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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Class Action Landscape 2025: Mid-Year Trends and Developments

Over the past decade, changes in legislation, case law, and industry practices have driven a sharp increase in opt-out collective proceedings before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). We have also seen the English...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Noncompliance with Federal and State WARN Acts Could Be Costly for Employers

One now-shuttered digital media startup learned a hard lesson about the importance of complying with the requirements of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and its New York state-equivalent....more

Frost Brown Todd

Recent Survey Shows Class Actions on the Rise and More Expensive to Defend

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Recently, Carlton Fields issued its 2025 Class Action Survey based on interviews of general counsel or senior counsel at more than 300 Fortune 1000 and other large companies across a variety of industries. The results from...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Texting Lawsuits in Washington – A Reminder About State Laws

Most businesses that send texts to their target audiences are focused on compliance with the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) – and understandably so, given the explosion in class action litigation stemming...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

A Year in Privacy and Security: Privacy Violations, Large-Scale Data Breaches, and Big Fines and Settlements

2024 was a year chock-full of data breaches and privacy violations. Many new data privacy and cybersecurity regulations were introduced (and became effective), and regulators sent a strong message to businesses that privacy...more

Jones Day

Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe: A Compendium Of Jones Day’s Five-part Series Published In 2023 And...

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Class action procedures vary greatly among jurisdictions. These differences include how developed the procedures are; the types of claims parties can bring; the parties that can represent classes; whether classes are...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Eleventh Circuit Provides New Guidance on Class Action Settlements

Suppose that the central issue in a putative class action is a legal issue pending before the Supreme Court. Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, the plaintiffs will recover either nothing or up to $600 million. But...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training Time

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The FLSA regulations on training time are very specific and, often, hard for an employer to comply with. There are four conditions precedent for such time to be non-compensable and they must all be satisfied or else the time...more

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Google Faces Eight-Figure Settlements Following Data Privacy Claims

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Google has agreed to pay a whopping $155M to resolve a government investigation and a class action lawsuit stemming from its use of location data, including claims that it stored and collected consumers’ location-related...more

Jones Day

Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe - Part I: Class Actions in the United States and the European Union

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Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

BakerHostetler

New Challenges to Incentive Awards for Class Representatives Invite Supreme Court Review

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that highlights a growing disagreement among federal appellate courts as to whether class action settlements may include a cash incentive award to...more

McGuireWoods LLP

First Circuit Deepens Circuit Split On Fairness Of Class Settlements

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On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit made two important findings in a class-action settlement case. First, the Court vacated the district court’s settlement approval finding that the...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Vacates Class Settlement in GoDaddy TCPA Suit Based on Improper Class Definition

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently solidified an important rule about class standing: the definition of a class in a settlement agreement must be limited to class members with Article III standing....more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Q1 2022

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2022. In this edition, COVID cases are still endemic for insurance companies, kids’ contracts are voidable...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

State AGs Fail in Objections to Proposed Settlement in Class Action Challenging Godiva’s Labeling Practices

The last thing the parties to a class action settlement want to see is an objection from state Attorneys General (AGs).  AG objections to class action settlements are relatively rare and courts tend to give AG objections more...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Biometric Class Action: Settlements

Biometric class actions have proliferated in recent years — and with more states eyeing comprehensive data privacy legislation, companies that use biometric data should plan for the surge to grow. With rare exceptions, these...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Fourth Circuit Outlines Burden of Proof for Objector to Class Action Settlement

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In 1988 Trust for Allen Children Dated 8/8/88 v. Banner Life Insurance Co., 2022 WL 774731 (4th Cir. Mar. 15, 2022), the Fourth Circuit identified the correct burden of proof required for a party to object to a proposed class...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2021

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In the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021, a marriage nearly tears apart a certified class, insurers are vaccinated against more COVID-19 suits, and...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Summer 2021

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Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021. In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Eleventh Circuit Affirms $380.5M Class Action Settlement in Equifax Data Breach Litigation

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Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the $380.5M settlement in the Equifax data breach class actions – a settlement which the district court called “the largest and most...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

First Classwide Settlement Involving CCPA Statutory Damages Provides Little Guidance Moving Forward

For those of us waiting to see how the CCPA's statutory damage provision would impact the value of data breach class actions, the wait continues. Three of the first consumer class actions alleging CCPA violations for a...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

High Court Strikes Out “Largest White Elephant in the History of Group Actions”

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A class action by 202,600 claimants arising from the collapse of the Fundão dam in Brazil was struck out as abuse of process. Background - In Município De Mariana & Ors v. BHP Group Plc & Anor (Rev 1), the largest group...more

Cozen O'Connor

Eleventh Circuit Goes It Alone by Prohibiting Class Representative Incentive Awards

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On September 17, 2020, in a unexpected challenge to conventional class and collective action practice, the Eleventh Circuit held that settlement incentive awards, which compensate and reward class representatives for bringing...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Webinar] Discovering A Hidden Revenue Stream: Recoveries From Antitrust Class Action Settlements In Economic Downturn - August...

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Now more than ever, in-house counsel are looking to demonstrate value and generate revenue for their businesses. They often neglect an obscure but profitable revenue stream: recoveries from antitrust class action settlements....more

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[Webinar] Discovering A Hidden Revenue Stream: Recoveries From Antitrust Class Action Settlements In Economic Downturn - July...

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Now more than ever, in-house counsel are looking to demonstrate value and generate revenue for their businesses. They often neglect an obscure but profitable revenue stream: recoveries from antitrust class action settlements....more

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