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A Closer Look

A Closer Look: The Discoverability of Artificial Intelligence PromptsA Closer Look:  Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard for Prohibited-Transaction Claims under ERISA § 406(a)New Jersey Court Applies CIPA’s Party Exception to Pixel Wiretap Complaint

Advertising & Marketing

District Courts Appear Skeptical of CAN‑SPAM Preemption and Constitutional Challenges to CEMAEggland’s Best Can’t Scramble “Cage Free” Consumer Class Action, Illinois Court Rules   Eighth Circuit Ices False Labeling Class Action on Predominance Grounds

Antitrust

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Class Action Alleging Group Boycott of Agricultural E-Commerce Platforms for “Impermissible Group Pleading”Aggregate Damages Model, List Prices Insufficient to Demonstrate Classwide Antitrust Injury, Says Federal District CourtCalifornia Court Rejects First Algorithmic Price Fixing Case to Reach Summary Judgment

Arbitration

Prominent Arbitration Clause Signage Precludes Parking Lot Class ActionNinth Circuit Declines to Enforce “Misleading,” “Disparaging,” and “Confusing” Arbitration Agreement Mid‑LitigationThird Circuit Holds Providing Clear Notice of Intent to Compel Arbitration Preserves Right to Compel Arbitration Once Right Becomes Enforceable

Article III Standing

Wiretapping Suit Meets Triple Defeat: No Standing, Consent Established, Class Allegations RejectedOverpayment Claims Don’t Always Fly: The Fifth Circuit on Article III StandingSensitive Search Terms Not Enough To Establish Article III Standing Under Popa

Artificial Intelligence

A Closer Look: The Discoverability of Artificial Intelligence PromptsCalifornia Court Rejects First Algorithmic Price Fixing Case to Reach Summary JudgmentNinth Circuit Rejects Vegas Hotel Algorithmic Price Fixing Claims

Class Action Procedure

One Plan, Many Accounts: Fourth Circuit Slams the Door on Mandatory ERISA Classes in Defined Contribution CasesProminent Arbitration Clause Signage Precludes Parking Lot Class ActionSensitive Search Terms Not Enough To Establish Article III Standing Under Popa

Competition Law

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Class Action Alleging Group Boycott of Agricultural E-Commerce Platforms for “Impermissible Group Pleading”Aggregate Damages Model, List Prices Insufficient to Demonstrate Classwide Antitrust Injury, Says Federal District CourtCalifornia Court Rejects First Algorithmic Price Fixing Case to Reach Summary Judgment

Consumer Law

Overpayment Claims Don’t Always Fly: The Fifth Circuit on Article III StandingProminent Arbitration Clause Signage Precludes Parking Lot Class ActionBuyer Aware, Class Beware: Court Nixes Smoked Almonds Putative Class

Consumer Products

Eggland’s Best Can’t Scramble “Cage Free” Consumer Class Action, Illinois Court Rules   Ninth Circuit Partially Reverses Certification of Classes Challenging Ford Trucks’ Alleged Steering “Shimmy”New York Passes the FAIR Business Practices Act

D.C. Circuit

D.C. Circuit Deepens Circuit Split on Interpretation of "Consumer" Under VPPASupreme Court Declines to Wade into Class Certification “Predominance” IssueD.C. Circuit Confirms That Issue Classes Must Satisfy the Requirements of Rule 23(a) and (b)

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Wiretapping Suit Meets Triple Defeat: No Standing, Consent Established, Class Allegations RejectedAnother Court Dismisses Website Privacy Suit for Lack of Article III StandingSensitive Search Terms Not Enough To Establish Article III Standing Under Popa

Eighth Circuit

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Class Action Alleging Group Boycott of Agricultural E-Commerce Platforms for “Impermissible Group Pleading”Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of VPPA ClaimEighth Circuit Ices False Labeling Class Action on Predominance Grounds

