Since the onset of the pandemic, labor and employment litigation has been on the rise. Now, over 1,300 lawsuits—and counting—have been filed against employers in the U.S. with workplace safety often at the center of the claims. Recently, a California…

Video game development company CD Projekt S.A. is facing a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging violations of U.S. securities laws. The lawsuit focuses on claims that investors purchased securities in the company under false and misleading statements about its much…

On January 8, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Sydney Powell, a former Trump campaign lawyer, who made public statements asserting that Dominion’s election technology helped falsify the 2020 Presidential election results. Plaintiffs brought the lawsuit in the…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a record penalty against glue manufacturing company Chemence, Inc. for its violation of a 2016 order to cease deceptive marketing tactics. Now, the company must pay $1.2 million over product labels falsely claiming…

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in the case, Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid. The case concerns the tech giant’s use of automated text messages to contact users and whether this mode of communication should be governed under the…

Google is facing antitrust charges yet again. Last week, attorneys general from 10 different states filed a lawsuit against the tech giant alleging antitrust violations in connection to Google’s online advertising practices. The lawsuit, which was filed in the United…

On Tuesday, December 15, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation moved to consolidate COVID-19 business interruption lawsuits against Erie Insurance Group. This MDL, In Re: Erie Covid-19 Business Interruption Protection Insurance Litigation, is the latest pandemic-driven litigation to reach…

Lawyers for struggling restaurants trying to stay afloat during the COVID-19 restrictions will be happy to learn about two recent insurance claim cases. Before these rulings, judges have typically sided with the insurance carriers, denying business interruption coverage to claimants.…

The parties in a proposed class action lawsuit against American Airlines recently reached a settlement agreement. The agreement calls for the dismissal of the case without prejudice and for both parties to pay their own fees and costs. Progression of…

In the Southern District of Florida, generic manufacturers and repackagers of ranitidine recently filed a motion to dismiss the complaint pending against them in the case, In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation. This MDL consolidated over 500 lawsuits following…