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
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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
A California district court recently dismissed—for the second time—consumer claims that technology giant Lenovo Inc. violated New York’s Deceptive Acts and Practices Statute by selling laptops with preinstalled...more
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