On April 5, 2021, a judge for New York’s Southern District dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the World Health Organization (WHO). The suit alleged the WHO was negligent and reckless in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency and quasi-judicial body handling workplace practices cases, recently reviewed a number of headline Amazon firings. The Board examined the circumstances under which the company dismissed two corporate employees after they…

In the era of COVID-19, nothing has become quite as ubiquitous as cleaning and sanitizing products. As the demand grew for these products, so did the inspection into their efficacy. In one case, a consumer challenged Clorox’s advertising claims concerning…

Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is facing a class action lawsuit from its Illinois customer base alleging that the company engaged in deceptive marketing practices and charged excessive premiums. Although the U.S. District Court granted…

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.…

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…

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…

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…