U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Federal appeals court limits reach of collective actions vs employers
A federal appeals panel said a mass action lawsuit filed in Wisconsin federal court over H-2A visa laborers based in Wisconsin should be limited only to laborers who worked in Wisconsin. -
Privacy class action firms jockey for control of 23andMe data breach claims; Edelson calls for new approach
Data privacy class action firm Edelson P.C. is seeking to control 40 class actions, potentially worth huge money, against 23andMe for allegedly allowing genetic info to be stolen in a data breach. In a new filing, Edelson is asking courts to reconsider how they decide which lawyers should lead -
Glenbard schools to join rapidly growing nationwide lawsuits seeking billions from Snap, TikTok, Meta, Google
The nationwide mass litigation is seeking potentially billions of dollars from some of the biggest operators of social media platforms, accusing them of fomenting a "mental health crisis" among children and teens. Trial lawyers stand to claim a quarter or more of the ultimate take -
Class action accuses Google of intercepting income tax data without filers' consent
Lawsuit says Google's analytics tool attached to programs used by tax preparers like H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct, allowed the company to collect prohibited sensitive data, like adjusted gross income -
Judge deletes most of non-Facebook users' class action vs Facebook over photo tags on pics
A California federal judge agreed there is no practical way to get consent from people without social media accounts -
Appeals court OKs $97.5M for lawyers who got $650M from Facebook in photo tags class action
A California federal appeals court says the big fee award to the lawyers for their work leading the class action under Illinois' biometrics law wasn't excessive -
MDL created in Northern District of California for opioid marketing claims against McKinsey
A U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has created a new MDL in the Northern District of California to centralize opioid marketing litigation against McKinsey & Company and appointed District Judge Charles Breyer to preside. -
Judge OKs $650M deal to end Facebook photo tagging class action; $345 payments to users, $97.5M to lawyers
A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval to a settlement he called a "major win for consumers in ... digital privacy. -
Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
Supreme Court slams door on Facebook's bid to undo photo tagging class action
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Facebook’s attempt to untag itself from a class action lawsuit worth potentially billions of dollars under Illinois’ biometric information privacy law. -
Appeals panel: Facebook must face class action under IL privacy law over face-scanning photo tags
Facebook will need to face a class action under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law for its face-tagging technology, as a federal appeals court in California rejected both the social media giant’s attempt to argue the plaintiffs couldn’t prove they were actually harmed by the program, and Facebook’s contention a class action would dissolve into a pool of “mini-trials” over individual Illinois residents’ claims. -
Calif. federal judge OKs Cook County request to return suit vs Facebook over Trump election to Cook courts
A California federal judge has ruled a lawsuit by Cook County against Facebook, which alleges the social media giant let user data be mined to aid President Donald Trump’s election campaign, should be returned from federal jurisdiction to Cook County Circuit Court, saying the suit was filed on behalf of Illinois and belongs in state court. -
No quit in trial bar after SCOTUS ruling, still filing lawsuits in favorite courts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Since last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dealt a blow to forum-shopping personal injury attorneys, companies threatened with sprawling, 50-state litigation have not been forced into defending cases all over the country. -
California judge's refusal to toss IL privacy suit vs Facebook may have limited implications for similar cases
Facebook won't be able to quickly delete a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating an Illinois privacy law by tagging people in photographs posted by other users on the social media platform. However, the decision may have limited implications for other lawsuits against companies accused of breaking the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, an attorney says. -
California judge says GrubHub delivery drivers are contractors, not employees, under the law
A California judge has shed some light on the perils of the "gig economy" by ruling on the case of a former GrubHub delivery driver who the court concluded should be classified as an independent contractor. -
Loandepot.com LLC accused of violating telephone harassment statutes
A man is suing Loandepot.com LLC for alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes. -
Class action targets SanDisk for alleged securities fraud
A pension plan filed a class action lawsuit against a leading flash product maker for allegedly false statements and fraud. The city of Sterling Heights General Employees' Retirement System filed a class-action complaint on May 27 in U.S.
