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In the wake of a congressional report revealing high levels of heavy toxic metal contamination in several brands of popular baby food, class-action lawsuits are mounting... In the wake of a congressional report revealing high levels of heavy toxic metal contamination in several brands of popular baby food, class-action lawsuits are mounting. Most recently, several plaintiffs filed […]

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Inc. (Horizon) will alter its business practices and pay $2.5 million in attorney’s fees under the terms of a class action settlement approved in federal court last week. The suit alleged the insurance company under-reimbursed health plan subscribers for out-of-network services in violation of the Employee Retirement […]

A lawsuit alleging that several of the country’s most powerful high-tech companies had a secret, non-compete deal recently received class-action certification. More than 60,000 employees of Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., and Intel Corp. are members of a class that allege that the pact not to recruit or hire each other’s employees resulted […]

Time Warner customers are fed up with an ongoing dispute between the cable provider and CBS News, which recently culminated in the provider blacking out the channel for subscribers. In response, customers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Time Warner, arguing that as paying customers, the provider cannot legally black out channels they are paying […]

In American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, the U.S. Supreme Court continued its trend of strictly enforcing arbitration provisions at the peril of class-action claims. By a vote of 5-3, the majority held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not permit courts to invalidate a contractual waiver of class arbitration on the ground […]

Businesses will have to work a little harder to avoid class-action claims in arbitration. The U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved a key split in the circuit courts over whether class-wide arbitration is permissible absent an express provision in the contract. The decision further clarified the Court’s prior decision in Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l […]

Class-action lawsuits continue to dominate the U.S. Supreme Court’s business docket. The justices recently agreed to consider Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp. The case involves price-fixing allegations by the Mississippi Attorney General against several electronics companies regarding the sale of liquid-crystal displays. The attorney general filed the lawsuit in state court and seeks to keep […]

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend will likely help businesses defend employment, anti-trust, consumer protection class action lawsuits. The Court raised the bar for plaintiffs at the class certification stage by holding that they must provide credible evidence of damages applicable on a classwide basis. The Facts of the Case Federal […]

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a key decision on class-action lawsuits. The case, Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, involved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), which gives federal district courts original jurisdiction over class actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds $5 million in sum or value. The law aims […]

Apple Inc. has reportedly agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over applications (apps) purchased through its online marketplace. Five parents sued the company after their children inadvertently made purchases in apps that purported to be free. According to the plaintiffs’ complaint, “Apple failed to adequately disclose that third-party Game Apps, largely available for free and […]

NCAA Facing Class-Action Lawsuit Kyle Solomon, former hockey player for the University of Maine, has joined three other athletes in a class-action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the way the organization handles concussions. Solomon – whose hockey career was halted his sophomore year due to a concussion – joined former Eastern Illinois football player […]

The National Football League is currently facing a class-action lawsuit from thousands of former players, and their wives, for allegedly hiding information related to brain injuries caused by playing football. Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, noted that although the plaintiffs may face challenges trying to prove they were unaware of the risks […]