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A California consumer’s class action against Walgreens over “dishwasher safe” plastic cutlery that melted in her dishwasher survived a motion to dismiss in February 2026. The case — Simpson v. Walgreen Co., et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-16465 — is now in active litigation in the Northern District of Illinois, with class certification still ahead. What…
Quick Facts SunTrust Bank, now known as Truist Bank, has agreed to a $240 million class action settlement to resolve claims it charged illegal overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, which plaintiffs alleged harmed Georgia consumers. The court granted preliminary approval on January 23, 2026, after nearly 16 years of litigation. A final…
Quick Facts More than 3,100 people who allege they were sexually assaulted by Uber drivers have filed lawsuits consolidated into a single federal proceeding in California. A jury returned an $8.5 million verdict against Uber in the first federal trial on February 5, 2026. Days later, a judge ordered Lyft — a third party —…
Quick Facts Ajinomoto Foods North America is recalling approximately 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not-ready-to-eat chicken fried rice products that may be contaminated with glass, as announced by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on February 19, 2026. The affected Trader Joe’s-branded product was shipped to Trader Joe’s stores nationwide. There have been no confirmed…
Quick Facts Thousands of people who took Ozempic and other GLP-1 receptor agonist medications have filed lawsuits against Novo Nordisk, alleging the drugs caused a serious eye condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) — a form of sudden, often permanent vision loss. As of February 2026, there is no global settlement in the…
Quick Facts Granite Wellness Centers agreed to a $725,000 class action settlement to resolve claims arising from a January 2021 ransomware attack that exposed sensitive patient data. The organization detected the ransomware attack on or around January 5, 2021, and notified affected individuals on or around March 5, 2021. The court granted preliminary approval to…
University of Idaho history professor Rebecca Scofield sued TikTok tarot card reader Ashley Guillard in federal court in December 2022. Scofield alleged that Guillard defamed her by posting over 100 videos falsely claiming Scofield ordered the murders of four students. A federal judge ruled in Scofield’s favor on liability in June 2024. In February 2026,…
Mario Rodriguez, an actor who appeared in the 2016 film Boo! A Madea Halloween, sued Tyler Perry and Lionsgate Entertainment in Los Angeles Superior Court on December 25, 2025. Rodriguez alleges Perry subjected him to repeated unwanted sexual advances and physical contact on multiple occasions between 2015 and 2019. The lawsuit seeks at least $77…
The DiDi Global Inc. class action settlement provides up to $740 million to investors who purchased DiDi American Depositary Shares (ADSs) during one of the shortest class periods in a major securities settlement: June 30, 2021, through July 21, 2021 — just 22 days. Eligible investors must file a claim by April 6, 2026, at…