A federal judge in Colorado has granted preliminary approval of settlements with two defendants in a massive class action alleging that major red meat processors conspired to fix and depress worker wages.
A Northern District of Mississippi ruling certifies an FLSA collective of yard operations workers and applies the Fifth Circuit's post-Lusardi framework requiring rigorous similarly-situated scrutiny from the outset — not conditional certification with a...
A Southern District of Indiana magistrate judge has approved the collective action notice in an FLSA lawsuit against TLC House and Residential Services, LLC, resolving key disputes over class scope, statute of limitations, and communication methods.
Dek: A federal judge in Hammond refused to let BP Products North America kill class allegations before discovery, ruling that plaintiffs have presented plausible factual allegations that, with the benefit of discovery, could later justify class certification.
A federal court denied class certification of forced-labor and discriminatory-housing claims brought by Filipino B-1 visa workers against Gulf of Mexico oil-field contractor Grand Isle Shipyard, ruling that individualized questions of coercion and consent...
A Western District of Pennsylvania judge has allowed a securities-fraud class action against Dicks Sporting Goods to proceed on claims that the retailer misled investors about excess inventory of outdoor and fitness products.
A federal judge held that genuine factual disputes over whether two bread distributors were employees of Flowers Foods and its subsidiaries must go to a jury, rejecting the company's bid to end the case as a matter of law.
The Northern District of Ohio granted a motion to substitute class representatives and amend the complaint in a putative class action regarding Cedar Fair’s 2020 season pass refunds, after the court’s own certification order definitionally excluded all...
Judge Diane J. Humetewa has granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement involving Enroll Confidently Incorporated and conditionally certified the settlement class for individuals whose private information may have been impacted in a data...
The District of Maryland granted W.L. Gore & Associates’ motion to transfer a multi-state class action alleging false advertising and consumer protection violations related to the environmental sustainability of GORE-TEX laminate.
A Maryland federal judge held that the FCC cannot require prior express written consent for telemarketing robocalls under the TCPA — only the prior express consent the statute actually says — then granted summary judgment to DentalPlans.com and decertified...
A federal judge in Maryland dismissed all securities fraud claims against the founders and directors of iLearningEngines, an AI-platform company that went public through a SPAC merger, filed for bankruptcy, and self-reported potential violations of law to...
A federal judge denied Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart and Cook County's bid to dismiss a certified class action alleging that Division 9 of the Cook County Jail lacks the grab bars and mounted shower seats required for disabled inmates to use toilets and...
Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas denied Toyota’s motions to dismiss and strike class allegations in a putative nationwide class action regarding defective door lock actuators, resolving key procedural hurdles for Rule 23 certification.
A Southern District of Ohio judge has granted final approval of a $1.3 million class action settlement resolving a decade-long dispute over a real estate investment scheme involving civil RICO claims and breach of fiduciary duties.
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge denied debt collector Midland Funding's motion to compel production of retainer agreements between plaintiff Svetlana Lerner and her attorneys, rejecting the argument that the agreements might reveal a disqualifying...
A San Diego federal judge has frozen a putative class action alleging California Labor Code violations by Becton, Dickinson and Company and TechDigital Corporation, finding that a substantially similar state court class action filed roughly 20 months...
A Southern District of California judge has paused a putative class and PAGA representative action accusing Assurance IQ and Prudential Financial of misclassifying insurance agents as independent contractors, citing a near-settled parallel state court case...