The potential for employees to contract COVID-19 at their place of employment has been a huge issue during the current pandemic. This is especially true for essential workers who continued to clock in hours despite a nationwide shutdown when the…

There appears to be no slowing down for litigation surrounding JUUL, the electronic cigarette company named in a flurry of lawsuits in the past few years. Most recently, a derivate shareholder lawsuit was filed against Altria Group, a major investor…

On September 29, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lost a bench trial after the presiding judge threw out the opinions of both its expert witnesses. The FTC had claimed false marketing messaging by home insulation company, Innovative Designs, however,…

In what could become a new COVID-19 litigation strategy, a shareholder class action lawsuit was filed recently against a publicly-traded prison and reentry facility management company, Geo Group, claiming violations of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The shareholder…

On September 3, 2020, a trademark infringement lawsuit alleging Amazon’s involvement in the sale of counterfeit face masks was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The suit was filed by counsel AU LLC on…

Clearview AI, a software company building controversial facial recognition technology, continues to come under fire for its use of biometric data. With concerns about privacy protection on the rise, the company is now facing lawsuits in states such as New…

The COVID-19 pandemic—among its many consequences—has created an unprecedented flurry of related litigation. From workplace safety complaints and business interruption insurance claims, to university closures and lawsuits seeking tuition refunds, COVID-19-based litigation seems to have infiltrated every aspect of day-to-day…

A New Jersey nursing home that made headlines in April after an anonymous tip led investigators to discover 17 bodies packed into a tiny morgue is now facing a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in the Sussex County division…

The latest in an eventful year for Bayer Pharmaceuticals is a $1.6 billion settlement to resolve claims against its Essure contraceptive device. The announcement comes just months after Bayer agreed to a $12.1 billion plan in June to settle various…

Following the February 2020 FDA recall of Medtronic’s MiniMed insulin pumps, lawsuits have begun to appear from injured consumers. The Class I recall, the most serious type of FDA recall, announced the regulatory agency’s discovery that the insulin pumps were…