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4th Circuit rules federal procedure governs nationwide bank class action
The 4th Circuit ruled Rule 23, not South Carolina’s Door Closing Statute, governs nationwide class actions and remanded Grice v. Independent Bank for certification review.
Greystar to pay $50M in rent-algorithm class action settlement
Greystar will pay $50 million to settle a class action over rent-setting algorithms, part of a $141 million settlement with 25 landlords, pending federal approval.
4th Circuit revives naval engineers’ no-poach wage suppression suit
The 4th Circuit reinstated naval engineers’ class action alleging shipbuilders’ no-poach wage suppression scheme, ruling oral agreements and coded language may constitute fraudulent concealment under the Sherman Act.
Google hit with $425.7M privacy verdict over snooping
A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7M for tracking users' smartphones, ruling it violated California privacy laws over years of snooping.
SC Supreme Court: Extra shift pay counts as retirement contributions
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that shift and premium pay counts as “earnable compensation” under SCRS, requiring retirement contributions from salaried health care workers.
DuPont settles contamination claim for $27M
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Chemical maker DuPont has agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve a nearly decade-long lawsuit over the contamination of an upstate New York village’s water […]
4th Circuit: Court vacates class definition in overtime suit
Where the class certified by the District Court in an overtime suit had only one parameter — that class members must have worked for the company as a shift manager […]
Arbitration provisions bind insured seeking to enforce contract
Insureds seeking to enforce contracts between their providers and a health insurer are estopped from avoiding the application of the arbitration provisions in those contracts, the South Carolina Court of […]
Have your clients tread carefully in wage disputes
By Steve Dunn In my 20-plus years as a management-side employment lawyer, I used to receive calls about all kinds of workplace situations, but there is one category that still […]
Ruling advances lawsuit against Prisma Health
A judge’s decision to deny Prisma Health’s request for summary judgment and to dismiss a Medicaid overbilling lawsuit will allow a potential class action claim to advance, The State newspaper […]
4th Circuit: Health center can’t shift cyberattack liability to feds
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Sandhills Medical Foundation was not entitled to federal immunity in a class action over a cyberattack that compromised patient data.
Judge denies Apple’s bid to dismiss AirTag stalking lawsuit
NEW YORK — A judge has denied Apple’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit claiming that stalkers are using its AirTag devices to track victims — and that the tech […]
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