The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s certification of California and New York classes in Drake v. Bayer Healthcare LLC, rejecting Bayer’s arguments that individualized issues of reliance and damages precluded class treatment under Rule...
Southern District of New York Judge Analisa Torres has appointed the Central Illinois Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund as lead plaintiff and approved Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as lead counsel in a securities class action against...
A Northern District of California judge granted in part and denied in part Levi Strauss & Co.'s motion to dismiss a putative class and collective action brought by former employee Jermaine Whitfield, allowing wage and hour claims to proceed while...
Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the Northern District of Illinois granted Kalshi, Inc.'s motion to transfer a class action challenging the prediction market platform's legality under state gambling and consumer protection laws to the Southern District of New York.
The Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss Eli Lilly’s competition lawsuit against telehealth provider Mochi Health, allowing claims alleging false advertising and corporate practice of medicine to proceed...
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s refusal to certify a class of former employees suing Jack in the Box Inc. over unpaid wages for interrupted meal breaks, holding that Oregon law required the fast-food chain to pay workers for shortened...
Southern District of New York Judge Jesse M. Furman granted conditional certification of a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against Pio Pio, a chain of Peruvian restaurants, resolving procedural disputes over the scope of notice and the integrated...
The Southern District of New York has entered final judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of certain 9/11 plaintiffs, resolving a major procedural hurdle in the consolidated multidistrict litigation.
The Eastern District of California has consolidated two wage-and-hour class actions against Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., adopting the lead case's schedule and directing that all future filings occur under the lead docket number.
The Southern District of California granted final approval of a class action settlement resolving allegations that San Diego State University engaged in systemic sex-based discrimination against female varsity student-athletes.
The District of Minnesota granted final approval of a $84 million settlement in a class action alleging that Wells Fargo and GreatBanc Trust Company breached fiduciary duties by using leveraged ESOP assets to offset employer contribution obligations.
The Middle District of Florida has granted conditional certification in an FLSA collective action brought by former service technician Adam Gahrmann against Thompsongas, LLC, resolving the initial hurdle for the wage claim.
The Southern District of New York granted USA Weightlifting's motion for injunctive relief, permanently enjoining USA Masters Weightlifting Inc. from using the "USA WEIGHTLIFTING MARKS" and ordering the transfer of infringing domain names.
A federal judge in California has stayed a putative class action against Amazon.com, Inc. regarding the company's former non-disparagement clause, pending a critical state appellate ruling on whether the "Yelp Law" authorizes a private right of action.
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a $44.4 million settlement between AME Church clergy plaintiffs and Symetra Life Insurance Company, resolving claims that Symetra helped facilitate a two-decade scheme that drained roughly $90 million from the...
The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action brought by Bayer Healthcare LLC and Johnson & Johnson against the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, resolving a dispute over the substantive eligibility criteria for fund benefits.
A federal judge in New Orleans dismissed a putative class action against Walmart Inc. with prejudice on a joint motion, requiring each side to bear its own costs.
The Western District of Tennessee has granted preliminary approval of a $44.4 million class action settlement between plaintiffs and Symetra Life Insurance Company, resolving claims that the insurer facilitated the misappropriation of tens of millions of...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas overhauled the leadership structure in a consolidated shareholder derivative suit against Globe Life Inc., appointing Plymouth County Retirement Association as lead plaintiff and Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law...
A federal judge denied Experian Data Corporation's bid to freeze a putative class action over alleged wiretapping and privacy violations, ruling the company failed to show a stay was necessary.