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
In the June edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff wonders where the rum’s gone, if it’s not...more
In the May edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, some fat isn’t enough, some heroes wear grapes, and some...more
In the April edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a free-range chicken suit takes off, it’s no use crying over...more
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 March edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, cocoa is not cacao, a motion to dismiss gets roasted, and a...more
In the February edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a vanilla suit survives a motion to dismiss, a heavy...more
In the January edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff offers a toast to cinnamon, flavored water...more
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
In the New Year’s edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, the FDA’s cherry pie standard warrants a review, salt...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, a vanilla expert’s survey fails at...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, yellow cellophane rose-tints the...more
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 to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, a wine connoisseur goes coastal, a...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, something something memory...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, plaintiffs can’t remember the taste...more
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 to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, there’s no swimming in the fizzy...more
5/28/2021
/ Advertising ,
Animal Food ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Marketing ,
Misrepresentation ,
Product Labels ,
Proposition 65 ,
Settlement ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries.
This month, someone moved someone’s smoked...more
4/30/2021
/ Advertising ,
Animal Food ,
Class Action ,
Dietary Supplements ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Labeling ,
Manufacturers ,
Marketing ,
Nutrition Facts Labels ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Settlement
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