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In what appears to be an emerging privacy litigation trend, plaintiffs’ attorneys have recently filed a series of putative class action lawsuits targeting data companies in possession of cellular telephone numbers. The...more
Takeaway: We have written about “no-poach” class actions, in which employers allegedly conspire not to recruit or hire each other’s employees with the intent of driving down wages. See Eleventh Circuit reinstates no-hire...more
A wave of class action lawsuits targeting influencer marketing practices has emerged in the first half of 2025, signaling what could be a popular trend in consumer class action litigation. With demands for substantial...more
The Roundup covers notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts and notable Supreme Court class action cert petitions....more
“Our modern means of consuming content may be different, but the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”)’s privacy protections remain as robust today as they were in 1988,” wrote Second Circuit Judge Beth Robinson in the...more
In a recent federal case from New York, the court dealt a blow to plaintiffs suing over data breaches. The plaintiffs had filed a putative class action suit, alleging that they (and others like them) had been harmed by the...more
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court’s recent decision in Zaragoza v. Union Pacific Railroad (“Zaragoza”) has highlighted key issues in class action lawsuits and the application of tolling principles. The plaintiff’s previous...more
The Roundup covers notable class action decisions each month from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court class action cert petitions....more
The Ninth Circuit recently upheld the dismissal of a putative class action finding that labeling Dove Dark Chocolate products as deriving from a “Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farm” did not mislead reasonable chocolate...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc., on June 17, 2024, affirming dismissal of a putative class action filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more
On May 28, 2024, Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, certified a class of consumers in an action against Barilla Foods....more
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
The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a blog post warning that the use of algorithms to assist in determining prices may violate federal antitrust laws, regardless of the business or industry. The FTC...more
Think twice about whether the Class Action Fairness Act’s “local controversy” exception applies to your case. Even if more than two-thirds of the proposed class members are citizens of the forum state, there is a significant...more
Two recent developments highlight the challenges companies may face as they explore ways to incorporate AI-based chatbots into their customer service offerings: - A putative class action filed in California federal...more
This past Friday, the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a putative consumer class action against fintech company Klarna. Edmundson v. Klarna, Inc., Case No. 22-557-cv (2d...more
Within the past week, roughly 30 class action lawsuits were filed against myriad employers alleging violations of Washington's new(ish) pay transparency law. This is a good time for employers to review their job postings,...more
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
Trim v Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 22-55517, 2023 WL 5025264 (9th Cir. August 8, 2023) - Plaintiff filed a putative class action, contending, in part, that three marketing text messages she received utilized prerecorded voices,...more
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
On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) against the asset management firm...more
A putative class action recently filed in Seattle, Washington, against a solar energy equipment company could be the first lawsuit to test the bounds of the state’s relatively new restrictions on noncompetition agreements for...more
A California federal court recently held that all governance token holders were responsible for any losses suffered in a security incident. Specifically, the court, in denying a motion to dismiss, ruled in part in favor of a...more
Plaintiffs have filed two putative class action complaints in 2023, alleging violations of New York City’s relatively new biometric information privacy law, signaling a new potential avenue for class action plaintiffs’ lawyer...more