Settlement, Class Action, Consumer Fraud

Recent Survey Shows Class Actions on the Rise and More Expensive to Defend

Frost Brown Todd on 4/10/2025

Recently, Carlton Fields issued its 2025 Class Action Survey based on interviews of general counsel or senior counsel at more than 300 Fortune 1000 and other large companies across a variety of industries. The results from...more

5 Major Drug and Device Developments of 2022

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/23/2022

As we ring in the new year, it is time once again to reflect on some of the most significant legal developments for drug and device companies this year. The list below is by no means exhaustive (who could forget the Rule 702...more

An Empirical Analysis of Federal Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlements (2010–2018)

Jones Day on 4/14/2020

Class action settlements in consumer fraud cases have generated significant controversy in recent years. Critics opine that these settlements primarily benefit lawyers, and that class members have often suffered little or no...more

Seventh Circuit Rejects And Lambastes “Worthless” Settlement For Class Of Subway Sandwich Purchasers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/5/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: In In Re Subway Footlong Sandwich Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig., No. 16-1652 (7th Cir. Aug. 25, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned a district court’s approval of a class...more

Class Action Round-Up: Fall 2015

Alston & Bird on 1/6/2016

Where the (Class) Action Is - Moving into the second half of 2015, there is no shortage of interesting cases across the spectrum of class action issues and claims. In this edition of the Round-Up, courts continue to...more

$40 Million Skechers Toning Shoe Settlement Receives Final Approval

BakerHostetler on 5/23/2013

On May 10, 2013, Judge Thomas B. Russell of the Western District of Kentucky granted final approval of the $40 million settlement in In Re: Skechers Toning Shoe Products Liability Litigation, No. 3:11-md-02308, 2013 U.S....more