21ST ANNUAL IMPACT FUND

CLASS ACTION CONFERENCE

- FEBRUARY 23 & 24, 2023 -

Hotel Kabuki

1625 Post St

San Francisco, CA 94115

Recent Developments 2023

*Cases listed in the order they appear in the paper

  • Standing & Jurisdiction

  1. Zellmer v. Facebook, Inc., No. 3:18-CV-01880-JD, 2022 WL 16924098 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 14, 2022) 

  2. Drazen v. Pinto, 41 F.4th 1354 (11th Cir. 2022) 

  3. Perez v. McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C., 45 F.4th 816 (5th Cir. 2022) 

  4. Weiner v. Ocwen Financial Corp., 342 F.R.D. 136 (E.D. Cal. 2022) 

  5. Olean Wholesale Grocery Coop., Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 31 F.4th 651 (9th Cir. 2022) (en banc) 

  6. Kang v. Department of Homeland Security, No. CV 21-2944, 2022 WL 4446385 (D.D.C. Sept. 23, 2022) 

  7. Richard Roe W.M. v. Devereux Foundation., No. CV 21-2655, 2023 WL 173918 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 12, 2023)

  8. Laufer v. Acheson Hotels, LLC, 50 F.4th 259 (1st Cir. 2022)  

  9. Attala County v. Evans, 37 F.4th 1038 (5th Cir. 2022)

  10. Hardwick v. 3M Co., 589 F. Supp. 3d 832 (S.D. Ohio 2022); appeal pending In re E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. C-8 Pers. Injury Litig., No. 22-0305, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 25452 (6th Cir. Sep. 9, 2022) 

  11. Fortney v. Walmart, Inc., No. 2:19-cv-4209, 2022 WL 742720 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 11, 2022)

  12. Denning v. Bond Pharmacy, Inc., 50 F.4th 445 (5th Cir. 2022)  

  13. In re LTL Management, LLC, 58 F.4th 738 (3d Cir. 2023) 

  • Arbitration

  1. Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906, reh'g denied, 143 S. Ct. 60 (2022) 

  2. Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., 142 S. Ct. 1708 (2022) 

  3. Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, 142 S. Ct. 1783 (2022) 

  4. Hill v. Xerox Business Services, LLC, 59 F.4th 457 (9th Cir. 2023) 

  5. Vaughn v. Tesla, Inc., 87 Cal. App. 5th 208 (2023) 

  • Race & National Origin Discrimination

  1. Williams v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Insurance Co., No. 20-cv-01121, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116694 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2022) 

  2. Chalmers et al. v. City of New York, No. 20-cv-3389, 2022 WL 4330119 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2022) 

  3. Zelaya v. Hammer, 342 F.R.D. 426 (E.D. Tenn. 2022)

  4. Simpson v. Dart, No. 18-CV-0553, 2022 WL 3154205 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 8, 2022) 

  5. Savage v. City of Springfield, No. 3:18-CV-30164-KAR, 2022 WL 2758475 (D. Mass. July 14, 2022) 

  6. Chicago Teachers' Union, Local 1 v. Board of Education, Nos. 12-cv-10311, 15-cv-8149 (N.D. Ill. September 6, 2022)  

  • Gender Discrimination & Harassment

  1. Ellis v. Google LLC, No. 17-561299 (Cal. Super. Ct., October 25, 2022)

  2. Morgan v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc., No. 2:19-CV-01717 (C.D. Cal. August 11, 2022) 

  3. Rudi v. Wexner, No. 2:20-cv-03068 (S.D. Ohio 2022) 

  4. Graham v. University of Michigan, No. 21-11168, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137928 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 3, 2022) 

  5. Jock v. Sterling Jewelers Inc., 564 F. Supp. 2d 307 (S.D.N.Y. 2008), No. 11-16-00655-08 (aaa), before the American Arbitration Association 

  6. McCracken et al. v. Riot Games Inc., No. 18-CV-03957 (Cal. Super. Ct. July 22, 2022) 

  7. Hamilton v. Dallas County, 42 F.4th 550 (5th Cir. 2022), reh’g en banc granted, opinion vacated, 50 F.4th 1216 (5th Cir. 2022)  

  8. Cavanagh v. County of Delaware, No. 2:22-cv-03174 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 16, 2022) 

  9. Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 10-6950, 2022 WL 3586460 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 22, 2022) 

  10. Jewett v. Oracle America, Inc., No17-02669, (Cal. Super. Ct. June 13, 2022) 

  11. Cahill v. Nike, No. 3:18-CV-01477, 2022 WL 4667364 (D. Or. Sept. 30, 2022) report and recommendation adopted, No. 3:18-CV-01477, 2022 WL 16924190 (D. Or. Nov. 13, 2022) 

  12. A.B. v. Hawaii State Department of Education, 30 F.4th 828 (9th Cir. 2022) 

  13. Anders v. California State University, Fresno, No. 1:21-CV-00179, 2022 WL 3371600 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 16, 2022) 

  • LGBTQ+ Rights

  1. Harrison v. Austin, 597 F. Supp. 3d 884 (E.D. Va. 2022), appeal dismissed sub nom. Roe v. United States Department of Defense, No. 22-1626, 2022 WL 17423458 (4th Cir. July 11, 2022) 

