A recent Northern District of California ruling has stymied Google’s initial effort to kill a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges Google collected private data on users browsing in “Incognito” mode—a setting meant to keep search activity private. Judge Lucy Koh dismissed…
On March 9, 2021, a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of California granted the defendants’ motion. The drug companies had filed a motion for summary judgment in a consolidated multidistrict litigation (MDL). The plaintiff claimed the defendants…
The federal judge presiding over a class action lawsuit against TikTok Inc. recently continued settlement discussions, pending additional information, prior to ruling on a $92 million agreement. U.S. District Judge John Lee of the Northern District of Illinois cited concerns…
The Death that Shocked the Conscience of the World The settlement announcement arrives in the wake of months of national outrage and protests over Floyd’s death and racism in the justice system. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African…
On February 16, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging it failed to protect workers at two warehouses from the COVID-19 pandemic. The complaint further asserts that Amazon took retaliatory action against employees who…
A California federal court has dismissed a securities class action related, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that the defendant could not have anticipated the extent of the pandemic at the time of their January…
Since acquiring Monsanto in 2018, lawsuits surrounding the inherited weedkiller, Roundup, have haunted pharmaceutical company, Bayer. Monsanto, an agriculture and biotechnology company, has long been accused of selling a carcinogenic product, with many alleging that the glyphosate in Roundup causes…
Tobacco manufacturer Altria and e-cigarette company JUUL recently sought to delay the April 2021 start of a virtual Federal Trade Commission (FTC) evidentiary hearing, arguing that a three-month delay might further reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure. The trial in…
Judge Carlos Lopez, of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit, recently denied a motion to dismiss in Gutierrez v. Publix. The case, which focuses on issues of workers’ compensation and wrongful death in connection with COVID-19, is likely to lay the groundwork…
In early January 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Robin Rosenberg moved to dismiss economic damages and design defect claims against major drugmakers in the ongoing Zantac multidistrict litigation. Judge Rosenburg ruled that these claims against Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Boehringer…