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Preliminary $641 Million Settlement Reached in Flint Water Crisis Class Action

Feb 15 2021

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…

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Class Action Against Diagnostic Testing Company Marks First COVID-19 Related Securities Suit of 2021

Jan 27 2021

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…

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Allergan Could Shutter, Avoiding Legal Liability in Opioid MDL

Dec 17 2020

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…

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Class Action Filed Against Airbnb Over Missed Host Cancellation Payments

Dec 1 2020

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…

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Customers Reject United’s Force Majeure Defense in Ticket Refund Class Action

Nov 17 2020

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,…

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11th Circuit Finds Incentives for Class Action Plaintiffs Unlawful

Nov 10 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…

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Bayer to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Defective Essure Contraceptive Device Lawsuits

Sep 24 2020

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…

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$7.5 Million Settlement is Pending for Google+ Privacy Class Action

Sep 3 2020

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…

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Class Actions Accelerate Against the Paycheck Protection Program

Aug 25 2020

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…

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Actuary Expert Permitted to Base Analysis on Third-Party Audit Report

Feb 9 2021

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…

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Software Engineering Expert is Challenged for Proffering Alleged Legal Conclusions in Robocall Case

Jul 16 2020

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)…

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OSHA Expert Challenged for Legal Conclusions in Labor Trafficking Case

Mar 26 2020

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…

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FDA Regulator’s Testimony Deemed Irrelevant as Medical Device Expertise

Feb 27 2020

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…

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Dermatologist Accused of Performing Thousands of Unnecessary Procedures for Higher Medicare Reimbursement

Aug 1 2019

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…

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FDA Expert Opinion Irrelevant To Breach of Warranty Discussion In Medical Device Class Action

Jul 30 2019

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…

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Dermatology Expert Opines On Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

Jul 2 2019

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…

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District Court Finds Multiple Actuary Expert Methodologies Reliable

May 14 2019

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…

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Company’s Share Prices Drop After Alleged Performance Manipulation

Mar 12 2019

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…

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Class Action Related Blog Posts

Preliminary $641 Million Settlement Reached in Flint Water Crisis Class Action

Class Action Against Diagnostic Testing Company Marks First COVID-19 Related Securities Suit of 2021

Allergan Could Shutter, Avoiding Legal Liability in Opioid MDL

Class Action Filed Against Airbnb Over Missed Host Cancellation Payments

Customers Reject United’s Force Majeure Defense in Ticket Refund Class Action

11th Circuit Finds Incentives for Class Action Plaintiffs Unlawful

Bayer to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Defective Essure Contraceptive Device Lawsuits

$7.5 Million Settlement is Pending for Google+ Privacy Class Action

Class Actions Accelerate Against the Paycheck Protection Program

Class Action Expert Witness Case Studies

Actuary Expert Permitted to Base Analysis on Third-Party Audit Report

Software Engineering Expert is Challenged for Proffering Alleged Legal Conclusions in Robocall Case

OSHA Expert Challenged for Legal Conclusions in Labor Trafficking Case

FDA Regulator’s Testimony Deemed Irrelevant as Medical Device Expertise

Dermatologist Accused of Performing Thousands of Unnecessary Procedures for Higher Medicare Reimbursement

FDA Expert Opinion Irrelevant To Breach of Warranty Discussion In Medical Device Class Action

Dermatology Expert Opines On Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

District Court Finds Multiple Actuary Expert Methodologies Reliable

Company’s Share Prices Drop After Alleged Performance Manipulation

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