The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, which first began nearly seven years ago when the city switched its water supply systems, finally might be nearing a close. United States District Court Judge Judith Levy has granted preliminary approval of a…
Decision Diagnostics Corp., a diagnostic testing company, has been named as the defendant in the first coronavirus-related securities lawsuit of the new year. The case may also be the first coronavirus-related lawsuit filed in the wake of an SEC enforcement…
In one pending bellwether in the nationwide multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers, one defendant’s parent company is attempting to block a subpoena for internal documents. AbbVie is resisting a request from the plaintiff, the city of Chicago, for the documents…
On November 5, 2020, an Airbnb host filed a proposed class action against the short-term rental company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, Anthony Farmer, claims Airbnb took actions concerning reservation cancellations during…
In Illinois federal court, United Airlines customers objected to the airline’s attempt to dismiss their suit with a claim that a force majeure event forced flight cancellations. The lead plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, initially filed in April 2020,…
A divided 11th Circuit Appellate Court recently ruled that incentive awards in class actions are unlawful. The ruling reverses a district court’s previous approval of a settlement agreement for Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC , including incentive fees for this…
The announcement comes just months after Bayer agreed to a $12.1 billion plan in June to settle various lawsuits it had inherited from its $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto. This most recent deal was reached to settle a portion of…
In June 2020, a preliminary settlement order for $7.5 million was issued in a class action against the now-defunct social media platform, Google+, pending the judge’s final approval in November. The order is the culmination of a roughly two-year-old lawsuit…
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of businesses have suffered devastating economic consequences. In response to this suffering, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), was implemented through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Act (CARES Act). This legislation was…
In this class action, the basis of an actuary expert’s report was under review via a Daubert challenge. Daubert focuses on the validity of an expert’s methodology. The plaintiffs claim that a third party’s audit report constituted unsubstantiated “hearsay” and…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Eldridge v. Pet Supermarket, Inc. Citation: 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39100 Facts The plaintiff alleged that the defendant used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS)…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Meganathan v. Signal Int’l L.L.C. Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180274 Facts This case involves alleged labor trafficking by offshore oil rig repair…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ctr. City Periodontists, P.C. v. Dentsply Int’l, Inc. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115373 Facts The plaintiffs, a group of dental professionals, brought a class…
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States v. Rosin Citation: 263 Fed. Appx. 16 Facts The defendant was convicted of offenses related to health fraud upon the government for performing unnecessary…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ctr. City Periodontists, P.C. v. Dentsply Int’l, Inc. Citation: 321 F.R.D. 193 Facts The plaintiffs brought this action against the defendants for breach of express…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: In re Solodyn (Minocycline Hydrochloride) Antitrust Litig. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11921 Facts This was class action suit wherein direct purchaser plaintiffs alleged that the…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Merrill v. Briggs & Stratton Corp. Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117677 In this class action lawsuit involving alleged violations of the Labor Management Relations…
This is a securities class action case on behalf of purchasers of a company’s common stock from the company’s initial public offering over the course of 5 years. It was alleged that the company manipulated its performance by engaging in…
