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What Goes Around Comes Around: The Resurgence of Data Breach Class Actions

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/23/2024

Data breach class actions are again on the rise, with a recent report by Lex Machina confirming what many cybersecurity practitioners have seen first-hand over the last two years. The findings also reaffirm longstanding best...more

National Mass Torts: 2023 Year in Review

Harris Beach PLLC on 1/24/2024

Sixth Circuit Rejects Overly Ambitious PFAS Class Action - Hardwick v. 3M Co. (In re E.I. du Pont de Nemours), No. 22-3765, 87 F.4th 315 (6th Cir. Nov. 27, 2023) - The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit...more

Top 10 ESG Developments for 2023

ArentFox Schiff on 12/11/2023

2023 saw terms like “ESG,” “greenwashing,” and “circular economy” come into common use. We also saw a tsunami of other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related developments at the international, federal, and state...more

Dechert Re:Torts - Key Developments in Product Liability and Mass Torts - Issue 11

Dechert LLP on 12/4/2023

Recent Nuclear Verdicts Highlight Danger of Punitive Damages - In October and November 2023, four separate products liability trials ended with large plaintiff verdicts. Three of these verdicts were against Monsanto in...more

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/18/2023

Post-TransUnion, A Closer Examination of Threshold for Article III Standing- Class action trials are rare. The potential magnitude of an adverse verdict, even when improbable, makes the risks of trial unpalatable for...more

SCOTUS Rules that Litigation Must Cease While Question of Arbitrability is on Appeal

Harris Beach PLLC on 6/30/2023

In a decision with implications nationwide, the Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that, under the Federal Arbitration Act — the principal federal statute that governs judicial enforcement of arbitration...more

No Harm, No Foul? The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/15/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its pivotal ruling in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“TransUnion”). As reported here...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/1/2023

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

2022 Securities Litigation Year in Review

Jones Day on 2/8/2023

During 2022, securities case filings fell for the fourth consecutive year and were down slightly from 2021. The number of announced settlements rose substantially last year, as did total settlement amounts. The 2022...more

Blockchain Meets Morrison: Court Rejects Blockchain Class Settlement Because of Concerns About Adequacy of Representation

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes on 8/17/2022

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently rejected a proposed settlement of a securities class action involving purchasers of digital tokens due to concerns about whether the lead plaintiff had...more

Class Action Trends Report Winter 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/16/2022

In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys look back at class action developments in 2021, including COVID-19 vaccine mandate litigation, significant procedural decisions, wage and hour suits,...more

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/15/2021

According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches. So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the protected health information of approximately 400,000...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Standing Requirements – Implications for Class Action Defendants in Data Security, Privacy, and False...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 8/23/2021

On June 25, the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that Article III prohibits certification of a class and a damages award where the majority of class members lack actual injury. In TransUnion v. Ramirez, the Ninth Circuit...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Supreme Court To Hear Case With Large Potential Impact For Data-Breach Litigation

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/21/2020

Keypoint: Supreme Court’s decision could require individuals to suffer an actual injury prior to participating in a class action. On December 16, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review a case with potential...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - June 2019

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/13/2019

Will Single-Use Products and Packaging Be a Thing of the Past in California? - Walk down virtually any street, sidewalk, path, beach or trail in California and you will invariably find at least some single-use product or...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/14/2019

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between December 2018 and February 2019....more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | January 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/29/2019

Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/23/2018

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

Class Action Roundup: Summer 2018

Alston & Bird on 8/17/2018

Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to the latest edition of the Class Action Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2018. Arbitration was a hot topic this quarter with the...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/12/2018

Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

Race to the State Courthouse?: How the Ruling in Cyan Changes Where and How Securities Actions Are Fought

BakerHostetler on 4/4/2018

On March 20, 2018, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, No. 15-1439, that securities plaintiffs could bring class actions under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Second Bid for Review in Spokeo

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/25/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the petition for certiorari seeking review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's most recent decision in Spokeo v. Robins (Spokeo II), foregoing an opportunity to clarify...more

Supreme Court Appears Split on Class Action Waivers in Employee Arbitration Agreements

Baker Donelson on 10/17/2017

On Monday, October 2, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in three cases involving the enforceability of employee arbitration agreements that include class/collective action waivers. Since January when the...more

Jones Day’s Review of Business-Related Cases in the Supreme Court’s October Term 2016

Jones Day on 7/25/2017

During what many have labeled a “quiet Term,” the U.S. Supreme Court, working with only eight justices for most of the session, still delivered at least 30 rulings of particular interest to business and industry. These...more

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