Size Matters: Facebook Faces Fraud Class Action for Overstating its Massive Potential Reach
On August 15, 2018, plaintiffs filed a putative class action on behalf of advertisers who get less than they pay for when Facebook allegedly overstates its…
U.S. Dept. of Education Joins Tide Against Class-Action Waivers/Mandatory Arbitration
There’s been plenty of news regarding a recent trend that contract provisions precluding class actions and mandating arbitration may have hit their high water mark and…
Another $50 Million Shoe Drops: DreamWorks Settles Wage-Fixing Class Action
In the latest sequel to the ongoing legal drama, DreamWorks has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class-action based on DreamWorks conspiring with other animation…
Settlers and Snitches: Sony Breaks Ranks in Hollywood Wage-Fixing Claims
I previously wrote about two wage-fixing class actions, where some of the largest high-tech and Hollywood companies conspired not to hire one another’s employees to keep wages low. …
Supreme Court’s DirecTV Decision Makes Odd Bedfellows
SNAP QUIZ-Which type of lawsuit would divide the Supreme Court Justices along the following lines? Justices Breyer, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito and Kagan vs. Justice Thomas, Ginsburg…