Eleventh Circuit

Court Finds Homebuyers Lack Antitrust Standing to Challenge Real Estate Brokerage Commission RulesNo Splash Without Specifics: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Claims Challenging Influencer Swimwear EndorsementsEleventh Circuit Decision Underscores Importance of Complying with AAA Rules

Employment

One Plan, Many Accounts: Fourth Circuit Slams the Door on Mandatory ERISA Classes in Defined Contribution CasesA Closer Look:  Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard for Prohibited-Transaction Claims under ERISA § 406(a)Employers Beware: New Wave of Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act Litigation

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance

Eggland’s Best Can’t Scramble “Cage Free” Consumer Class Action, Illinois Court Rules   Supreme Court Receives Filings with Key Implications for Climate Change Tort Suits

ERISA

One Plan, Many Accounts: Fourth Circuit Slams the Door on Mandatory ERISA Classes in Defined Contribution CasesA Closer Look:  Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard for Prohibited-Transaction Claims under ERISA § 406(a)Supreme Court to Review ERISA Prohibited Transactions

Europe

A Closer Look: The Rise of Class Actions in the UK and the EUUK High Court Rejects Data Privacy Representative Action Against Google

Experts

Aggregate Damages Model, List Prices Insufficient to Demonstrate Classwide Antitrust Injury, Says Federal District CourtDistrict Courts Must Address Conflicting Expert Evidence to Certify Antitrust Class Action, Seventh Circuit RulesA Closer Look: The Importance of Expert Testimony for “Reasonable Consumer” Claims

Fifth Circuit

Overpayment Claims Don’t Always Fly: The Fifth Circuit on Article III StandingFifth Circuit Clarifies No Cross-Jurisdictional Tolling in TexasFifth Circuit Adopts a Test for Standing at Class Certification Stage

Financial Services

Post-Cantero, Ninth Circuit Allows Prior National Bank Act Preemption Decision To Remain StandingPost-Cantero, First Circuit Sets Demanding National Bank Act Preemption TestSixth Circuit Revives Overdraft Fee Lawsuit Based on Ambiguous Contractual Terms

First Circuit

Post-Cantero, First Circuit Sets Demanding National Bank Act Preemption TestNon-signatory Defendant Unable to Meet High Burden for Compelling ArbitrationFirst Circuit Agrees with Other Circuits that CAFA Jurisdiction Survives Class Certification Denial

Food and Beverage

Buyer Aware, Class Beware: Court Nixes Smoked Almonds Putative ClassEggland’s Best Can’t Scramble “Cage Free” Consumer Class Action, Illinois Court Rules   Aggregate Damages Model, List Prices Insufficient to Demonstrate Classwide Antitrust Injury, Says Federal District Court

Fourth Circuit

One Plan, Many Accounts: Fourth Circuit Slams the Door on Mandatory ERISA Classes in Defined Contribution CasesFourth Circuit Announces Legal Framework for Pre-Discovery Motions to Deny Class CertificationStanding in the Dark:  Fourth Circuit Finds Standing for Driver’s License Information on the Dark Web

Jurisdiction

Stand Aside:  Third Circuit Throws Out Harriet Carter Gifts Federal Wiretapping Case On Standing GroundsSixth Circuit Enforces Arbitration Agreement After Lower Court Sua Sponte Found WaiverPennsylvania District Court Judge Remands Case After Finding No Article III Standing to Bring Wiretapping Claim

Life Sciences

Claims that Drug Manufacturer Paid PBMs to Disrupt Operation of State Generic Substitution Laws not Viable, Says Illinois CourtCiting First Amendment Issues, Ninth Circuit Kills Prop 65 Glyphosate Warning RequirementAnother Win for Preemption in Over-The-Counter Drug Labeling Case

Litigation

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Class Action Alleging Group Boycott of Agricultural E-Commerce Platforms for “Impermissible Group Pleading”Wiretapping Suit Meets Triple Defeat: No Standing, Consent Established, Class Allegations RejectedOverpayment Claims Don’t Always Fly: The Fifth Circuit on Article III Standing

