hidden Agent Fees
A proposed class of homebuyers is claiming that real estate search platform Zillow uses its market dominance to illegally increase purchase prices nationwide, particularly via steep agent fees that are never disclosed to buyers or sellers, according to a suit filed Friday in Washington federal court.
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September 22, 2025
Robbins Geller To Steer Ford Investors' Warranty Costs Suit
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP was selected on Monday to lead a consolidated putative class action accusing Ford Motor Co. and its executives of concealing rising warranty costs that later caused an 18% stock price decline.
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September 22, 2025
Adult Club Owner, Charged With Fraud, Facing Securities Suit
An RCI Hospitality Holdings investor hit the adult entertainment club operator and two executives with a proposed securities class action in Texas federal court on Sunday, alleging that they hid a multiyear tax fraud and bribery scheme that was recently unveiled in sprawling New York indictments and purportedly caused RCI's stock to plummet.
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September 22, 2025
Justices Urged To Narrow Liability Defense In GEO Wage Row
Public Citizen urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to rein in lower courts' interpretation of the 85-year-old Yearsley ruling, arguing it doesn't provide government contractors sovereign immunity derived from the government.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Lets Suit Over Audible's Expiring Credits Move Forward
A Washington federal judge has declined to toss a consumer's proposed class action against Audible Inc. over the expiration dates on membership "credits," saying such vouchers don't have to be backed by a specific cash value to be covered by the Evergreen State's gift card law.
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September 22, 2025
Parents Want Roblox Grooming Suits Consolidated In Calif.
Parents who claim their children were groomed and exploited by sexual predators on Roblox's popular gaming platform say their cases should be consolidated and sent to the Northern District of California since their cases are almost identical, according to a recent petition.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Gets More Details On Proposed $1.5B Anthropic IP Deal
Authors who have inked a proposed $1.5 billion deal to end their copyright class action against artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC are saying they have worked out all the issues a California federal judge pointed out when he initially declined to give the deal approval.
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September 22, 2025
Amazon Suit Claims Prime Day Deals Based On Phony Prices
Amazon's deep Prime Day sales deals mislead consumers by calculating the advertised savings based on bogus list prices that customers don't actually pay, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in Washington federal court.
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September 22, 2025
National Instruments Investors Granted Class Cert.
A New York federal judge has certified a class of investors who sold National Instruments Corp. stock during two windows in 2022 while the company was repurchasing shares and considering an acquisition offer, finding that reliance can be presumed and damages can be measured on a class-wide basis, among other things.
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September 22, 2025
J&J Ruling Misapplied Goldman Precedent, 3rd Circ. Told
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations are supporting Johnson & Johnson's call for the full Third Circuit to reconsider a ruling that the groups argue could "saddle" companies with investor class-action suits through the misapplication of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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September 22, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to dark times in British monarchy history. Here's the latest from the Chancery Court.
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September 22, 2025
Amex Can't Push 'Illusory' Arbitration Over 'Anti-Steering' Rule
A putative class of businesses does not have to arbitrate claims that American Express violated antitrust laws by effectively preventing merchants that accept credit cards from incentivizing customers to use lower-fee cards, after a Massachusetts federal court ruled it will not "close its eyes" to the "illusory" arbitration agreement.
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September 22, 2025
NC Farms Didn't Jointly Employ Migrant Farmers, Judge Says
Three farm operators didn't jointly employ two Mexican migrant farmers who accused them of failing to reimburse workers for travel and visa expenses and requiring illegal kickbacks for meal charges, even though the farms filed H-2A visa applications together, a North Carolina federal judge ruled.
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September 22, 2025
Alorica 401(k) Participants Win ERISA Class Cert.
A California federal judge agreed Monday to certify a class of participants in business process company Alorica's 401(k) plan who alleged that high fees and poorly performing investments violated federal benefits law, holding that the proposed 4,000-member group had enough in common to warrant the court's signoff.
