Class Action

  • September 26, 2025

    NY Judge Grills CA Atty Over Botched Pro Hac Vice Filings

    The Manhattan federal judge overseeing a major racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL on Friday took a California attorney to task over a bungled pro hac vice filing and his failure to appear at a prior hearing, but stopped short of taking disciplinary action, for now.

  • September 26, 2025

    EssilorLuxottica Beats Antitrust Suit, Buyers Get 1 Last Shot

    A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed two proposed class actions in a consolidated suit that accuses eyewear EssilorLuxottica SA of monopolizing the U.S. consumer eyewear market, saying that direct and indirect purchasers offered an "implausible and contrived definition" of an asserted premium eyewear market.

  • September 26, 2025

    Zillow Loses 9th Circ. Bid To Undo Investor Class Cert.

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision to grant class certification in an investor suit claiming Zillow Group Inc. oversold a now-shuttered home-buying program, rejecting the real estate listing site's arguments that the lower court did not correctly apply the U.S. Supreme Court's Goldman decision to the class certification bid.

  • September 26, 2025

    Facial Machine Maker Can't Slough Off Investor Suit

    Salon treatment equipment maker the Beauty Health Company can't shed claims it hurt investors by hiding critical design issues affecting its Syndeo hydrodermabrasion facial machine detailed in an "exhaustive" complaint, a California federal judge has determined.

  • September 26, 2025

    Inotiv Inks $8.75M Investor Deal Over Animal Welfare Claims

    Medical research services provider Inotiv Inc. and its shareholders asked an Indiana federal court to approve an $8.75 million settlement to resolve investors' claims the company concealed that its subsidiaries were under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for animal welfare and smuggling violations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Conn. Psych Facility Faces Class Claims Over Data Breach

    A residential psychiatric treatment facility in Connecticut fell victim to a cyberattack that exposed the personal information of more than 5,000 current and former patients and employees, according to a putative class action that alleges The Children's Center of Hamden Inc. was negligent with its data security.

  • September 26, 2025

    Bayer Investors Seek Final OK Of $38M Settlement, Atty Fees

    Bayer AG shareholders have asked a California federal judge to give final approval of its $38 million settlement with the German multinational to end claims it downplayed litigation risks related to the weedkiller Roundup, saying the deal, which seeks over $10 million in attorney fees, is fair.

  • September 26, 2025

    Skechers Emails Are Misleading Spam, Customers Say

    Footwear brand Skechers is blasting shoppers with spam emails that clog their inboxes with false and misleading statements about urgent deals, according to a new proposed class action in Washington federal court seeking more than $6 million for the alleged violations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Mortgage Insurer Wants To Settle 401(k) Mismanagement Suit

    A mortgage insurance company has agreed to settle a proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action filed by a former employee who accused the insurer in North Carolina federal court of mismanaging a 401(k) plan.

  • September 26, 2025

    United Bank To Pay $2M Settling ESOP Class Action

    United Bank Corp. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it booted former employees out of its employee stock ownership plan and cut them out of the proceeds of a $23.3 million dividend, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.

  • September 26, 2025

    Men On NYPD Gang List Fight To Keep Alive Racial Bias Suit

    Three anonymous men on the New York Police Department's list of gang members have urged a federal judge to reject the city's bid to dismiss their putative class action, saying their claims are based on ongoing racial discrimination and civil rights violations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Illumina And Grail Nix Investor Suit Over Failed Deal, For Now

    Illumina and Grail on Friday defeated a proposed class action alleging they lied to investors who bought artificially inflated Illumina stock whose prices plunged following several purported disclosures, after a California federal judge said the investors hadn't adequately pled which disclosures corrected any alleged misstatements that caused their losses. 

  • September 26, 2025

    Fla. Urges 11th Circ. To Remand Snap Inc. Suit To State Court

    The Florida Office of the Attorney General urged the Eleventh Circuit to undo an order blocking enforcement of a law that requires Snap Inc. to limit teens' access to the platform, arguing the case belongs in state court. 

  • September 26, 2025

    DC Circ. Won't Stop FDA From Approving Entresto Generic

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday shot down Novartis' attempt to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a generic version of its most lucrative drug, the heart disease medication Entresto.

  • September 26, 2025

    Oldies.com Class Claims Over Video-Buying Info Kept Alive

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that online video seller oldies.com must face a customer's proposed class action claiming it unlawfully disclosed his personal viewing information, finding he adequately showed the website violated the Video Privacy Protection Act.

  • September 26, 2025

    Off The Bench: NCAA Mostly Beats Trans Suit, Faces Another

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA beat the majority of claims over its former transgender policy, but faced a new lawsuit in New York, along with the State University of New York, stemming from its current ban of transgender athletes competing in women's sports.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Wants Clarity On Migrant Green Card Delays

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday said Trump administration officials may be "wordsmithing," as she asked a government lawyer to explain why some migrants trying to adjust their status from humanitarian parole to legal residency are still being told their applications are on hold despite a court order to resume processing them.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Won't Halt EPA's $3B Climate Grant Cuts During Appeal

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge denied conservation groups' and local governments' effort to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from ending a $3 billion climate grant program while they appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit.

