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
Where the (Class) Action Is -
This issue of Roundup wraps up 2015 with another slate of interesting cases spanning industries and subject matter. The running theme of ascertainability is now stretching into antitrust...more
4/20/2016
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Banking Sector ,
Chemical Spills ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Private Nuisance ,
RICO ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Smart Car ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour ,
Yahoo! ,
Young Lawyers
Where the (Class) Action Is -
Moving into the second half of 2015, there is no shortage of interesting cases across the spectrum of class action issues and claims. In this edition of the Round-Up, courts continue to...more
1/6/2016
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Product Defects ,
RICO ,
Securities Litigation ,
Settlement ,
Wage and Hour ,
Young Lawyers
The big news this quarter is the U.S. Supreme Court’s acceptance of Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, an employment case likely to have major ramifications across the whole spectrum of class action litigation. The Court is set...more
9/17/2015
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Bank of America ,
Boeing ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Daubert Hearing ,
Disparate Impact ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equifax ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FDCPA ,
GNC ,
H-2A ,
Kraft ,
Levi Strauss ,
Limitation Periods ,
Misrepresentation ,
Morgan Stanley ,
NFL ,
Quicken Loans ,
Race Discrimination ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
SLUSA ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Sustainability ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Uber ,
Unilever ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wells Fargo ,
Yahoo!