Steve Larson has been representing investors, consumers and employees in class actions in Oregon for over 20 years. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Stoll Berne in Portland, Oregon.
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This blog is intended to provide information to the general public and to practitioners about developments that may impact Oregon class actions.
A group of U.S. Plaintiff’s law firms have requested a modernization of civil trials rules amidst the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. They want to encourage live-streamed testimony from witnesses who are not able to appear in court, with the end goal of improving efficiency throughout the trial process.
Verizon customers are receiving notices to file a claim before April 15th, 2024, in order to receive a payout of up to $100, as part of the proposed $100 million settlement Verizon is set to pay.
3M, Corteva Inc, and DuPont were granted a big win by a U.S. appeals court on Monday November 27th, 2023. The appeals court rejected a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed roughly 11.8 million Ohio residents to participate in a massive class action.
Aquarion and Connecticut Water Co., Connecticut’s largest water suppliers, are facing two class action lawsuits. Plaintiffs in this case allege that these two water companies knowingly supplied water contaminated with PFAS chemicals.
A Kansas City, Mo., jury unanimously found Tuesday that the National Association of Realtors and other real estate organizations conspired to artificially inflate home sale commissions, in a case that could change how much home sellers pay real estate agents.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a large antitrust case against several nationwide known real estate companies is underway. The defendants in this case are The National Association of Realtors and some of the largest real estate companies in the United States.
About 3 million iPhone users are about to receive a payout from the recent $500 million settlement against Apple. This settlement results from a judge rejecting the large tech company’s appeal against the 2017 class action suit.
In a recently filed class action against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, a group of Tesla owners allege Musk and Tesla have exaggerated mileage range projections.
A superior court judge in Marion County, Indiana, certified a class action lawsuit that aims to abolish Indiana’s near-total abortion ban.
Known for offering advice on how to manage one’s debt, the finance guru and radio host Dave Ramsey is being sued for $150 million by former listeners.
A $215 million settlement has been filed in a recent class action case against Goldman Sachs. The plaintiffs allege a comprehensive bias against women with regards to pay and promotions.
In the antitrust class action House v. NCAA, former and current Division I athletes seek compensation for not being given the right to use their NIL (name, image, and likeness) for commercial purposes.
Salesforce Inc.’s Slack Technologies, makers of software used for communications in workplaces, was sued in federal court in a securities fraud class action in 2019.
Trial began Monday, April 24, 2023, in the Oregon Labor Day fires class action against PacifiCorp. Plaintiffs allege that PacifiCorp, Oregon’s second largest utility, did not, and should have, shut off power during the extremely hot, dry and major windstorm event over Labor Day weekend in 2020.
Rail company Norfolk Southern is facing a potential class action lawsuit for the recent Ohio train derailment. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by three people that resided near the derailment.
In a recent proposed class action lawsuit against Chick-fil-A, plaintiffs claim that the company used Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to retarget them for watching video advertisements via Meta’s pixel tracker.
A recently filed lawsuit alleges that a revenue management platform used by Las Vegas strip hotels, Rainmaker, used a system to keep rooms priced high so the competition would not undercut pricing.
Southwest Airlines is facing two potential class action lawsuits in California due to problems faced by customers in December 2022 as a result of cancelled flights.
Several laid-off Twitter employees were informed by a recent ruling in their proposed class action lawsuit that they must pursue their claims via individual arbitration instead.
A U.S. District Court Judge in Oregon recently refused to certify a proposed sex discrimination class action t filed by a group of current and former female employees against Nike. The ruling cited insufficient evidence that a potential class of 5,200 female employees were harmed due to a company policy or practice of basing lower pay for female employees due to their former job’s pay.
