Legal News

The SmileDirectClub lawsuit update includes three major settlements totaling nearly $48 million: a $31.75M antitrust settlement (final approval November 2025, claim deadline passed October 27, 2025), a $4.8M refund for customers charged after bankruptcy (claim deadline passed March 31, 2025), and a $500K settlement freeing 17,000+ consumers from NDAs. SmileDirectClub permanently closed in December 2023…

SiriusXM faces multiple class action lawsuits alleging illegal telemarketing calls, hidden fees, and deliberately difficult cancellation processes. The satellite radio giant agreed to a $28 million settlement for unwanted robocalls, with eligible class members receiving up to $1,500 each. Additional SiriusXM class action lawsuits are pending over deceptive pricing that hides a 21.4% “Music Royalty…

Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Marriott and a hotel employee after sexual misconduct allegations got him pulled from Super Bowl 2023 coverage. Marriott claimed Irvin made vulgar sexual comments to a female employee; Irvin’s surveillance footage showed a brief, friendly conversation. The case settled in September…

Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay up to $47.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it secretly shared 13.4 million patients’ sensitive health information with tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Twitter through hidden tracking codes embedded in its websites and mobile apps from November 2017 to May 2024. Eligible members can claim an…

Violinist Brian King Joseph sued Will Smith for sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation on December 30, 2025, in Los Angeles Superior Court. Joseph alleges Smith “groomed” him for sexual exploitation and fired him after he reported finding disturbing items—including HIV medication and a threatening note—in his Las Vegas hotel room during Smith’s 2025 tour….

Continuum Health Alliance has agreed to a $3.1 million settlement resolving claims from an October 2023 data breach that exposed names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and medical records of approximately 380,000 patients. Settlement class members can claim up to $5,000 for documented losses or approximately $75 without receipts, plus two years of free…

Tom’s of Maine faces a class action lawsuit alleging the company sold toothpaste products contaminated with disease-causing bacteria and manufactured in facilities with black mold. The lawsuit, filed by California consumer Teresa Pitre in December 2024 (Case No. 3:24-cv-09318, Northern District of California), follows an FDA warning letter that found Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria in water…

Kenvue (doing business as Johnson & Johnson) faces a new class action lawsuit alleging its Johnson’s Shea & Cocoa Butter Oil is falsely advertised. Plaintiff Michael Douma claims the product marketed as containing shea and cocoa butter oil actually contains less than 1% of these moisturizing ingredients, with the majority being mineral oil—a petroleum byproduct….