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…

Following the consolidation of four customer lawsuits in August 2020, class counsel was recently named in the MDL against ticketing company, StubHub. The case, In Re: StubHub Refund Litigation, is now proceeding in the Northern District of California, presided over…

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…

A federal appellate court in Iowa recently upheld a plaintiff expert witness’s exclusion in a workplace product liability case for their failure to satisfy the requirements of Federal Rules of Evidence 702. The decision in Hirchak v. W.W. Grainger, Inc.,…