Class Action

  • October 17, 2024

    Stockholders Sue Tech Co. Controllers Over Equity Shuffle

    Stockholders of materials science venture Footprint International have sued the company, several current and former board members and its controlling shareholders in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking damages for allegedly conflicted refinancing moves that stripped regular shareholders of their interests and rights.

  • October 17, 2024

    Rocket Investors Eye New Cert. Bid After Post-Goldman Denial

    A pension fund has asked a Michigan federal judge for another chance at class certification in a suit alleging Rocket Cos. hid its knowledge of a drop in its mortgage business, saying the new class would be "substantially narrowed" after certification was previously denied in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

  • October 17, 2024

    Burford Again Loses Fight Against Meat Price-Fixing Deal

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused for a second time to let a Burford Capital LLC unit unbind itself from a global settlement Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco entered to resolve chicken, pork and beef price-fixing claims.

  • October 17, 2024

    Va. Judge Signs Off On Prolonged Detention Suit Settlement

    A Virginia federal judge has given final approval to a settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ending class claims accusing the agency of detaining immigrants in the District of Columbia and Virginia after they'd been granted relief from removal.

  • October 17, 2024

    Zoox Investors Battle Amazon Sale Suit Toss In Chancery

    An attorney for self-driving robotaxi venture Zoox Inc., its directors and Amazon.com told Delaware's chancellor on Thursday that insolvency was days away when Zoox agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition by Amazon.com in June 2020, despite conflicting claims from stockholders who challenged the deal.

  • October 17, 2024

    Chevron, Syngenta Want 600 'Baseless' Paraquat Cases Nixed

    Chevron and Syngenta urged an Illinois federal judge on Wednesday to begin the dismissal process for almost 600 paraquat plaintiffs the companies say have flouted a court order to document their alleged exposure to the pesticide.

  • October 17, 2024

    Golf Course Co. Data Breach Claimants Want 4 Cases Merged

    The plaintiffs in four separate proposed class actions alleging an Illinois-based operator of golf courses failed to protect customers' information following a data breach have asked an Illinois federal court to consolidate their cases, arguing that their claims arise from the same operative facts.

  • October 17, 2024

    Amgen Faces Derivative Suit In Del. Over Tax Disclosures

    An Amgen Inc. stockholder has sued the company in Delaware's Court of Chancery seeking derivative recoveries for the multinational biopharmaceutical company from its directors and officers based on allegedly false and misleading statements regarding $10.7 billion in federal tax bills and penalties.

  • October 17, 2024

    55K Labcorp 401(k) Participants Get Class Cert. In Fees Suit

    Approximately 55,000 LabCorp workers were granted class status by a North Carolina federal judge Wednesday in their litigation against the company over steep 401(k) plan record-keeping fees allegedly inhibiting their ability to save for retirement.

  • October 17, 2024

    Google Asks 9th Circ. To Immediately Pause Epic Injunction

    Google filed an emergency motion late Wednesday in its antitrust battle with Epic Games Inc. asking the Ninth Circuit to stay a lower court's injunction that's set to take effect Nov. 1 requiring Google to open up its Play Store to competing app stores, slamming the injunction as harmful and "unworkable."

  • October 17, 2024

    Seyfarth Hit With $8M Suit For Botched Wage Class Settlement

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP owes a physician practice almost $8 million for negligently removing hundreds of the practice's employees from a list of those entitled to part of a $4.9 million wage and hour settlement, costing the practice another $3.6 million to correct the mistake, according to a California suit.

  • October 17, 2024

    Former X Exec 'Worst' For Class In Bonus Suit, Judge Says

    A former X Corp. senior director of compensation is "the worst possible candidate" for the class he proposed in his suit claiming unpaid bonuses after Elon Musk took the reins of the company, a California federal judge said, slamming his bid for class certification.

  • October 16, 2024

    BetterHelp Can't Ax Suit Over Sharing Data With Advertisers

    A California federal judge has trimmed but refused to completely toss a consolidated putative class action accusing online counseling platform BetterHelp Inc. of unlawfully disclosing consumers' confidential information to third parties for advertising purposes, finding that newly added details boosted several of the plaintiffs' claims. 

  • October 16, 2024

    Indiana U. Hit With Sex Abuse Claims Over Sports Doc Exams

    Indiana University has been accused in a new lawsuit of turning a blind eye to the sexual misconduct of a longtime physician for the IU men's basketball team who allegedly routinely assaulted student athletes.

  • October 16, 2024

    Chinese AI Co. Hit With Investor Suit Over Nasdaq Compliance

    China-based artificial intelligence company Xiao-I Corp. was hit with a proposed investor class action in New York federal court alleging it downplayed increasing research and development costs that it was incurring, increasing the likelihood that it would fail to comply with the Nasdaq Stock Market's minimum price requirement after going public.

  • October 16, 2024

    Gatos Silver Investor Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Score $6M Fee

    Attorneys from Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP and The Schall Law Firm will receive over $6 million after representing investors in a settlement with precious metals company Gatos Silver Inc. over claims the company knowingly overstated expectations about the resources and reserves in its mine in Mexico.

  • October 16, 2024

    H2-A Workers Allegedly Forced To Work In Potato Warehouses

    Three Mexican citizens filed a proposed collective action in Colorado federal court Tuesday alleging a company lured them to work in the U.S. under guest worker visas with false promises, then trafficked them into forced labor in Colorado potato warehouses.

