Lawsuits and Litigation


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    Plaintiffs reap $160B in 3-year class action haul

    PFAS settlements remain the biggest money source but privacy and DEI cases are rising and the arbitration defense is eroding, a Duane Morris analysis shows.

    By Jan. 17, 2025
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    Supreme Court upholds US law forcing TikTok ban or sale

    The unanimous ruling means a U.S. ban of the social media site will take effect, but could also press TikTok’s Chinese owner into serious sale talks.

    By Jan. 17, 2025
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    Amex pays $230M to resolve DOJ allegations

    The credit card giant misrepresented features of some credit cards targeting small businesses and entered false information on card applications, the Justice Department alleged.

    By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 16, 2025
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    Southwest Airlines hit with US lawsuit over delayed flights in 2022

    As part of a regulatory crackdown on “chronically” late flights, federal transport regulators are suing the carrier after reaching deals with two others.

    By Jan. 16, 2025
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    SCOTUS asks: Does the ADA permit a retiree to sue for benefits discrimination?

    A retired firefighter claimed that the terms of an employer-provided health insurance subsidy discriminated against her on the basis of her disability.

    By Ryan Golden • Jan. 15, 2025
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    Supreme Court says plaintiffs can amend suits to avoid federal removal

    The unanimous ruling suggests a tougher legal road for some corporate defendants when plaintiffs excise their federal claims.

    By Jan. 15, 2025
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    Unhappy consumers will drive the next wave of AI lawsuits

    If your company is using AI to make decisions or provide guidance, expect pushback when people don’t like how that impacts them, an AI legal specialist says.

    By Jan. 15, 2025
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    CFPB sues Capital One over $2B in unpaid interest to customers

    The agency accused Capital One of obscuring a new, higher-paying savings product from some legacy savings account holders. The bank said it is “disappointed” with the bureau’s “eleventh hour lawsuits.”

    By Caitlin Mullen • Jan. 14, 2025
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    Tesla board will return more than $900M in shareholder settlement

    A Delaware court approved the deal to settle a complaint accusing the automaker’s directors of overpaying themselves for several years.

    By Jan. 9, 2025
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    Hyatt to pay $2.25M to settle ‘Housekeepers’ Bill of Rights’ lawsuit

    The suit, filed by workers at Hyatt Regency Long Beach, was the first of its kind under one of several city-level regulations intended to improve working conditions for hotel housekeepers.

    By Noelle Mateer • Jan. 9, 2025
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    Oil companies agree to record FTC settlement in ‘gun-jumping’ lawsuit

    The agency accused two oil producers of taking over management duties of a company they’d agreed to buy during the required U.S. review period for merger deals.

    By Jan. 8, 2025
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    Publix allegedly fired a pregnant employee to avoid giving her leave for childbirth

    A former employee in Florida sued the supermarket chain for allegedly violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, along with several other laws.

    By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 6, 2025
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    FCC net neutrality rule among first to fall in Loper Bright’s aftermath

    No longer bound by deference to regulators, a Sixth Circuit panel ruled that the Biden administration cannot enforce stricter regulation policy on internet service providers.

    By Jan. 3, 2025
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    Keep antitrust remedy focused on search, Google says in stab at DOJ

    The agency’s call for the tech giant to divest Chrome because of its search dominance goes beyond the competition issues that were raised in the high-profile monopoly case, the company says.

    By Jan. 2, 2025
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    CVS dispensed opioid drugs unlawfully in profit push, US suit alleges

    The pharmacy chain pressed staff to churn out prescriptions, ignoring red flags amid the U.S. opioid epidemic, the DOJ claims. CVS decried the suit’s “false narrative.”

    By Dec. 19, 2024
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    SCOTUS sends NLRB ‘successor bar’ rule case back for post-Chevron analysis

    The high court said an appeals court would need to consider what effect the reversal of federal agency deference standards had on a Puerto Rico hospital’s labor dispute.

    By Ryan Golden • Dec. 18, 2024
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    BD to pay $175M to settle charges of misleading investors on Alaris pump

    BD will pay a civil penalty to resolve charges it misled investors about risks associated with sales of its Alaris infusion pump, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

    By Elise Reuter • Dec. 17, 2024
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    Former OpenAI training employee dead in apparent suicide

    The ChatGPT researcher had publicly expressed concerns about fair use for AI model training and might have played a witness role in copyright lawsuit.

    By Dec. 16, 2024
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    Trademark tussle raises corporate autonomy questions

    The Supreme Court is being asked to decide if a $43-million infringement award under the Lanham Act wrongly included the profits of non-party corporate affiliates.

    By David Weisenfeld • Dec. 13, 2024
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    Handling linked content while courts and agencies differ over standards

    Given the lack of agreement on how dynamic content should be treated in discovery and for compliance purposes, legal teams should develop workflows for preserving and managing the content internally.  

    By Craig Hendley • Dec. 13, 2024
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    SEC charges former Comtech CEO with insider trading

    The charges against Ken Peterman are just the latest initiative by what, in some respects, has been the most aggressive SEC enforcement division on record.

    By Jim Tyson • Dec. 12, 2024
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    Appeals court rejects Nasdaq effort to boost director diversity

    The Fifth Circuit found that the Securities Exchange Act doesn’t allow a stock exchange to require listed companies to report directors’ race and gender.

    By Dec. 12, 2024
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    Justices could scale back environmental law in NEPA case

    The National Environmental Policy Act has become an important tool for obstruction by certain groups, one veteran appellate advocate told Legal Dive.

    By David Weisenfeld • Dec. 12, 2024
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    FTC orders a building services contractor to end no-hire agreement

    The company’s policy prevented workers from negotiating better wages, benefits and working conditions, the FTC said.

    By Carolyn Crist • Dec. 10, 2024
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    CFPB-Google battle likely to stretch into next administration

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Google’s payment unit failed to explain why it was denying customer requests for refunds. Google told the agency to back off in a lawsuit.

    By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 10, 2024