Lawsuits

Nine major credit card issuers — including Credit One, Discover, Barclays, Synchrony, Merrick Bank, American Express, Credit First (CFNA), First Premier Bank, and Landmark National Bank — face active investigations into alleged unlawful debt collection calling practices. According to a law firm investigation published February 25, 2026, consumers in 10 states report receiving calls from…

What happened? A class action lawsuit has been filed against Match Group — the parent company of Tinder, Match.com, OkCupid, Hinge, and other dating platforms — alleging the company failed to adequately protect the personal data of millions of users. If you’ve used any Match Group app, your data may have been exposed. Quick Facts…

A federal class action lawsuit alleging that Roblox Corporation secretly collected personal data from millions of children — including users under 13 — without parental consent has been ordered to arbitration, effectively ending the case as a class action in court. U.S. District Judge Wesley Hsu of the Central District of California granted Roblox’s motion…

A proposed class action lawsuit filed on January 28, 2026, alleges that GEICO Casualty Company routinely added strangers to its customers’ auto insurance policies without authorization — then raised premiums when policyholders failed to respond to a 15-day opt-out notice. Lead plaintiff Allison Kane, a Florida resident, says GEICO emailed her in February 2024 to…

Grubhub Inc. agreed to a $5 million class action settlement to resolve allegations that the company made false or misleading representations about delivery fees, service fees, and menu prices to California customers. The settlement, Wang et al. v. Grubhub, received preliminary court approval on January 12, 2026. Eligible California residents who ordered through the Grubhub…

On February 13, 2026, a Philadelphia jury found Johnson & Johnson liable for the ovarian cancer death of Gayle Emerson — a woman who used the company’s talc-based baby powder for more than 45 years — and awarded $250,000 in damages. The verdict is the first plaintiff win in Philadelphia’s roughly 175-case talc mass tort…

A proposed class action lawsuit filed February 12, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Seattle alleges that Costco’s $4.99 Kirkland Signature rotisserie chicken poses a Salmonella risk because the company’s Nebraska poultry processing plant has chronically exceeded federal contamination limits — and that Costco failed to disclose this to consumers. The case is in its…

On February 11, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $2.75 million settlement with The Walt Disney Company — the largest civil penalty ever obtained under the California Consumer Privacy Act — resolving allegations that Disney failed to fully honor California consumers’ requests to opt out of the sale and sharing of their personal…

The Franciscan Friars of California, Inc. agreed to a $20 million settlement on February 4, 2026, resolving sexual abuse claims brought by approximately 95 survivors in the organization’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The settlement will fund a trust for eligible survivors whose claims were already filed in the bankruptcy proceeding. The agreement remains subject to…