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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2022 Q2: Directing physical loss and damage

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2022. In this edition, fail-safe classes fail, consumers smoke a motion to dismiss, and you can’t bring...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Q1 2022

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2022. In this edition, COVID cases are still endemic for insurance companies, kids’ contracts are voidable...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Q4 2021

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2021. In this edition, the Seventh Circuit shorts out an FCRA suit, a plaintiff just … gives up, and...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2021

In the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021, a marriage nearly tears apart a certified class, insurers are vaccinated against more COVID-19 suits, and...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Summer 2021

Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021. In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Spring 2021

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2021. In this edition, the courts are beginning to split on COVID-19 cases, privacy litigants can’t...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2021

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020. In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2020

Welcome to the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the third quarter of 2020. In this edition, cosmetics get reused, garbage stinks to high heaven (at least...more

Eleventh Circuit Is Not So Sweet To Consumer Plaintiffs Alleging FACTA Violations

A&B Abstract: The Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., No. 16-16486 (11th Cir. Oct 28, 2020) marks a shift in the court’s position regarding what a consumer plaintiff must allege in...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Summer 2020

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2020. In this edition, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) weighed in on several...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2020

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2019. This edition, we’ve added a section covering many of the COVID-19-related class actions popping...more

Does Your Force Majeure Provision Extend to the Coronavirus? (Updated)

The coronavirus has caused unprecedented business disruptions on a global scale. Our Litigation Group diagnoses the problem and discusses how the ramifications could trigger force majeure provisions in your contracts....more

Is the COVID-19 Outbreak an “Act of God”? Why It May Matter for Your Contracts

An act of God can mean many things to many people. But what does it mean legally? Our Litigation Group explores the many ways an “act of God” has been interpreted in legal contracts by statutes and case law....more

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2019

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our fall edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2019. The circuit courts were busy with class actions in the third quarter. Appellate judges were able...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup: Summer 2019

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2019. The Supreme Court granted cert on a pair of ERISA cases that revived one ruling thought...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup: Spring 2019

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2019. There was a veritable traffic jam in the courts for the automotive industry. Manufacturers saw...more

Class Action & MDL Roundup: Winter 2019

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This year has begun with cases all over the map, from California to Florida to Massachusetts. The West Coast features overbearing manufacturers, allegedly underpaid lenders,...more

Class Action Roundup: Summer 2018

Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to the latest edition of the Class Action Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2018. Arbitration was a hot topic this quarter with the...more

Class Action Roundup: Spring 2018

Welcome! The spring has sprung and we are here to round up the major class action opinions and settlements finalized during the first quarter of 2018. It was another active quarter with significant activity across all the...more

Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

Class Action Roundup: Summer 2017

Welcome to our second Roundup of 2017, where we feature the cases litigated and settlements finalized during the second calendar quarter of the year. It was a very active quarter in almost all of the categories we monitor,...more

Class Action Roundup: Spring 2017

Happy New Year! While we acknowledge that it’s nearly summer now, this issue of Roundup includes case highlights from the first quarter of 2017. The year kicked off with more activity than the last quarter of 2016, with cases...more

Class Action Roundup: Winter 2017

Welcome to the latest edition of Class Action Roundup, covering the fourth quarter of 2016. As has been the case throughout the year, class actions continue to play a key role in courtrooms across the...more

Class Action Roundup: Fall 2016

In this edition of Class Action Roundup, we feature decisions from the third quarter of 2016, covering everything from pizza delivery and Uber drivers to payday lenders, canned tuna manufacturers, and even...more

Class Action Roundup: Spring 2016

Welcome to the second 2016 edition of Class Action Roundup! The first quarter of the year witnessed a few key Supreme Court decisions, even with the passing of Justice Scalia, and several settlement cases decided. The issue...more

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