Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Class Action
-
June 09, 2025
Del. Justices Reverse Chancery On Insider Trade Claims
Citing lower court errors, Delaware's Supreme Court revived on Monday two counts in a Court of Chancery suit alleging that Kraft Heinz Co. insiders with ties to a Brazilian controlling investor sold $1.2 billion worth of shares based on nonpublic information.
-
June 09, 2025
Emirates Ex-Workers Seek Class Certification In Layoff Suit
A group of Emirates ex-employees who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic asked a New York federal judge to certify their lawsuit against the airline as a class action, saying their discrimination, benefits and WARN Act claims apply to many ex-workers and should be processed collectively.
-
June 09, 2025
Vicor Short Sellers Lose Shareholder Suit Over AI Chip Deal
A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action brought by short sellers, who alleged power systems manufacturer Vicor misled investors about an anticipated artificial intelligence chip deal, ruling the company's statements were forward-looking projections and potentially not false when made.
-
June 09, 2025
Pilot Says American Airlines Skimped On Long-Term Disability
A disabled pilot accused American Airlines and its third-party administrator of systematically miscalculating workers' long-term disability benefits by excluding certain forms of compensation from their monthly benefit calculations, according to a suit filed in Texas federal court.
-
June 09, 2025
Mediation Fails To End 'Sham' Hiring Suit Against Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo and a class of investors accusing the bank of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock price drop have told a California federal judge that the mediation they attempted last month did not result in a settlement.
-
June 09, 2025
Chancery Tosses Suit For $7.2B Squarespace Sale Docs
Shareholders of website builder Squarespace Inc. lost a suit Monday seeking more records on events leading up to the company's $7.2 billion take-private deal with private equity giant Permira Advisors LLC, despite an acknowledged "proper purpose" for the inquiry.
-
June 09, 2025
Hemp Vape Makers, Sellers Fight RICO Claims In Delta-9 Suit
Several hemp vape makers and sellers are urging a Georgia federal court to throw out a woman's proposed class action alleging they conspired to sell vapes with delta-9 THC levels above legal thresholds, saying her complaint fails to back up her claims and conflates manufacturers and retailers.
-
June 09, 2025
Meta Exploited Android Defect To Gather Users' Info, Suit Says
Meta and Alphabet were hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging Android vulnerabilities allowed the Facebook operator to de-anonymize users' web browsing history, following a similar suit filed against Meta last week.
-
June 09, 2025
Aetna Inks $3.4M Deal In Suit Over Cancer Treatment Denials
Aetna has agreed to pay at least $3.4 million to resolve a proposed class action claiming it shirked federal benefits law by mischaracterizing a proton beam cancer radiation treatment as experimental to deny claims, according to a Florida federal court filing.
-
June 09, 2025
'Substantial' Fraud Risk Keeps PruittHealth Breach Suit Alive
A Georgia federal judge said Monday that he would allow a putative data breach class action against southeastern healthcare provider PruittHealth to go forward in part, ruling that a former employee plausibly claimed she faced the threat of identity theft even if it had not happened to her yet.
-
June 09, 2025
Ex-Yale IT Worker Pulls Payroll Schedule Class Claims
A proposed Connecticut class action accusing Yale University of paying salaried employees on a monthly basis, rather than weekly or bi-weekly as required by state law, has been withdrawn, court records show.
-
June 09, 2025
Tesla Buyers End 'Right To Repair' Monopoly Suit
Tesla drivers have agreed to permanently end their consolidated proposed class action accusing the company of running an illegal monopoly on parts for its electric vehicles and repair services, according to a proposed stipulation that a California federal judge signed off on Monday.
-
June 09, 2025
Fruits, Veggies Supplement Label Isn't Deceiving, Judge Says
An Illinois consumer who says Balance of Nature misrepresents its dietary supplements' nutritional value cannot pursue legal claims over the assertion because he's reading too much into the product label, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.
-
June 09, 2025
Parker-Hannifin Urges Justices To Turn 6th Circ. ERISA Ruling
Parker-Hannifin Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reverse the Sixth Circuit's decision to revive investment mismanagement allegations against the company from employee 401(k) participants, arguing a circuit split had deepened since the company first petitioned for review of the case.
-
June 09, 2025
Disney Settles Antitrust Suit Over ESPN Streaming Fees
Disney has settled a sprawling antitrust lawsuit with consumers over the fees in its ESPN livestreaming carriage agreements.
-
June 09, 2025
Southwest Beats Customers' 737 Max Overcharge Suit
A Texas federal judge said Monday that consumers claiming Southwest Airlines overcharged them for riskier flights on Boeing 737 Max 8 jets didn't even fly on the Max aircraft and failed to plausibly allege any concrete injuries, so they have no standing to sue.
