Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup!
This edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2022. In this edition, all dog stairs go to heaven, the Third Circuit resets Article III standing, and...more
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2022.
In this edition, fail-safe classes fail, consumers smoke a motion to dismiss, and you can’t bring...more
10/18/2022
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Data Breach ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Manufacturers ,
Putative Class Actions
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup!
This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2022. In this edition, COVID cases are still endemic for insurance companies, kids’ contracts are voidable...more
7/18/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Settlement ,
TCPA
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2021.
In this edition, the Seventh Circuit shorts out an FCRA suit, a plaintiff just … gives up, and...more
4/15/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Product Labels ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
TCPA ,
Wage and Hour
In the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021, a marriage nearly tears apart a certified class, insurers are vaccinated against more COVID-19 suits, and...more
1/6/2022
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Product Labels ,
Settlement ,
TCPA
Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021.
In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more
10/7/2021
/ Advertising ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
False Advertising ,
Settlement ,
Unsolicited Advertisements ,
Unsolicited Faxes
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2021.
In this edition, the courts are beginning to split on COVID-19 cases, privacy litigants can’t...more
7/1/2021
/ Airlines ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Breach ,
Disability ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employees ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Mobile Apps ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
TCPA ,
Tuition ,
Vaccinations ,
WARN Act
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020.
In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more
3/19/2021
/ Advertising ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Colleges ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Security ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Event Cancellation ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investors ,
Marketing ,
Personal Information ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Price-Fixing ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Refunds ,
Reimbursements ,
RICO ,
TCPA ,
Tuition
Welcome to the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the third quarter of 2020.
In this edition, cosmetics get reused, garbage stinks to high heaven (at least...more
1/29/2021
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Flint Water Crisis ,
Investors ,
Manufacturers ,
Misclassification ,
Payday Loans ,
Public Nuisance ,
RICO ,
Settlement ,
TCPA ,
Title VII
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2020.
In this edition, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) weighed in on several...more
9/25/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Facebook ,
Fee Awards ,
Insurance Industry ,
Judicial Panels ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2019.
This edition, we’ve added a section covering many of the COVID-19-related class actions popping...more
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our fall edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2019.
The circuit courts were busy with class actions in the third quarter. Appellate judges were able...more
1/21/2020
/ Apple ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decertification ,
Decertify ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Nissan ,
Popular ,
Product Defects ,
Putative Class Actions
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2019.
The Supreme Court granted cert on a pair of ERISA cases that revived one ruling thought...more
10/1/2019
/ ATDS ,
Auto Insurance ,
Car Accident ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Data Breach ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Product Defects ,
TCPA
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2019.
There was a veritable traffic jam in the courts for the automotive industry. Manufacturers saw...more
6/28/2019
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Call-In Pay ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
FACTA ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
FRCP 23 ,
Groundwater ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
TCPA ,
Water Pollution
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This year has begun with cases all over the map, from California to Florida to Massachusetts.
The West Coast features overbearing manufacturers, allegedly underpaid lenders,...more
4/5/2019
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Banking Sector ,
Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Facebook ,
FDCPA ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Remand
Payments Developments in 2018 and Outlook for 2019 -
The cost of accepting payments is one of the most significant expenses faced by most retailers, and managing those costs is an ongoing struggle. The year 2018 saw...more
2/11/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Counterfeiting ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Farm Bill ,
Gift-Cards ,
Minimum Wage ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Unclaimed Property ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Our TCPA Counseling & Litigation Team provides an overview of Telephone Consumer Protection Act news from 2018, highlighted by the D.C. Circuit’s ACA International decision, and a preview of a Supreme Court case coming in...more
Where the (Class) Action Is -
Welcome to the latest edition of the Class Action Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2018. Arbitration was a hot topic this quarter with the...more
8/17/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Data Breach ,
Employment Contract ,
FRCP 23 ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
TCPA
Welcome! The spring has sprung and we are here to round up the major class action opinions and settlements finalized during the first quarter of 2018. It was another active quarter with significant activity across all the...more
Where the (Class) Action Is -
Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more
3/7/2018
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Article III ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
False Advertising ,
FRCP 23 ,
GMO ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Phishing Scams ,
Retirement Plan ,
Standing ,
Student Athletes ,
TCPA ,
Unsolicited Faxes ,
Wage and Hour ,
Young Lawyers
Welcome to our second Roundup of 2017, where we feature the cases litigated and settlements finalized during the second calendar quarter of the year. It was a very active quarter in almost all of the categories we monitor,...more
8/31/2017
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Joint Employers ,
Lehman Brothers ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Limits ,
Popular ,
REIT ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Settlement ,
TCPA
Happy New Year! While we acknowledge that it’s nearly summer now, this issue of Roundup includes case highlights from the first quarter of 2017. The year kicked off with more activity than the last quarter of 2016, with cases...more
6/12/2017
/ ADEA ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Class Action ,
FATCA ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
National Bank Act ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
RICO ,
TCPA
Welcome to the latest edition of Class Action Roundup, covering the fourth quarter of 2016. As has been the case throughout the year, class actions continue to play a key role in courtrooms across the...more
In this edition of Class Action Roundup, we feature decisions from the third quarter of 2016, covering everything from pizza delivery and Uber drivers to payday lenders, canned tuna manufacturers, and even...more
1/18/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Security ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Faxes ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
TCPA ,
Uber ,
Young Lawyers
Welcome to the second 2016 edition of Class Action Roundup! The first quarter of the year witnessed a few key Supreme Court decisions, even with the passing of Justice Scalia, and several settlement cases decided. The issue...more
6/27/2016
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Bank of America ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
HAMP ,
Loan Modifications ,
Popular ,
Price-Fixing ,
Statistical Sampling ,
TCPA ,
Wage and Hour ,
Young Lawyers