Jurisdictional Analysis: Class Actions Across the Country
Publication | 01.15.25
Class action litigation remained strong in 2024, on pace to match the past two years. Last year expanded the trend of class action litigation driven by technology, regulatory changes, and consumer expectations. Class action litigation based on privacy and data security breaches increased last year—including recent high-profile cases and significant settlements. Similarly, consumer rights and product liability cases have continued to increase and to drive large settlements due to consumer awareness of their rights and amendments to consumer protection laws. These developments and increasing trends in class action litigation provide numerous opportunities for litigation in many sectors.
A large number of terminated MDL cases this past year disproportionately affected and skewed the time to termination. They have been excluded from the calculation of average number of months from filing to disposition shown on this map.
— Maria Sokova
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Administrative Law: Big Shifts in Administrative Law
As companies consider taking class actions to trial, a blockbuster decision from the U.S. Supreme Court instructing lower courts not to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of the statutes Congress charged them with administering may prove useful. Companies should also be aware of a second decision holding agencies’ use of in-house judges to mete out civil penalties to be unconstitutional.
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