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Who Got the Work: Fenwick and West to Steer Defense in Securities Class Action Against Vaccine Maker Gritstone

A complaint filed on June 17 by Pomerantz in the California Northern District Court alleged that Gritstone bio Inc., which develops vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, misled investors about the timeline of a proposed COVID-19 vaccine study in earnings calls, news releases and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Law.com

Data Breach Class Actions Begin to Pile Up Against Prudential Insurance

ALPHV Blackcat, the "notorious" cybercrime group, is likely behind the attack, the complaint contended. The group is known for ransomware and data extortion. The personal data will also likely be sold on the dark web, the plaintiffs alleged.
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National Law Journal

Black Lives Matter DC Plaintiffs Suffer Legal Setback in Trump-Era 'Unlawful Attack' Complaint

"The district court's decision rejecting our effort to hold federal officials accountable under D.C. law for the unprovoked, violent dispersal of racial justice protestors at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, is deeply disappointing," said Arthur Spitzer, senior counsel of the ACLU-DC.
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New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Court Grants Preliminary Settlement Approval in Defective Field Turf MDL

A New Jersey federal magistrate judge has preliminarily approved a class action settlement in multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective synthetic field turf which included plaintiffs in the Garden State, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania.
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The Recorder

Adobe Targeted in Proposed Class Action for 'Auto-Renewal' Subscription Scheme

The complaint alleged that the San Jose software company broke California's Automatic Renewal Law by "surreptitiously" enrolling subscribers in annual, billed-monthly auto-renewal schemes when they signed up for its paid membership plans.
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Law.com

Judge Denies Wholesalers' Class Certification in RICO Suit Against EpiPen Manufacturer Mylan

U.S. District Judge Eric C. Tostrud for the District of Minnesota determined that the plaintiffs failed to affirmatively demonstrate the class was so numerous and joinder of all members is impracticable under Rule 23(a)(1), that the representative parties will adequately protect the interests of the class under Rule 23(a)(4), or that questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members under Rule 23(b)(3).
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The Recorder

Lawsuit Alleges Fintech Company Intuit Had Shoddy Consumer Data Privacy Protection

The proposed class action lawsuit was filed by Chicago firm Strauss Borrelli. It accuses Intuit of effectively causing a cyberattack that compromised its users' personally identifiable information by bypassing cybersecurity industry standards.
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New York Law Journal

Proposed Settlement of Securities Class Action Concerning Alleged Bribery Scheme Approved as 'Fair and Reasonable'

In 'In re Tenaris S.A. Securities Litigation', Judge Kiyo Matsumoto found that the proposed settlement satisfied both procedural and substantive fairness. As to procedural fairness, the court found that the settlement resulted from arm's-length negotiations enhanced by substantial discovery and that lead plaintiffs and lead counsel had adequately represented the settlement class because they had engaged in "vigorous advocacy" on its behalf.
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Law.com

Consumer Class Actions May Be the Next Wave of PFAS Litigation

A new wave of litigation about PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) has begun. If it gains momentum, it could be the biggest yet.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

3 Class Actions Shut Down Against Restaurants

"My team filed multiple class actions in sequence because the defendants were paying off lead plaintiffs multiple times what their claims were worth," Richard Hayber said. "Someone else in the class would hire us, and we filed a new lawsuit. We argued that each successive class action tolls the statute, and the judge ruled that the tolling can only occur once."
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