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PETA sued the American Kennel Club in 2025, arguing that the AKC’s official breed standards force breeders to produce dogs with physical traits that cause lifelong suffering. A New York judge dismissed the case on April 7, 2026, ruling that the state law PETA invoked was misapplied. This is not a class action and there…
Multiple legal actions target Vital Proteins, a collagen supplement brand owned by Nestlé Health Science, over allegations that its products contain unsafe levels of heavy metals — including lead and cadmium — without proper warnings. No final class action settlement exists as of April 2026. This article covers every confirmed legal action against the company…
The Village of Old Westbury, a Long Island municipality in New York, must pay $19 million to Rabbi Aaron Konikov and Lubavitch of Old Westbury after a federal judge ruled the village unconstitutionally blocked the construction of a synagogue for nearly three decades. The two sides signed a federal consent agreement on March 18, 2026,…
A comprehensive settlement was reached on April 6, 2026, resolving years of litigation following a devastating listeria outbreak linked to medical supplement shakes. The outbreak, which spanned from August 2018 to March 2025, primarily affected the most vulnerable: residents in long-term care facilities and hospital patients. Federal investigations confirmed that 42 people were sickened, with…
On Friday, April 3, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted final approval to a $10 million settlement resolving the class action lawsuit Viviani v. Watson Clinic, LLP. The case followed a January 2024 data breach that compromised the sensitive health information of approximately 280,000 individuals. …
On April 2, 2026, a major milestone was reached in the litigation following the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster. ACE American Insurance Company (part of Chubb) informed a Baltimore federal court that it has reached a $350 million settlement with Grace Ocean Private Limited (the ship’s owner) and Synergy Marine Group (the manager). This $350…
On April 7, 2026, new court filings revealed that the Province of Ontario has agreed to contribute $400,000 toward a global $10 million settlement to resolve the long-running class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2012 Algo Centre Mall collapse. The disaster, which killed two women and injured 19 others, led to over a decade of litigation. …
On April 7, 2026, a Quebec Superior Court judge officially authorized a class action lawsuit against Résidence Angelica, a private long-term care home in the Montréal-Nord borough. The lawsuit centers on the catastrophic mismanagement of a COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020, which resulted in the deaths of at least 68 residents. Lead plaintiff…
A significant class action lawsuit (Ains, LLC d/b/a Opexus a/k/a Casepoint, No. 1:26-cv-00924) was filed in March 2026 against government technology contractor Opexus (formerly known as AINS). The lawsuit stems from a catastrophic “insider threat” data breach in February 2025, where two employees—who were convicted federal hackers—allegedly used their positions to exfiltrate and destroy sensitive…