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Class Action Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on class actions and multidistrict litigation. Coverage includes developments in multiparty litigation in federal and state courts, as well as policy issues and court rulings that affect class action procedure.
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Latest News in Class Action
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July 19, 2024
Jazz Says Narcolepsy Drug Charge MDL Should Be Tossed
Jazz Pharmaceuticals urged a California federal judge to toss claims from insurers and consumers pursuing multidistrict litigation accusing the drugmaker of staving off generic competition to its blockbuster narcolepsy medicine Xyrem through antitrust conduct and deals with other drugmakers, saying the company engaged in "permissible competition."
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July 19, 2024
Utility, Attys 'Colluded' On $178M Ore. Wildfire Deal, Court Told
Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility PacifiCorp is facing allegations from plaintiffs firms that it "colluded" with a trio of other law firms to reach a "paltry" $178 million settlement with survivors of deadly Oregon wildfires allegedly sparked by the utility's equipment, according to a filing in Oregon state court.
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July 19, 2024
9th Circ. Judge Open To Reversing Google's Privacy Win
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared receptive Friday to reversing Google's summary judgment win in Chrome users' proposed privacy class action, telling Google's counsel that the standard is what a reasonable consumer would expect and "you have a much higher opinion of the average intelligence of the computer user than I."
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July 19, 2024
Pornhub's Parent Co. Seeks Exit From Trafficking Class Action
MindGeek asked a California federal judge Friday to end a class action filed by individuals who alleged its company Pornhub published sexually explicit videos of them as minors, arguing there's no evidence showing MindGeek promoted child pornography on its sites, and that it removed the videos upon request.
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July 19, 2024
Oracle Inks $115M Deal To End Consumer Data Collection Suit
Oracle America Inc. agreed to pay $115 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging the software company illegally sold internet users' electronic profiles, consumers told a California federal judge, putting to rest a case that has stretched on for nearly two years.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Putative class action complaints
- Class certification and decertification motions and orders
- Certification appeals
- Class settlements
- Case rulings and appeals
- Collective actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Shareholder actions
- Disputes over counsel and attorneys fees in multiparty litigation
- Expert witness disputes
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- Federal and state regulation and legislation affecting class action procedure
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- Personnel moves
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