Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is facing a class action lawsuit. Its Illinois customer base alleges that the company engaged in deceptive marketing practices and charged excessive premiums. Although the U.S. District Court granted Geico’s…
In California’s Northern District, Judge Lucy Koh recently dismissed several claims in a class action against Zoom Video Communications Inc. alleging user privacy violations. The dismissed claims alleged invasion of privacy, negligence, and violations of California’s consumer and anti-hacking laws.…
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…
Virginia recently became the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive data privacy law, following the lead of California’s Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) passed both houses of Virginia’s state…
Two county court systems in the New York State Unified Court System are reopening in March 2021 for in-person jury trials. In the last year, in-person proceedings have been restricted in these two courts and throughout the state as the…
We’re pleased to share that Expert Institute has won across three categories of The National Law Journal’s 2021 Best Of reader’s rankings survey. For the fifth year in a row, we’ve been voted as the top Expert Witness Provider, Accident…
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…