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 preliminary settlement was reached recently by Smithfield Foods Inc. in the amount of $75 million in a pork price-fixing lawsuit. Consumers filed the lawsuit claiming that this meat producer along with others limited supply to inflate the price of pork in the U.S. market. Smithfield denies any wrongdoing.
AARP recently filed a class action lawsuit against an Illinois nursing home provider, Alden and six of its facilities. AARP’s lawsuit claims that Alden failed to adequately staff their facilities with a goal to increase profits.
Healthcare staffing agencies have been in the news recently for contracting with their travelling nurses at one pay rate but delivering on a much lower one. Traveling nurses often sign at-will employment contracts.
A proposed class action lawsuit spearheaded by the nonprofit Farm Forward filed in California alleges that Whole Foods used deceptive marketing to claim their organic beefs are free from antibiotics.
Peloton Interactive Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit in New York over its library of on-demand programs. According to the lawsuit, Peloton advertised to its potential purchasers continued growth of its program options but in March 2019, Peloton removed an estimated 12,000 on-demand programs.
Equifax is facing a class-action lawsuit due to an alleged technical issue. The issue is said to stem from their reporting system’s malfunction during a system update that allegedly affected millions of credit scores.
In a class action filed in Alabama, class plaintiffs alleged that State Farm Fire and Casualty, between 2011 and 2017, used a depreciated cost of labor and other non-material costs for repairs to properties owned by their insureds. The lawsuit alleges that said depreciation was against their policies.
A settlement was reached and filed in the T-Mobile US Inc. data breach class action lawsuit. As part of the settlement, T-Mobile denies any wrongdoing.
A California Second Appellate District panel recently gave the opinion that California state courts, as opposed to US district courts, do not grant judges the authority to dismiss cases based on their views on the likelihood of a case to prevail prior to hearing evidence.
A proposed class action was filed by a group of AT&T and Verizon wireless subscribers against Deutsche Telekon AG, T-Mobile U.S., Inc., and SoftBank Group Corp. of Japan (the former owner of Sprint Corp.).
Midwest home sellers may now be eligible to participate in a class action that was recently certified in a federal lawsuit in Kansas City. Originally filed in 2019, the lawsuit alleges that home sellers in Missouri who used the Multiple Listing Service system were …
IBM has been accused of discussions surrounding the idea of reducing the number of their older employees, using the term “dinobabies” to describe them.
Vail Resorts has offered a proposed $13.1 settlement in five wage and labor lawsuits.
Zoom settled a class action lawsuit for $85 million where users’ alleged that Zoom did not protect users’ personal information thereby allowing third parties to infiltrate a user meeting.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, by Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
Global Tel*Link Corp. agreed to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from its services to jails and prisons relating to non-refunded deposits made by customers.
In a lawsuit regarding prices of mortgage-backed securities, the state of New Mexico has reached a $32.5 million settlement.
South by Southwest (“SXSW”) agreed to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from their no-refund policy for their COVID-19 cancelled festival in 2020.
Disability-rights advocates initially sued the city of San Diego in federal court alleging that scooters create hazards for pedestrians by blocking access and rights-of-way, especially for those with mobility disabilities.
A drinking water contamination class action lawsuit has settled for $34 million, pending final court approval.
