Summer has begun, and for ski fans that means one thing: deciding whether to buy next season’s lift pass. Whether that choice reflects preference or coercion is now before a judge in an antitrust case against two ski resorts. Read @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column: reut.rs/4whsJCZ
Jenna Greene
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Litigation columnist at Reuters. Arbitrary and capricious. Reach me at Jenna.greene@thomsonreuters.com
As Meta and other tech companies face thousands of lawsuits over allegations that they designed social media platforms to addict young users, a parallel big-money battle is unfolding in Delaware. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social’s column: reut.rs/4w3VJhm
Ten litigants who object to Bayer's Roundup deal are trying to move the case into federal court. If they succeed, the objectors could upend a settlement poised to resolve tens of thousands of claims alleging the weedkiller causes cancer. Read @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/437ES0Y
There has been a wave of class actions seeking to represent homeowners against Uponor, which made allegedly defective plastic pipes. However, the company's efforts to force the claims into arbitration are washing out in court. Read @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/4c8A9RT
As legal challenges mount against prediction market operators, traders have responded fittingly: by betting on whether Kalshi will win a major pending case. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column: reut.rs/4sjrtNn
Confidential witnesses are near-ubiquitous in securities fraud class actions, relied on by plaintiffs’ lawyers to bolster allegations of intentional wrongdoing by company leaders. But what happens when a witness recants? Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/3PFGoUr
A legal battle unfolding in New York combines an Old Master painting, a modern family drama, and the common law rule that a thief can’t pass good title. Find out more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's latest column: reut.rs/4dgMW5P
Fallout from the Epstein files has surfaced in an unexpected forum: a dispute over stock options brought by longevity expert Peter Attia. Read more about the case in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column: reut.rs/4rHw3V6
COLUMN: Ted Frank and colleagues at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute are appealing a 2024 case for drivers delayed by pro-Palestinian protesters near Chicago's O'Hare. A judge last year dismissed the case and blasted their arguments as 'baseless' reut.rs/3Nzm1HK @jgreenejenna.bsky.social
The proposed $7.25 billion Roundup class action settlement is structured to prevent its class members from walking away. @jgreenejenna.bsky.social writes more in her column 'On the Case' reut.rs/4snEjKL
Column: Uncorking a scandal: Inside the sommelier lawsuit over exam cheating @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/4l6nUYN
Column: Novartis quietly settles Henrietta Lacks suit as family’s legal push gains steam @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/4b3Xgwe
Column: Jeffrey Epstein gave her a $9,350 handbag, but did Goldman Sachs' departing top lawyer violate any rules? @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/4bOhBGP
Jeffrey Epstein gave her a $9,350 handbag, but did Goldman Sachs' departing top lawyer violate any rules?
Goldman Sachs top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler faced fierce criticism on social media and calls for her ouster following revelations that she accepted thousands of dollars' worth of gifts from Jeffrey Epst...
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An ADA class action settlement draws DOJ scrutiny — and irony, writes @jgreenejenna.bsky.social in her latest column reut.rs/3Mdoua3
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ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...
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Column: Damages debate heats up in FirstEnergy and Boeing securities battles @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/49nXltZ
Column: Citgo on the brink: Conflicts, creditors and control of Venezuela’s crown jewel @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/45FHyUT
History — and Clarence Thomas — loomed large on December 12 as an appellate panel wrestled with the future of the False Claims Act in a case that seems destined for SCOTUS review. Columnist @jgreenejenna.bsky.social writes reut.rs/4pxdRgM
In recent months, plaintiffs’ firms filed nine lawsuits accusing major class action settlement administrators of a kickback scheme with banks. The litigation sets up a clash between two prominent figures in the plaintiffs' bar. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/3XN5mBU
The effort devoted by plaintiffs’ lawyers toward an antitrust case against insurer Blue Cross resulted in a $2.8 billion settlement, including $759 million in fees. But class lawyers argue it's not the full measure of what they're owed. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/49h0PyS
As BNP Paribas faces trial over Sudanese genocide, victims' lawyers fight each other @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/47LCVuk
Mark Zuckerberg has better things to do than sit for a deposition — or so lawyers for Meta suggest in a pending petition to the 9th Circuit, objecting to the CEO being forced to give testimony in a privacy class action. Read more in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's column reut.rs/3JBbnxI
The question for a federal judge in San Francisco now is whether Exxon Mobil can be held liable for plastic pollution, or if a novel suit claiming the company has created a public and private nuisance should be dismissed.
Plastic waste is ubiquitous – from empty water bottles to grocery bags, the detritus litters beaches, parks and roadways.
As class action trial looms, Meta and Flo could face 'mind-boggling' damages. Read @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's latest column reut.rs/3Iu0Fc4
Health tracking smart ring Oura is facing a trio of stock option lawsuits. In her column @jgreenejenna.bsky.social digs into the litigation, which presents thorny issues of how far agreements to arbitrate can be stretched reut.rs/4kwU79R
New tariffs have dominated headlines in recent months, but a key question has received far less attention: How does the US government make sure importers actually pay the duties that they owe? More in @jgreenejenna.bsky.social's latest column reut.rs/4eGEsUh
Column: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and the court of public opinion reut.rs/4muDL3H @jgreenejenna.bsky.social
A post-breakup fight in Delaware Chancery Court over custody of a goldendoodle named Tucker is proving as bitterly intractable as, say, litigation over Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package – albeit on a much smaller, furrier scale, writes columnist @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/3F0lLxg