Some Costco customers are suing Costco, claiming entitlement to a portion of the refunds that the company is seeking from the government on its tariff claims. Seems like a stupid suit. Costco never promised refunds, so plaintiffs have no legal claims. Moreover, Costco hasnβt recovered anything yet. As a result, unlike the mangoes in the nectar that I buy from Costco, I think this claim is unripe.
Plaintiff claims to have misled by offer of _up to_ $1000 bonus with new DraftKings account. The court found the ad was not misleading.
#law #contracts #litigation #ClassActions
https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/03/class-claims-against-draftkings-dismissed/
Proctor & Gamble mistakenly notified people who had filled out a survey in the hopes of getting a yearβs supply of toilet paper that they had won. It corrected its mistake 8 hours later. They sued. What would Svetlana say?
#law #contracts #litigation #ClassActions
https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/11/district-court-flushes-toilet-paper-class-action/
Google provides its analytic services to healthcare providers, so they have to send it information. Were they sending Google too much information, violating HIPAA. The District Court allows claims relating to pre-2023 conduct to proceed.
But #SCOTUS raised the possibility that #NationwideInjunctions are still permissible in certain circumstances, including #ClassActions, in which similarly situated people sue as a group, or if they are the only way to provide "complete relief" to litigants in a particular lawsuit.
Friday's hearing will shed light on how lower courts plan to address what providing complete relief entails, said George Washington University law professor Paul Schiff Berman.
#ClassActions must follow what is known as #Rule23, which requires the plaintiffs to meet several elements including proving that the proposed #class members suffered the same #injury. Conservative #SCOTUS Justice Samuel #Alito warned lower courts against certifying nationwide classes without "scrupulous adherence to the rigors of Rule 23.β
#law #NationwideInjunctions #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
The #Trump admin appealed the ruling, which White House *aide* #StephenMiller called a judge's attempt to "circumvent" #SCOTUSβ ruling by recognizing "a protected global 'class' entitled to admission into the United States."
"I think there's going to be a lot more #ClassActions," said Lee Gelernt, an attorney with the #ACLU, which brought the #asylum case.
#law #SCOTUS #NationwideInjunctions #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
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