Insights on Class Actions

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 was voted and approved on April 27, 2016 and is now on its way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the President’s desk for signing.

In a recent opinion, the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the developer of the highly-anticipated videogame Grand Theft Auto V.

Macy’s, Inc. and subsidiary Bloomingdale’s, Inc. were recently served with a class action complaint alleging that the retail chains misled consumers with a “phantom pricing scheme” that inflated the savings available on items marked for sale.

On July 20, 2015, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified a liability-only class of Illinois plaintiffs in a nearly ten-year-old case involving allegedly defective, moldy Kenmore-manufactured Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) washing machines.[1] 

On April 16, 2015, the Virginia Supreme Court threw out a contempt citation against social media company Yelp, Inc. (Yelp) in a closely watched case involving anonymous free speech rights on the internet.

Consumer class actions against fashion retailers are on the rise, and the most recent target is Saks Fifth Avenue.

Arent Fox LLP filed amicus briefs on behalf of LGBT law enforcement groups in three separate cases.

Walmart recently argued that the US District Court for the Eastern District of California should not grant class certification in a suit alleging that Walmart’s data collection practices violate California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Song-Beverly Act).

In Lawson, the Court held that employees of a mutual fund, traditionally outside the coverage of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), are nonetheless protected by its whistleblower provision.

Court extended Fourth Amendment privacy protections to the data Americans keep on their smartphones.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the addition of international litigator Malcolm S. McNeil.

The court issued a precedent-setting decision that granted class certification to thousands of Washington, DC residents with disabilities.

Arent Fox LLP filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in Riley v. California.