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September 22, 2025
Barclays Credit Card User Must Arbitrate Meta Privacy Suit
A Barclays customer must arbitrate his putative class action alleging it discloses his interactions on the bank's website with Meta Platforms Inc. while logged into his Barclays account, after a New York federal judge said Friday his subsequent use of his credit cards supports that he received cardholder agreements containing arbitration provisions.
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September 22, 2025
Ga. Tip Theft Attys Secure $226K Fee Award
A Georgia federal judge awarded $226,000 in attorney fees to the lawyers behind a $161,000 verdict earlier this year against an Atlanta restaurant that was accused by servers of illegally pocketing their tips and docking their wages.
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September 22, 2025
Mich. Judge Won't Certify Class In Dental Insurer TCPA Suit
A Michigan federal judge won't certify a proposed class alleging Solstice Benefits sent unsolicited faxes to customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding that determining members of the class would require highly individualized inquiries that would essentially defeat the purpose of a class action.
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September 22, 2025
Floridians Defend Moore & Van Allen Malpractice Claims
A proposed class of Floridians accusing Moore & Van Allen PLLC of mishandling their employee stock ownership trust have told a federal court that a change in venue is unwarranted, and that despite the law firm's claims to the contrary, they have personal standing to sue on behalf of the trust.
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September 22, 2025
Hard Rock Cafe Can't Beat Workers' Tip Wage Suit
A class of servers supported their claims that Hard Rock Cafe International required them to perform excessive untipped work without paying them full minimum wage, a Georgia federal court ruled, rejecting the chain's argument that they didn't lose their tipped-employee status.
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September 22, 2025
Anthem's $12.9M ERISA Deal Clears First Hurdle
A New York federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a nearly $12.9 million settlement resolving claims that Anthem wrongfully denied coverage for residential behavioral health treatment under employer-sponsored health plans.
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September 22, 2025
Mayo Clinic Can't Fully Nix Suit Over Withheld Benefits Info
The Mayo Clinic and its benefits administrator can't entirely escape a worker's suit claiming they pushed her to work with pricey out-of-network providers and wouldn't provide reimbursement estimates, after a Minnesota federal judge said she supported some federal benefits law claims with enough detail to remain in court.
Expert Analysis
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving pretrial detainee bail funds, employment law, product defect allegations and claims of not providing proper pain medication at a jail.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Series
Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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Opinion
It's Time To Reform Mass Arbitration
A number of recent lawsuits demonstrate how problematic practices in mass arbitration can undermine its ability to function as a tool for fair and efficient dispute resolution — so reforms including early case filtering, stronger verification requirements and new fee structures are needed to restore the arbitration system's integrity, says Kennen Hagen at FedArb.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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How High Court's Cornell Decision Will Affect ERISA Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Cunningham v. Cornell, characterizing prohibited transaction exemptions as affirmative defenses, sets the bar very low for initiating Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation, and will likely affect many plan sponsors with similar service agreements, says Carol Buckmann at Cohen & Buckmann.
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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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Series
Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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AI Use In Class Actions Comes With Risks And Rewards
The use of artificial intelligence in class actions holds promise for helping to analyze complex evidence, but attorneys and experts must understand how to use it correctly, and how to explain it clearly, say Simone Jones and Eric Mattson at Sidley and Anna Shakotko at Cornerstone Research.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Addressing Antitrust Scrutiny Over AI-Powered Pricing Tools
Amid multiple recent civil complaints alleging antitrust violations by providers and users of algorithmic pricing tools, such as RealPage and Yardi, digital-era measures should feature prominently in corporate compliance programs, including documentation of pro-competitive benefits and when to use disclosures, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Lessons From Pa. Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal
A recent wiretapping class action in Pennsylvania federal court resulting in the dispositive dismissal of the action provides key insights on how online notice and consent can be leveraged to directly address and mitigate legal risks and class action liability exposure, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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Series
Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.