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Class Action Unjust Enrichment Negligence

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.: Court of Appeal Confirms No Compensation for Risk “In the Air”

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In Palmer v. Teva Canada Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision to deny certification of a proposed product liability class action seeking damages for the alleged increased risk of being...more

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

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OpenAI, Inc. develops artificial intelligence software involving large language models (“LLM”) known as ChatGPT. In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging...more

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Aon Corporation Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach

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In a class action lawsuit against Aon Corporation, plaintiffs Maria Flores, Deanna Dube, Misty Williams, and Sharon Rushing allege several claims including negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, unjust enrichment,...more

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District Court says EFTA applies to cryptocurrency

On February 22, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially granted a cryptocurrency exchange’s motion to dismiss allegations that its inadequate security practices allowed unauthorized users to...more

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Crypto Wallet Data Breach Leads to Class Action Litigation

Plaintiffs filed suit in the District Court for the District of Delaware against Shopify Inc. and TaskUs Inc., alleging that the companies failed to implement measures to prevent a data breach that resulted in a breach of...more

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B.C. Supreme Court declines to strike Province’s class action claims to recover healthcare costs and damages related to opioid...

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In August 2018, the Province of British Columbia (Province) commenced a class action on behalf of itself and other provincial and federal governments against approximately 50 pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, and...more

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Volkswagen and Audi Hit with Data Breach Class Action

This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million consumers’ personal information. ...more

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Presidio Employee Files Class Action Over Data Breach

North American IT company Presidio faces a proposed data breach class action by an employee for an incident involving employee data. Eric LaPrairie, a former Presidio employee, received a notice of a data breach from...more

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, LA Fitness Customers Exercise to Work Out Their Monthly Fees

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As Americans face drastic changes to their daily routines due to the coronavirus, a South Florida plaintiff has brought a class action lawsuit against LA Fitness, alleging counts of unjust enrichment and negligence for LA...more

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Appellate Court Rules Insurers Have Duty to Defend Illinois Biometric Privacy Claim

An Illinois state appellate court recently ruled that a customer's biometric privacy class action claims against an insured tanning salon potentially fell within two insurer's personal injury coverage. See, West Bend Mutual...more

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The Risk and Reward of Life Insurance

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No Recovery for Paying Premiums in Excess of Policy Face Amount - Since we last reported on Goostree v. Liberty National Life Insurance Co. in the October 2019 issue of Expect Focus — Life, Annuity, and Retirement Solutions,...more

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Sixth Circuit Holds Class Certification On Issues Is Appropriate In Toxic Tort Action

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a toxic tort class action stemming from automotive and dry cleaning facilities’ alleged contamination of groundwater near Dayton, Ohio, the Sixth Circuit affirmed an Ohio federal district court’s grant...more

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Payment or Pillory: More Fallout from Uber’s Data Breach

With new developments regarding Uber Technologies Inc.’s 2016 data breach coming out almost daily, lawsuits against the company continue to pile-up. We previously reported that within days of Uber disclosing the data theft...more

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Location, Location, Location: Fraud Suit Filed Against Anheuser-Busch Over 'Abbey' Beer

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As anyone in real estate will tell you, location matters. Apparently, location also matters when it comes to selecting a beer. Recently, a purchaser of Leffe Beers brought a class action lawsuit in Florida federal court...more

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2016 Data Breach Litigation Report

Data security breaches – and data security breach litigation – dominated the headlines in 2015 and continue to do so in 2016. Continuous widely publicized breaches have led to 30,000 articles a month being published that...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action

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The debate over standing in data breach litigation is gaining more attention lately. While many courts have hesitated to find standing prior to lost personally identifiable information (PII) actually being misused, the U.S....more

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Evolving Litigation of Data Breach Claims

An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed five of six claims in a consolidated class action against Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation arising from a data breach in July 2013. The judge’s dismissal with prejudice...more

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Hut, Hut, Phlmph — Florida Judge Denies Dismissal of Tax on Delivery Charges Lawsuit

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In the latest development in the Florida litigation regarding the taxation of delivery charges, Judge Jack Tuter of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida determined that the complaint against Pizza Hut was sufficient to...more

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