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Historically, class action lawsuits were primarily tied to the U.S. With the exceptions of Canada, Australia, and a few others, most countries around the globe did not embrace this legal recovery mechanism as freely and frequently.

TikTok is once again making news, but not because of a viral dance or fashion trend. A class action lawsuit is now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the popular video sharing social networking platform.

Mass tort actions are large and complicated matters generally involving a wide cross section of plaintiffs with varying degrees of harm caused by a product or substance. Cases involving serious product failures like vehicle airbags or exposure to...

By now, most people have undoubtedly heard of biometric-based technology and probably use it every day. Some examples are facial recognition for used for cell security, and voice recognition, like activating a home smart device. Behavioral...

In 2019, 61.4 million individuals received coverage under Medicare Part A and/or Part B. Of that amount, 52.9 million Medicare beneficiaries qualified based on age and the other 8.5 million beneficiaries qualified based on disability. under...

At the end of 2018, over 176.9 million Americans, approximately 54% of the population, were receiving private health insurance coverage.1 With the emergence of the private health insurance market place, an increasingly global facing private sector...

As of January 2020, 70 million individuals were Medicaid beneficiaries—a number that will likely rise as the country faces economic downturn, an aging population, and further Medicaid expansion to the states over time.1 As of July 1, 2019, 33 of...

When thinking about class action lawsuits, most people envision legal proceedings occurring in the United States. However, class and collective proceedings modeled after those in the U.S. are becoming increasingly popular abroad – specifically in...

The number of Medicare eligible individuals that elect to enroll in a Medicare Part C/Medicare Advantage plan (as an alternative to traditional Medicare Parts A & B) is rapidly increasing. In 2019, 22.4 million (37% of the 60 million Medicare...

The first two parts of this series on mass tort tips discussed the best practices for intake and how to develop an inventory of mass tort cases. Now that all that hard work has paid off, and it’s time for settlement. In any personal injury...