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Former immigration detainee Alejandro Menocal filed a class action against GEO Group in 2014, alleging the company forced detainees to perform unpaid labor at its Aurora, Colorado facility. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. On February 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled…
Quick Facts What Is a Hostile Work Environment? A hostile work environment is a specific legal concept, not just a general description of a bad job. Under federal law — primarily Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — harassment becomes unlawful when it is based on a protected characteristic and meets one…
Monsanto (Bayer) proposed a $7.25 billion nationwide class settlement on February 17, 2026, to resolve Non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims tied to Roundup exposure. The settlement was filed in St. Louis Circuit Court in Missouri and still requires court approval. No claim deadline exists yet, and no payments are being made. If you have an active lawsuit,…
A federal class action lawsuit accuses MyFitnessPal of doing something users were promised would never happen: tracking them with third-party cookies after they specifically clicked to opt out. A federal judge sided with the plaintiffs in January 2026, allowing the case to move forward. There is no settlement and no claim form yet — but…
The case is over and we got the win we’ve been fighting for. The plaintiffs agreed to drop their claims and we didn’t pay a dime, Vital Farms announced in January 2025. The PETA-backed class action filed in 2021 was fully dismissed with no settlement. But three weeks into 2026, Vital Farms faces a different…
A TikTok creator named Cierra Mistt told the world she took on a billion-dollar soda company — and won. The internet believed her. Millions shared her videos. Then the fact-checkers showed up. Here is the actual story behind the viral “Sierra Mist lawsuit,” what really happened, and what it accidentally taught everyone about trademark law….
California mortgage borrowers who entered COVID-19 forbearance with Wells Fargo and had their accounts wrongly reported to credit bureaus as “in forbearance” are entitled to automatic cash payments from a $56,850,000 settlement. No claim form is required. Checks will be mailed automatically after the final approval hearing on April 17, 2026. The deadline to object…
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit on February 17, 2026, that accused Buffalo Wild Wings of deceiving customers by selling “boneless wings” made from chicken breast rather than actual wing meat. The judge ruled that no reasonable consumer is fooled by the name — and delivered his verdict in one…
A Los Angeles jury awarded Roland Esparza, 58, a unanimous $25 million verdict on February 4, 2026, after finding that Conagra Brands failed to warn consumers about the dangers of inhaling fumes from butter-flavored Pam cooking spray. Esparza now lives on a 24-hour oxygen supply and is awaiting a double lung transplant. Conagra says it…