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Five Noteworthy Litigation Trends of 2024—and What to Watch in 2025

With the potential to redefine key areas of the law, here are the five most interesting litigation hotspots spotted by Law.com Radar in 2024.
6 minute read

International Edition

BT Emerges Victorious in First Full CAT Opt-Out Trial

Telecoms giant BT has successfully seen off a £1.3 billion U.K. class action against the company—the first full opt-out trial to take place before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Some Elite Universities Favor Wealthy Students in Admissions Decisions, Lawsuit Alleges

The filings offer a rare peek at the deliberations of university heads and admissions officials. They show how schools admit otherwise unqualified students because their wealthy parents could possibly donate large sums down the line.
5 minute read

The Recorder

US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

“I hope this settlement will help survivors, like me, as they begin to heal – but money will not repair the harm that BOP did to us." — Aimee Chavira, plaintiff and former inmate at now-closed prison in Dublin, California.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Amazon's Audible Hit With Privacy Class Action Over Use of Tracking Pixels

Amazon's podcast and audiobook service, Audible, has been hit with a privacy class action for allegedly diverting users' personally identifiable information to Meta Platforms.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Class Action and Products Liability Special Section 2024

In this year's Class Action and Products Liability Special Section, read about the continuing Fosamax preemption saga; using AI in products liability mass and class actions; whether implied warranty claims can proceed in a products liability setting; and the products liability case against water beads.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

2025: A Legal Odyssey—Artificial Intelligence in Products Liability Mass and Class Actions

There is enormous potential in the development and use of AI in products liability mass and class actions, not yet as a replacement for human attorneys, but as a powerful force multiplier.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Here We Go Again: The Fosamax Preemption Saga Continues

Unless the Third Circuit’s decision is reversed, this decision revives hundreds of cases, many of which have been dormant since at least 2017.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

When Fun Toys Kill: The Products Liability Case Against Water Beads

Since water bead tragedies can, and likely will, continue until these products are removed from the marketplace and are out of homes (and also child care centers, schools and camps), we offer an action plan for when a family contacts you about a potential water bead ingestion case.
8 minute read

Law.com

Keller Postman and Jenner & Block Accuse Each Other of Unethical Actions in Tubi Settlement

On Dec. 11, Keller Postman filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Tubi and its outside firm, Jenner & Block, for unethically having a former FBI special agent contact its clients.
7 minute read

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