Sometimes we get a little tired of plaintiffs’ antics in bringing multi-plaintiff complaints to defeat diversity jurisdiction or tilt the scales in their favor at trial. Federal courts are generally wise to this maneuver (see our prior posts here,
OpenAI Lawsuits Put Minors’ Consent, Data Privacy, and AI Guardrails in Focus
KEYPOINT: A recent putative class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against OpenAI highlights the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) providers face in restricting minors’ access to their services, and underscores the importance of
Class Actions, Common Fund, Hourly Rates, Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees: Two N.D. Cal. District Judge Decisions In Google Cases Offer Insights Into Class Action Fee Recovery Where Excessive Hourly Rates Were Claimed And Common Fund Recovery Where Inadequate Fee Substantiation Was Presented
Lessons From These Decisions—Substantiate Fees In Detailed Fashion In California Federal Cases And Do Not Request Excessive Hourly Rates.
Two Google cases in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, offer some guidance for class action/common fund practitioners on
When Education Customers’ Data Is Exposed, Which Claims Stick?
On October 19, 2026, a federal district court judge allowed ordinary negligence and implied-contract claims to proceed in a proposed class action against Kaplan North America. See Linsell v. Kaplan N. Am., LLC, No. 0:26-cv-60785-WPD, slip op. (S.D. Fla. Oct.
Lawyers to be paid £12m out of £260m Google claim settlement
Google: Settlement towards the upper limit of its valuation of claim
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has approved the £260m settlement of a claim against Google that will see the class representative’s lawyers paid £12m, 32% less than they are
No Injury Action Against Fertility Treatment Gives Birth to Dismissal
No harm, no foul. And no case. That is the lesson of Klosowski v. FPG Labs, LLC, 2025 WL 2532500 (D. Del. Sept. 3, 2025). (Yes, the case is over a year old. But this bundle of joy just popped
DraftKings Defeats Class Action on Summary Judgment
Last December, the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana certified a class of Indiana residents who placed winning bets with DraftKings, Inc. (DraftKings) on an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets. The day
Unleased Louisiana Mineral Owners Are on the Hook for Post-Production Costs
Co Author: David Pruitt
The ongoing saga of Self, et al. v. BPX Operating Co., et al., has drawn a large audience due to its potential economic repercussions for Haynesville producers and mineral owners. Recall the question: Can the operator
UK class actions have three-quarters of a billion members
Google: Big tech companies now the main target of claims
There were more than 750m members of class actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) by the end of last year, 80m more than a year earlier, new research has
N.D. Cal. Denies Class Certification in CIPA Tracking Case for Lack of Common Proof
In Hinton v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., No. 23-cv-04529-JD, 2026 WL 2959993 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2026), the court denied class certification in a lawsuit asserting a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”).
Plaintiffs alleged