Ninth Circuit

A Closer Look: The Discoverability of Artificial Intelligence PromptsNinth Circuit Partially Reverses Certification of Classes Challenging Ford Trucks’ Alleged Steering “Shimmy”Ninth Circuit Declines to Enforce “Misleading,” “Disparaging,” and “Confusing” Arbitration Agreement Mid‑Litigation

Practice Pointers

Stand Aside:  Third Circuit Throws Out Harriet Carter Gifts Federal Wiretapping Case On Standing GroundsFederal Circuit Agrees with Majority View on Class Representative Incentive AwardsStanding in the Dark:  Fourth Circuit Finds Standing for Driver’s License Information on the Dark Web

Preliminary Injunction

Bank Partnership Defeats Motion for Preliminary Injunction in “True Lender” Suit9th Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Prop. 65 Acrylamide Lawsuits

Second Circuit

A Closer Look: The Discoverability of Artificial Intelligence PromptsAggregate Damages Model, List Prices Insufficient to Demonstrate Classwide Antitrust Injury, Says Federal District CourtSecond Circuit Clarifies Analysis of Attorneys' Fees in Class Action Settlement

Securities

SEC Changes Policy on Issuer-Investor Arbitration Provisions With Important Implications for Securities Class ActionsSixth Circuit Remands Class Certification Ruling Back to District Court to Conduct Rigorous Analysis Under ComcastSupreme Court Expresses Skepticism Regarding Nvidia’s Motion to Dismiss Securities Class Action

Settlement

Federal Circuit Agrees with Majority View on Class Representative Incentive AwardsFee-versal of FortuneSecond Circuit Clarifies Analysis of Attorneys' Fees in Class Action Settlement

Seventh Circuit

Seventh Circuit Holds that BIPA Amendment Applies RetroactivelyBuyer Aware, Class Beware: Court Nixes Smoked Almonds Putative ClassEggland’s Best Can’t Scramble “Cage Free” Consumer Class Action, Illinois Court Rules   

Sixth Circuit

Sixth Circuit Denies Permission to Appeal Class Certification Order Raising Questions of Consent and Fail-Safe ClassesHigh Price of Dissent: Court Upholds Substantial Bond on Objectors To The In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment Class Action SettlementValuation and Standing—The Sixth Circuit Creates a Class Action Split

Supreme Court

End of Universal Injunctions, Re-Emergence of Rule 23(b)(2) Class ActionsSupreme Court Delays Resolution of Uninjured Class Member DebateA Closer Look:  Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard for Prohibited-Transaction Claims under ERISA § 406(a)

Technology

Wiretapping Suit Meets Triple Defeat: No Standing, Consent Established, Class Allegations RejectedSensitive Search Terms Not Enough To Establish Article III Standing Under PopaStand Aside:  Third Circuit Throws Out Harriet Carter Gifts Federal Wiretapping Case On Standing Grounds

Tenth Circuit

Tenth Circuit Emphasizes Prior Holding that Ascertainability Does Not Require Administrative FeasibilityTenth Circuit Adopts Majority View not Requiring “Administrative Feasibility” for AscertainabilityColorado Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Article III Standing

Third Circuit

Stand Aside:  Third Circuit Throws Out Harriet Carter Gifts Federal Wiretapping Case On Standing GroundsWebsite Wiretapping Roundup: 2025 Decisions and Developments Third Circuit Holds Providing Clear Notice of Intent to Compel Arbitration Preserves Right to Compel Arbitration Once Right Becomes Enforceable

Uncategorized

Fourth Circuit Clarifies Standard for Rule 23’s Ascertainability and Predominance RequirementsSecond Circuit Affirms VPPA Dismissal: Data Is Not “Personally Identifiable Information” If Only Experts Can Decipher It