Chutes And Ladders: The CJP & CJA

On August 21, 2026, the Tenth Circuit granted the NCAA’s stay request in Wisne v. NCAA, temporarily restoring the NCAA’s age-based eligibility rules pending resolution of the appeal. Three weeks earlier, Judge Sweeney of the District of Colorado had issued a nationwide injunction that permitted athletes in the Class of 2022 to pursue a fifth year of eligibility.

The top ten largest class action settlements in securities cases in the U.S. have recouped tens of billions of dollars in damages.

A federal court in California denied preliminary approval of a $2.3 million data breach settlement affecting over 220,000 individuals, finding seven critical deficiencies in the proposed agreement. The decision highlights the rigorous scrutiny courts apply to class action settlements, particularly regarding claims-made distribution processes, inadequate documentation of settlement value, and unexplained disparate treatment among class members.

A federal court rejected TikTok's attempt to use two prior nationwide class action settlements—totaling over $93 million—to dismiss new privacy claims brought by minors alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The ruling hinged on whether the current plaintiffs were demonstrably members of the earlier settlement classes based solely on the pleadings, raising critical questions about the scope and enforceability of broad settlement releases in successive privacy litiga

Concora Credit has agreed to pay $9.375 million to settle a TCPA class action lawsuit over wrong number robocalls, with prominent TCPA attorney Mike Greenwald securing another major victory. The settlement includes over $5 million for approximately 147,000 class members, $3 million in attorney fees, and a commitment to spend at least $1 million on TCPA compliance over three years.

The New Jersey Supreme Court refused to allow a respondent to benefit from its refusal to pay arbitration fees in Roach v. BM Motoring, LLC, 2017 WL 931430 (NJ March 9, 2017).

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that cell phone users cannot sue under the TCPA's do-not-call provisions, determining that the FCC exceeded its authority when it extended protections to wireless subscribers in 2003. The decision challenges decades of regulatory interpretation and could fundamentally reshape telecommunications privacy litigation if adopted by other courts.

The Fifth Circuit's en banc decision in Sterling v. City of Jackson tests whether residents exposed to lead-contaminated municipal drinking water can sue under Section 1983 for substantive due process violations. In a 10-5 ruling, the court held that environmental harms caused by government mismanagement belong to tort law and the political process, not constitutional claims, creating a significant circuit split with implications for how environmental compliance failures by public officials are litigated.

A company that receives a demand letter under California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) should assume that a California consumer class action may be coming.

A federal court granted Disney's motion to compel arbitration in an antitrust class action, allowing the company to invoke fuboTV's subscriber terms of service after acquiring a 70% stake in the streaming platform. The ruling demonstrates how corporate mergers can fundamentally alter litigation strategy by enabling non-signatories to enforce arbitration agreements containing "future affiliates" provisions.

With the rapid development and growth of AI-powered chatbots—designed or able to mimic friendship or emotional intimacy—ethical, safety, and regulatory concerns and real-world examples of harm are mounting.

On March 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced its issuance of two headline-making Report and Order and Further Notices of Proposed Rulemaking...

On Tuesday, September 30, as part of the administration's announcement of a Most Favored Nation (MFN) pricing agreement with Pfizer, the White House stated that tariffs on other branded drug manufacturers would be paused while MFN negotiations with such manufacturers continue, in addition to announcing a specific three-year grace period for tariffs on Pfizer's products

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance recently rendered important guidance on the concept of "solicitation" in the context...

On March 28, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve Board announced their collective intent to issue a proposal (the "Rescission Proposal")...

On September 30, the White House announced the first agreement with a major pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to bring American drug prices in line with what the government...

The Federal Trade Commission issued a sweeping new proposed rule that would require practically all businesses to change the way they disclose the price of goods and services they sell ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on January 14, 2025, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy which provides a vision for how the USPTO can encourage accountable AI innovation.

The US Patent and Trademark Office rescinded and replaced previous guidance for examining patent applications for AI-assisted inventions, calling the previous framework inapplicable.

Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S332, the state's first comprehensive consumer privacy law. In doing so, New Jersey joins thirteen other U.S. states in passing a comprehensive...