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Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools to spend massive sums fighting a mental health crisis. The case has been closely watched as it was the first of its kind scheduled…
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that certain Nectar mattresses are falsely advertised as safe and fit for normal use, given that the products can “leak” or risk leaking toxic fiberglass into consumers’ homes. If you own a Nectar Classic, Premier, Luxe, or Ultra mattress — or ever washed the outer cover — this lawsuit…
Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti filed a landmark civil prosecution against Meta Platforms Inc. alleging the company knowingly facilitates and profits from billions of scam advertisements on its Facebook and Instagram platforms — defrauding seniors, families, and legitimate small businesses. The civil lawsuit, filed May 11, 2026, in Santa Clara County Superior Court, is…
Consumers filed a proposed class action against Amazon in Washington federal court on May 1, 2026, alleging that children’s sunscreens it sells are contaminated with heavy metals such as lead and that its AI shopping assistant Rufus does not disclose details about the product ingredients. If you bought sunscreen on Amazon — especially a mineral…
IKEA is facing a class action lawsuit filed on April 27, 2026, in Pennsylvania federal court, alleging violations of state and federal consumer laws. Plaintiffs say IKEA increased prices on its products to offset costs tied to tariffs that were later determined to be illegal — and that consumers, not IKEA, ended up footing that…
Hatch Trick, Inc., a Chick-fil-A franchisee operating multiple locations in Austin, Texas, violated federal law by refusing to reasonably accommodate an employee’s request to refrain from working on Saturdays in observance of her Sabbath day and instead fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit announced on May 14, 2026. If…
On May 14, 2026, a U.S. federal district court denied farm workers’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s wage cut rule — a rule that drastically cuts wages for H-2A workers and undercuts U.S. farm worker wages — meaning the rule can continue to be in effect while the United Farm Workers…
On May 4, 2026, Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, together with Children’s Rights and private law firms McDermott Will & Schulte and Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala, filed a class action complaint against Washington’s Department of Children, Youth and Families on behalf of immigrant youth placed in the state’s foster care system — young people…
A Dallas-area jury cleared ExxonMobil on May 14, 2026, finding that investors failed to prove misrepresentations about the value and profitability of the company’s Canadian bitumen holdings and Rocky Mountain dry gas operations in a securities class action that had been working its way through the courts for nearly a decade. If you purchased ExxonMobil…