The city of Oakland, California, will settle claims it has allowed rental scooters to run amok on the city’s sidewalks and driveways by requiring the scooter operators to respond to complaints of dumped scooters and riders to take photos of properly parked scooters as part of closing their ticket.
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action claiming Clorox’s “Splash-less Bleach” product’s packaging would make a reasonable buyer believe that it is suitable for disinfecting when, the plaintiff claims, it is not.
Read moreA federal court in California certified a class of disabled, low-income renters who say they were unable to participate in Oakland’s rent control program because many of the residential units are not accessible for them.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that it would be premature to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit against IKEA brought by customers who claim they never received refunds after the furniture company recalled two of its dressers.
Read moreIn a wage dispute brought by a group of truck drivers, the Fifth Circuit ruled that, in all Fair Labor Standards Act class actions, lower courts must rigorously assess whether potential class members are “similarly situated” from the outset of a case and “not after a lenient, step-one ‘conditional certification.”
Read moreA class of former and current pretrial detainees at a San Francisco jail may pursue their claims that their constitutional rights were violated when they were strip searched and denied opportunities for outdoor recreation, a federal court in California ruled.
Read moreA federal court in Arizona granted a class of 40,000 wastewater customers and 30,000 water customers a preliminary injunction to prevent Johnson Utilities from distributing proceeds of its asset sale, with the exception of $15.5 million. The class claims the utility company’s owner bribed a former state regulator in order to charge customers excessive prices.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a student class action against Brigham Young University seeking a refund of tuition fees after live, in-person instruction was canceled due to Covid-19.
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed a securities class action brought by firefighter and policemen’s pensions funds against Nektar Therapeutics over alleged false claims about the efficacy cancer treatment drug.
Read moreA putative class of Apple product purchasers have standing to pursue their complaint against the company alleging it did not warn them that their devices could be vulnerable to hacking,” the Ninth Circuit ruled. The plaintiffs claim the “patches Apple applies to address the vulnerabilities degraded the devices’ performance.”
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed a class action that accused Allstate of double-counting the square footage of garages when determining the total square footage of properties in order to charge policyholders inflated premiums.
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Home Depot asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to overturn an order requiring it to pay $15.3 million in fees and expenses to lawyers who litigated a class action case against the retailer for a 2014 credit card data breach affecting 56 million customers.
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The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a credit-reporting company’s challenge to a $40 million class action verdict said to wrongly assume that all 8,185 members suffered proven injuries.
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Mastercard could have to pay U.K. consumers as much as 14 billion pounds ($18.5 billion) after the country’s Supreme Court allowed a class-action lawsuit against the credit-card company to move forward.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit vacated in part the dismissal of a class action brought by HIV and AIDS patients who claim their employee-sponsored health plans, which require them to obtain their specialty medications through a designated pharmacy, force them to “forego essential counseling and consultation from specialty pharmacists.
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed a class action that claimed Change.org misused money donated to a petition supporting the prosecution of police officers who killed George Floyd. The contribution screen clearly stated the money would be used to advertise the petition to other Change.org supporters, in addition to advertising on external billboard, social media posts and emails.
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld a ruling in favor of pharmaceutical company Bayer in a class action products liability dispute over the Mirena intrauterine device. The plaintiffs, who claimed the IUD caused them to develop idiopathic intracranial hypertension, failed to present reliable expert opinions.
Read moreA class of Amazon Flex drivers claim the e-retailing giant spies on their private Facebook group to gather information about planned strikes and protests, unionizing efforts and warehouse and driving conditions.
Read moreA federal judge approved an $18.5 million settlement to resolve a class action accusing internet provider CenturyLink of charging customers for services and equipment without their consent.
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