United States: Class Actions

To mitigate against the risk of class actions, many companies include mandatory arbitration agreements and class action waivers in their online terms of service.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Alex Karasik with their discussion of a North Carolina federal court decision adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny a motion for decertification of FLSA claims and grant the certification motion for state law claims.

The Eighth Circuit clarified that even when a state's false-advertising law does not require reliance, plaintiffs must still prove causation—and individualized consumer experiences can prevent claims...

Takeaway: Available now is the recent article in the Legal Intelligencer by Justin Donoho entitled "Gen AI Class Action Key Decisions and Trends in 2025." The article is available here and is a must-read...

This year has been a busy one in the generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) class action litigation landscape. New pleadings were filed, including several new class actions, several consolidated and amended complaints, and one appeal.

The Washington Supreme Court earlier this year made it unlawful for a business to knowingly send a commercial email to a Washington resident that "contains false or misleading information in the subject line."

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Daniel Spencer with their analysis of a California federal judge's decision to reject a $28 million attorney fee request...

Under this new decision, Georgia trial courts evaluating experts pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 24-7-702 ("Rule 702") must apply the federal two-tiered classification standard established 20 years ago by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in McClain v. Metabolife Intl., Inc., 401 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. 2005).

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