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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.
Alston & Bird

For Your Consumption | July 2025: Getting the Lead Out

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In the July edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, maltodextrin gets shucked, ghee provides...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

The Price of Water Just Got More Complicated: San Diego’s Legal Battle Over Tiered Rates

On July 30, 2025, a divided California Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited opinion in Patz v. City of San Diego, affirming the trial court’s judgment that the City’s tiered residential water rates violated Proposition 218...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Strength in Numbers—The Class Actions Strategy for Insurance Claims

When wildfires, floods or other disasters strike, multiple policyholders can be affected in similar ways. But historically, each policyholder would take on their insurance company alone—a tough task, especially for individual...more

Troutman Amin LLP

TCPAWORLD ON THE ROAD: Nomorobo is at it again– Suing RSI ENTERPRISES, INC for at least $1.798MM

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So I am on the road for a little baseball related vacation with the boys. But that won’t stop me from bringing you the latest TCPA developments! One of the biggest stories of 2025 so far is Nomorobo– a massive honeypot owner–...more

Cornerstone Research

New Developments in Securities Class Action Litigation in the First Half of 2025

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Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse highlight several developments from recent litigation in their latest report, Securities Class Action Filings—2025 Midyear Assessment....more

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Key Trends in Federal Securities Class Action Filings in the First Half of 2025

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Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse identify key trends in securities class action filings as part of a new report, covering the first half of 2025. Both AI and...more

Alston & Bird

Recent Supreme Court Decisions Every Securities Litigator Should Know

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Our Securities Litigation Group highlights three recent Supreme Court decisions that every securities class action litigator should know....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District of Massachusetts Sees Rise in Securities Fraud Class Actions Despite Dismissal Risks

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This is part one of a three-part series exploring the recent uptick in securities class action filings in the First Circuit and examining recent decisions issued by the District of Massachusetts. This post examines current...more

A&O Shearman

SDNY Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against AI Company

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On July 23, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against an artificial intelligence (AI) company (the “Company”) and certain of...more

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EDPa Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Life Insurance Co

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On July 24, 2025, Judge Jennifer Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against a life insurance company (the “Company”) and certain of its...more

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EPOA Amendments to Help Washington Employers Mitigate Liability Amid Forthcoming Decision in Branson v. Washington

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Washington State employers are eagerly awaiting a state Supreme Court decision regarding whether, under the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA), a “job applicant” must have a good-faith or bona fide intent to secure...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

California Court Grants Preliminary Collective Certification to Job Applicants Claiming Age Discrimination by Artificial...

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In the closely watched case Mobley v. Workday, the Northern District of California recently granted preliminary certification of a collective action for age discrimination claims against Workday’s AI-based applicant...more

Cornerstone Research

Securities Class Action Filings Remain Steady While Size of Filings Increased Substantially in First Half of 2025

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The number of securities class action filings in the first half of 2025 remained steady in comparison to the second half of 2024 but the overall size of filings increased considerably, according to a report released today by...more

Kilpatrick

Eighth Circuit rules OptumRx waived arbitration of two year-old claims but delegated arbitrability of newly-pled claims to an...

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The Eighth Circuit partially reversed a district court ruling denying OptumRx, Inc. (“OptumRx”)’s motion to compel arbitration of Lackie Drug Store, Inc. (“Lackie”)’s putative class action, concluding OptumRx waived...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Maintain Internal Do Not Call List Compliance Procedures or Face the Consequences!

Last month, Lendify Associates LLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the Central District Court of California for allegedly violating the internal Do Not Call (or “DNC”) list compliance requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more

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Federal Court Finds Text Messages Not Subject to TCPA’s DNC Requirements

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Key Takeaways: Companies sued for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations should consider challenging the allegations at the outset by moving to dismiss, rather than conceding based on out-of-date precedent and...more

Troutman Amin LLP

NOCK ON WOOD: Rare Order Granting a Plaintiff’s Request to Transfer Case Granted– TCPA Defendant Robbed of Summary Judgment?

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Unusual one for you today. In Nock v. Spring Energy, 2025 WL 2046196 (S.D. N.Y. July 22, 2025) the court entered an order transferring a TCPA case to Maryland. Ok, fairly blasé. What’s the point Czar? Well it was the...more

Troutman Amin LLP

JOURNEYS: Genesco, Inc. Sued in TCPA Class Action Over Promotional SMS Messages From Journeys Brand

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Interesting new TCPA class action filing. Dr. Evil and the folks at LawHQ have filed a class action against Genesco, Inc. alleging it continued to send SMS messages promoting Journeys after a consumer texted stop. Per the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 13

Court Takes a Bite Out of Smartfood Popcorn False Ad But Leaves a Big Portion - Smart plaintiffs will take note of a federal court's concern in reviewing the class action pleadings against PepsiCo's Smartfood Popcorn....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Federal Court Allows Privacy Related Claims to Proceed in a Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Against Motorola

In December 2024, Jonathan Gabrielli filed several claims alleging that Motorola Mobility LLC (Motorola) misrepresented its data usage policy and shared his personal data with third parties, including Google, Amazon, and...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Deadline Reminder: BCBS Settlement Claims Due by July 29, 2025

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Health care providers who have treated or provided services, equipment, or supplies to patients insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) between July 24, 2008 and October 4, 2024 may be entitled to compensation under a $2.67...more

Troutman Amin LLP

MIDYEAR LITIGATION REPORT: TCPA Class Actions Up Staggering 95.2% from 2024–Previously the Highest Year On Record

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2024 was a record setting year for TCPA litigation with the highest number of class actions filed in a single year ever. 2025 is blowing it out of the water. To date there have been 1,052 TCPA class actions filed in 2025–...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

What a 1988 Statute Signals in the New England Patriots’ Privacy Class Action Settlement

The 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VVPA) prohibits the disclosure of VHS rental history; now, in a recent class action where the VPPA was invoked by the plaintiffs, the parties’ voluntary settlement signals developments...more

Burr & Forman

Illinois District Court Holds Text Messages Not Subject to DNC Registry/Internal DNC Requirements

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Jones, et al. v. Blackstone Medical Services, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-01074-JEH-RLH, 2025 WL 2024764 (C.D. Ill. July 21, 2025) - On June 20, 2025, the United States Supreme Court released McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs., Inc. v....more

Goldberg Segalla

DuPont Agrees to $27M Settlement in Hoosick Falls PFOA Contamination Lawsuit

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Earlier this month, chemical maker DuPont agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve the Hoosick Falls class action, which involved allegations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination of the upstate New York...more

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