  • October 16, 2024

    County Asks Judge To Let State Court Handle Detention Issue

    An Indiana county asked a federal court on Tuesday to refrain from hearing immigrant detainees' claims that it violated a duty to "take care" of them, saying the question involves complex local issues that should be resolved by a state court.

  • October 16, 2024

    Atty Pressed On DMI Stock Drop Focus In Del. Merger Suit

    A Delaware vice chancellor repeatedly pressed an attorney for shareholders of 3D printer manufacturer The ExOne Co. Wednesday on the relative importance of a stock drop experienced by acquirer Desktop Metal Inc. before and after shareholders voted on a $575 million merger.

  • October 16, 2024

    Feds Say EPA Not Responsible For Flint Water Crisis

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday sought to shake claims from Flint, Michigan, residents alleging the agency did not properly respond to the water crisis, telling a Michigan federal judge it had no part in switching the town's water source or corrosion control efforts.

  • October 16, 2024

    Banks Ditch Exchange's Boycott Conspiracy Suit At 2nd Circ.

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected a small trading exchange's effort to revive its claims that several major banks conspired to shut it out of the credit default swap market, saying the exchange failed to plausibly allege that the banks' conduct was the result of an unlawful agreement or conspiracy.

  • October 16, 2024

    CenturyLink Seeks Erasure Of $140M Class Verdict

    CenturyLink is asking for a new trial after a jury ordered it to pay more than $140 million for illegally running credit reports on customers looking for internet service on its website, telling an Arizona federal judge that no evidence from the case suggested that the company willfully violated the law.

  • October 16, 2024

    Utah Judge Tosses Mattress Conspiracy Suit For Good

    A Utah federal court has tossed a lawsuit accusing major mattress companies and a trade group of conspiring to drive a competitor from the market after finding a lack of evidence showing there was an agreement to harm competition and saying the claims can't be fixed.

  • October 16, 2024

    Direct Buyers Get Final OK For $44M Drug Price-Fixing Deal

    A Pennsylvania federal court has granted final approval to $44.4 million in settlements between drugmakers Apotex, Breckenridge and Heritage and direct purchasers in a multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.

  • October 16, 2024

    Konica Minolta Strikes Deal To Settle 401(k) Class Action

    Konica Minolta Business Solutions has agreed to resolve an 8,000-member class action alleging it cost workers millions of dollars in retirement savings by failing to remove costly investment options from its 401(k) plan, according to a New Jersey federal court filing.

Expert Analysis

  • Realtor Settlement May Create New Antitrust Pitfalls

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    Following a recent antitrust settlement between the National Association of Realtors and home sellers, practices are set to change and the increased competition may benefit both brokers and homebuyers, but the loss of the customary method of buyer broker compensation could lead to new antitrust concerns, says Colin Ahler at Snell & Wilmer.

  • Navigating The New Rise Of Greenwashing Litigation

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    As greenwashing lawsuits continue to gain momentum with a shift in focus to carbon-neutrality claims, businesses must exercise caution and ensure transparency in their environmental marketing practices, taking cues from recent legal challenges in the airline industry, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State

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    On June 28, the modern administrative state, where courts deferred to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, died when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled its previous decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council — but it is survived by many cases decided under the Chevron framework, say Joseph Schaeffer and Jessica Deyoe at Babst Calland.

  • How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts

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    As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI’s repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • Calif. Ruling Heightens Medical Product Maker Liability

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    The California Supreme Court's decision in Himes v. Somatics last month articulates a new causation standard for medical product manufacturer liability that may lead to stronger product disclosures nationwide and greater friction between manufacturers and physicians, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • 2nd Circ. ERISA Ruling May Help Fight Unfair Arb. Clauses

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    The Second Circuit recently held that a plaintiff seeking planwide relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act cannot be compelled to individual arbitration, a decision that opens the door to new applications of the effective vindication doctrine to defeat onerous and one-sided arbitration clauses, say Raphael Janove and Liana Vitale at Janove.

  • Series

    Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Boxing has influenced my legal work by enabling me to confidently hone the skills I've learned from the sport, like the ability to remain calm under pressure, evaluate an opponent's weaknesses and recognize when to seize an important opportunity, says Kirsten Soto at Clyde & Co.

  • Opinion

    Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

  • 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Roundup

    After Chevron

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    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference standard in June, this Expert Analysis series has featured attorneys discussing the potential impact across 36 different rulemaking and litigation areas.

  • Opinion

    Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem

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    The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers' mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being, says Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild.

  • Series

    Skiing And Surfing Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I’ve learned while riding waves in the ocean and slopes in the mountains have translated to my legal career — developing strong mentor relationships, remaining calm in difficult situations, and being prepared and able to move to a backup plan when needed, says Brian Claassen at Knobbe Martens.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: June Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers two recent decisions from the Third and Tenth Circuits, and identifies practice tips around class action settlements and standing in securities litigation.

  • Unpacking The Circuit Split Over A Federal Atty Fee Rule

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    Federal circuit courts that have addressed Rule 41(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are split as to whether attorney fees are included as part of the costs of a previously dismissed action, so practitioners aiming to recover or avoid fees should tailor arguments to the appropriate court, says Joseph Myles and Lionel Lavenue at Finnegan.

  • Arbitration Implications Of High Court Coinbase Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Coinbase v. Suski ruling not only reaffirmed the long-standing principle that arbitration is a matter of contract, but also established new and more general principles concerning the courts' jurisdiction to decide challenges to delegation clauses and the severability rule, say Tamar Meshel at the University of Alberta.

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