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Business Interruption Lawsuits May Consolidate into a Series of Mini-MDLs

The business interruption insurance lawsuits brought in the wake of COVID-19 promise to keep the federal court system busy for years. There will likely be thousands of complex cases with high-stakes...

Trust Funds Compensate 2015 to 2018 California and Oregon Fire Victims

Trust Funds Compensate 2015 to 2018 California and Oregon Fire Victims Complex public safety litigation resulted in manslaughter charges against Pacific Gas and Electric and a multibillion dollar trust ...

Student Sues UT-Austin, Citing Inferiority of Online Education

A student at the University of Texas at Austin has joined a growing list of others filing class-action lawsuits against colleges and universities around the country in the wake of the pandemic. On February 2...

Federal judge approves multi-billion dollar settlement between local governments and the Sackler family

  Purdue Pharmaceuticals Purdue Pharma is a multi-decade old company that is thought to be largely responsible for the opioid epidemic. This is due to their creati...

Video Gamers File Class-Action Lawsuits About Drifting Controllers

If you are a video game afficianado, you know that the controller can make or break your experience. If the controller is just a little bit off, it can ruin your video game experience and make your system ...

Catastrophic Wildfires Spark Class-Action Lawsuits Against Pacific Corporation

Labor Day catastrophic fires have raged out of control in Oregon. The plaintiffs, Robin Colbert and Jeanyne James, have filed a class-action lawsuit in the Multnomah County Circuit Court. The...

GM Pushed to the Edge with New Lawsuit: SUVs Loses Quarts of Oil Monthly

GM just welcomed another class-action lawsuit on their desk. The GM vehicles with the V8 Vortec engines have excessive oil consumption issues which is another unfortunate event on top of the other ...

Class Action Lawsuits Versus Regular Claims

A lawsuit that's filed by an individual differs from a class action suit since any damages awarded by a judge are paid to a single plaintiff. A class-action lawsuit is filed when a group of people suffering financial or ph...

Greedy New York City Property Owners Face Multiple Class Action Lawsuits

New York City landlords and property managers who represent the five boroughs are getting hammered in class action lawsuits from their tenants. The Housing Rights Initiative helped tenants file 55 J-...