-
June 09, 2025
5th Amendment Can't Shield Ex-Exec, Drugmakers Argue
Generic-drug makers urged a Pennsylvania court to compel a former executive to sit for a deposition in ongoing price-fixing litigation despite his invocation of the Fifth Amendment, arguing his testimony is crucial to their defense.
-
June 09, 2025
NC Sheriff's Office To Pay $625K To End Workers' Wage Suit
A North Carolina sheriff's office agreed to pay $625,000 to a class of detention center employees to end their suit alleging they were underpaid because the sheriff paid them for a flat number of hours without considering that their work schedules varied, according to a filing in federal court.
-
June 08, 2025
11th Circ. Denies Fla. AG's Bid To Unpause Immigration Law
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday denied Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's bid to lift a block on a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants into the state, finding that Florida had failed to make a strong showing that it would fend off a challenge to the law.
-
June 08, 2025
Judge Approves NCAA's $2.8B Athlete Revenue Settlement
The NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that will for the first time provide for revenue sharing with college athletes was given final approval late Friday by a California federal judge.
-
June 06, 2025
3rd Circ. Partially Undoes Chipotle's Change-Shorting Suit Win
The Third Circuit on Friday declined to fully undo Chipotle's win against a proposed class action that alleged it shortchanged customers during a COVID-19 pandemic coin shortage in 2020, reversing a lower court's determination that a Pennsylvania man waived a breach of contract claim by accepting his change without coins.
-
June 06, 2025
High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop
An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones, including cases centered on Pennsylvania's election system and the Obama Presidential Center.
-
June 06, 2025
Google Must Face Bulk Of Healthcare Data Tracking Suit
A California federal judge allowed a proposed class action accusing Google of illicitly scooping up users' personal data from healthcare providers' websites to continue Friday, but only for certain claims based on communications made before the company started instructing healthcare provider clients not to send it their health information.
-
June 06, 2025
Chancery Pauses Meta Privacy Suit For EU, Ireland Actions
A Delaware court on Friday paused a pension fund stockholder suit seeking documents on data privacy violations made by Meta Platforms Inc. that led to a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) fine from European authorities.
-
June 06, 2025
Fox Stockholders Press For Election Suit Docs In Chancery
Attorneys for Fox Corp. shareholders are accusing the company of unjustifiably withholding documents sought in Delaware's Court of Chancery related to a derivative suit over the alleged defamation of vote tabulation companies in the midst of the 2020 election.
Expert Analysis
-
E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
-
Website Accessibility Ruling Leaves Circuit Split Unresolved
A New York federal court's recent decision in Mejia v. High Brew Coffee, holding that stand-alone websites are not "public accommodations" subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act, further complicates a long-running circuit split on this question — even as courts are burdened with thousands of similar lawsuits, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.
-
The Fed. Circ. In October: Aetna And License-Term Review
The Federal Circuit's recent decision that Aetna's credit card licensing agreement with AlexSam did not give the insurer immunity from patent infringement claims serves to warn licensees to read their contracts carefully, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.
-
Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
-
Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
-
A Look At The Increased Scrutiny Of Cash Sweep Programs
Financial industry regulators have increasingly probed the adequacy of so-called cash sweep disclosures and policies, underscoring the heightened risk faced by investment advisers and broker-dealers, as well as the importance of adequately disclosing material conflicts of interest, say attorneys at Dechert.
-
Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
-
Reading Tea Leaves In Fed. Circ. Deep Dive On Review Scope
Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer investigates why a recent Federal Circuit opinion spent six pages explaining its unsurprising conclusion on proper scope of review — that no deference need be afforded to the trial court in a case dismissed for failure to state a claim.
-
How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
-
Newly Acquired Information Can Be Key In Drug Label Cases
The question of whether federal law preempts state law claims is often central in pharmaceutical labeling cases, like the Fosamax litigation now before the Third Circuit — but parties must also consider whether there is newly acquired information to justify submitting a proposed labeling change in the first place, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
-
Nvidia Case's Potential Impact On Securities Class Actions
In Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder, the U.S. Supreme Court could strip lower courts of their long-standing ability and obligation to holistically weigh all relevant facts supporting plaintiffs' allegations of securities fraud, which would have a wide-ranging impact on securities fraud class actions in the U.S., say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
-
How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
-
Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
Website owners need to understand wiretapping laws to understand whether they may be sued for activity tracking in California or Pennsylvania courts, where the statutory damages for violations of half-century-old laws can be substantial — and a recent Third Circuit decision suggests establishing specific jurisdiction is not as easy as 1-2-3, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
-
Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
-
Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.