  • September 26, 2025

    Derailment Litigants Say Attys Duped Them Into $600M Deal

    Nearly 150 residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, say plaintiffs' lawyers misled them into joining a $600 million deal with Norfolk Southern by concealing experts' testing and community members who got sick after a fiery 2023 derailment, according to a motion asking a federal judge to let them out of the settlement.

  • September 26, 2025

    Capital One Resolves Ex-Workers' 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

    Capital One has agreed to end a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully used tens of millions of dollars in forfeited 401(k) funds to reduce its own contributions to the plan rather than curtail administrative costs, the company told a New York federal court.

  • September 26, 2025

    Philly PD Fights Cops' OT Class Certification Bid

    The city of Philadelphia and several officials said that they followed the collective bargaining agreement to compensate ranking officers, telling a federal court that a proposed class in an overtime suit would require individualized inquiries that clash with certification.

  • September 26, 2025

    Athletes Want Judge In Pavia Case For NCAA 'Redshirt' Suit

    The federal judge whose 2024 injunction allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play an extra season of football should oversee a proposed antitrust class action seeking to upend the NCAA's eligibility rules, the athletes behind the suit told a Tennessee federal court.

  • September 26, 2025

    Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets

    A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.

  • September 26, 2025

    Wells Fargo Nears Deal With Investors In 'Sham' Hiring Suit

    Wells Fargo and investors who said they lost money after allegations surfaced that the bank conducted fake interviews to show it met diversity goals have told a California federal court they've reached a settlement in principle, less than two weeks after the company announced a deal in a derivative lawsuit over similar claims.

  • September 26, 2025

    Chervon, Lowe's Battery Recall Doesn't End Suit, Court Told

    Consumers in a proposed class action told an Illinois federal court that a voluntary recall by Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC of lithium-ion batteries allegedly prone to overheating and combusting doesn't extinguish their claims since the recall falls short of addressing their injuries.

Expert Analysis

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

  • Opinion

    Courts Must Revitalize Robust Claim Construction

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    Two Federal Circuit decisions from earlier this year illustrate the rarity of robust claim construction and the underused reverse doctrine of equivalents — a dual problem that prevents courts from clearly delineating and correctly cabining the scope of rights conferred by patent claims, say attorneys at Klarquist Sparkman.

  • What Gene Findings Mean For Asbestos Mesothelioma Claims

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    Recent advances in genetic research have provided substantial evidence that significant numbers of malignant mesothelioma cases may be caused by inherited mutations rather than asbestos exposure — a finding that could fundamentally change how defendants approach personal injury litigation over mesothelioma, say David Schwartz at Lumanity and Kirk Hartley at LSP Group.

  • ESOP Ruling Clarifies Trustees' Role In 3rd-Party Sales

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    An Illinois federal court's dismissal of a class action related to an employee stock ownership plan in Rush v. GreatBanc demystifies the trustee's role in a sale transaction to a third party by providing commentary on the prudent process and considerations for trustees to weigh before approving a sale, says Katelyn Harrell at BCLP.

  • Series

    Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: A Rare MDL Petition Off-Day

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    In an unusual occurrence in the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's history, there are zero new MDL petitions scheduled for Thursday's hearing session, but the panel will be busy considering a host of motions regarding whether to transfer cases to eight existing MDL proceedings, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • Series

    Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles

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    Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Collective Cert. In Age Bias Suit Shows AI Hiring Tool Scrutiny

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    Following a California federal court's ruling in Mobley v. Workday, which appears to be the first in the country to preliminarily certify a collective action based on alleged age discrimination from artificial intelligence tools used for hiring, employers should move quickly to audit these technologies, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Using Federal Forum Provisions To Nix State Securities Cases

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    A California appeals court's recent decision in Bullock v. Rivian clarifies that underwriters may enforce federal forum provisions to escape state court Securities Act claims, marking progress in restoring such lawsuits to federal court and reducing the litigation costs arising from duplicative state court litigation, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Series

    Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.

  • Does R-Squared Have A Role In Event Study Analysis?

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    With 2024 marking the second consecutive year to experience an increase in securities class action filings, determining the reliability of event study models is of utmost importance, but it's time to reconsider the traditional method of doing so, say analysts at StoneTurn Group.

  • Chancery Ruling Raises Bar For Advance Notice Bylaws Suits

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent ruling in Siegel v. Morse will make it more difficult for plaintiffs to successfully challenge advance notice bylaws before the emergence of an actual or threatened proxy contest, presumably reducing the occurrence of such challenges, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP

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    Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • Age Bias Suit Against Aircraft Co. Offers Lessons For Layoffs

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    In Raymond v. Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, an aircraft maker's former employees recently dismissed their remaining claims after the Tenth Circuit rejected their nearly decade-old collective action alleging age discrimination stemming from a 2013 reduction in force, reminding employers about the importance of carefully planning and documenting mass layoffs, say attorneys at Cooley.

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