Manufacturers, Class Action, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q4 - Not All Cases Survive and Advance

Alston & Bird on 3/22/2024

Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more

What Manufacturers Sponsoring Pension Plans Should Know About Class Actions Challenging Plan Assumptions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/15/2024

An enduring wave of novel class actions challenging the actuarial assumptions used to calculate certain pension benefits has prompted many sponsors of defined benefit pension plans to evaluate their plan’s terms for...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q2 – Ascertainability Lives!

Alston & Bird on 10/2/2023

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2023. In this edition, essential oils may need therapy, an ever-growing library goes nowhere, and one...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2022 Q4 – A “Healthy” Dose of Litigation

Alston & Bird on 3/31/2023

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2022. In this edition, class actions gain an international flair, insurers have cures for COVID cases,...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2022 Q2: Directing physical loss and damage

Alston & Bird on 10/18/2022

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

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2020

Alston & Bird on 1/29/2021

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