Page 20 - Class Actions News Today

A federal district court judge granted class-action status to the plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and major college conferences.

Last Tuesday, the Authors Guild and 17 authors, including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen, Elin Hilderbrand, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult...

Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space.

Seyfarth's Ada Dolph and Thomas Horan co-authored an article, "A legal opinion of ERISA threatens to ignite class action challenges to retirement plan fees," in Employee Benefit News on September 25.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the latest court to require a company to pay millions of dollars in fees to adjudicate mass arbitrations.

Sarah got breast implants to feel more feminine, initially feeling satisfied with the decision. However, they soon became a nightmare she never expected.

When it comes to food advertising, what you see is rarely what you get. A flurry of recent lawsuits wants to change that.

A recent Ninth Circuit decision has generated considerable controversy amongst employee benefits practitioners by holding that plan fiduciaries engaged in prohibited transactions...

In December 2022, the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) directed the FDA to conduct research into the effects of PFAS use in cosmetics.

This is the first federal appellate opinion to make express what many defense practitioners have argued should be the universe rule. Moving forward, courts within the Fourth Circuit (and likely beyond)...