  2. Fain v. Crouch, No. CV 3:20-0740, 2022 WL 3051014 (S.D.W. Va. Aug. 2, 2022) 

  3. C.P. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield, No. 3:20-cv-06145, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 227832 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 19, 2022) 

  4. Christian Employers Alliance v. United States Equal Opportunity Commission, No. 1:21-CV-195, 2022 WL 1573689 (D.N.D. May 16, 2022)  

  5. Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, No. 5:19-CV-392, 2022 WL 1812306 (M.D. Ga. June 2, 2022) 

  6. Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, No. 3:20-CV-06145, 2022 WL 17788148 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 19, 2022) 

  7. Neese v. Becerra, No. 2:21-CV-163, 2022 WL 16902425 (N.D. Tex. Nov. 11, 2022) 

  8. Kadel v. Folwell, No. 1:19-CV-272, 2022 WL 17415050 (M.D.N.C. Dec. 5, 2022) 

  9. Dekker, et al., v. Marstiller, et al., No. 22-00325 (N.D. Fl. September 7, 2022)

  • Age Discrimination

  1. O’Brien v. Amazon.Com Inc. et al., No. 4-22-cv-00348 (N.D. Cal. January 27, 2023) 

  • Disability Discrimination

  1. Williams v. Kincaid, No. 21-2030, 2022 WL 3364824, 45 F.4th 759 (4th Cir. 2022) 

  2. Allen v. Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc., 37 F.4th 890 (3d Cir. 2022)  

  3. Disability Law Colorado v. Colorado Department of Corrections, 21-CV-00792 (D. Co. August 15, 2022)  

  4. Brooks v. Morphe LLC, No. 2:20-CV-01219, 2022 WL 2052680 (E.D. Cal. June 7, 2022) 

  5. C.P. v. New Jersey Department of Education, No. CV 19-12807, 2022 WL 3572815 (D.N.J. Aug. 19, 2022) 

  6. Saba v. Blinken, No. 530-2012-00389X (EEOC June 6, 2022) 

  7. A.M.C. v. Smith, No. 3:20-CV-00240, 2022 WL 3210809, --- F. Supp. 3d --- (M.D. Tenn. Aug. 9, 2022) 

  • Policing & Excessive Force

  1. Anti Police-Terror Project v. City of Oakland, No. 20-CV-03866-JCS, 2022 WL 18396038 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2022)  

  2. Black Lives Matter Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, No. 20-cv-05027, 2022 WL 16888576 (C.D. Cal. October 3, 2022) 

  3. Hall v. Warren, No. 21-CV-06296-FPG, 2022 WL 2356700 (W.D.N.Y. June 30, 2022) 

  4. Garza v. City of Sacramento, No. 220-CV-01229, 2022 WL 2757600 (E.D. Cal. July 14, 2022) 

  5. Epps v. City & County of Denver, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2022 WL 605739 (D. Colo. 2022) 

  6. Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland, No. 3:20-CV-00917, 2022 WL 2700307 (D. Or. July 12, 2022) 

  • Prison Conditions

  1. Maney v. State of Oregon No. 6:20-CV-00570, 2022 WL 986580 (D. Or. Apr. 1, 2022) 

  2. Remick v. City of Philadelphia, No. CV 20-1959, 2022 WL 2703601 (E.D. Pa. July 12, 2022) 

  3. M.C. v. Jefferson County, New York, No. 6:22-CV-190, 2022 WL 1541462 (N.D.N.Y. May 16, 2022) 

  4. Fant v. City of Ferguson, No. 4:15-CV-00253, 2022 WL 2072647 (E.D. Mo. June 9, 2022)  

  5. Smith-Journigan v. Franklin County, Ohio, No. 2:18-CV-328, 2022 WL 3754715 (S.D. Ohio Aug. 29, 2022) 

  6. Elizarri by Perez v. Sheriff of Cook County, No. 17-CV-8120, 2022 WL 767487 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 14, 2022) 

  7. Howard v. Cook County Sheriff's Office, No. 1:17-cv-08146, 2022 WL 1404833 (N.D. Ill. May 4, 2022) 

  • Bail Reform, Fines & Fees

  1. Burrell v. Staff, No. 21-2846, 2023 WL 1811015 (3d. Cir. February 8, 2023)  

  2. Welchen v. Bonta, No. 2:16-cv-00185, 2022 WL 4387794 (E.D. Cal. September 22, 2022) 

  3. Philip Urquidi et al. v. City of Los Angeles, No. 22-cv-04044 (Cal. Super. Ct. November 13, 2022) 

  • Housing

  1. Terry v. Wasatch Advantage Grp., LLC, No. 2:15-CV-00799-KJM-DB, 2022 WL 17178388 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 23, 2022) 

  2. Navarro v. RealPage, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-01552 (W.D. Wash. December 19, 2022) 

  3. Johnson v. City of Grants, Nos. 20-35752, 20-35881, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 27187 (9th Cir. Sep. 28, 2022) 

  • Immigration

  1. Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez, 142 S. Ct. 2057 (2022) 

  2. Owino v. CoreCivic, Inc., No. 21-55221, 2022 WL 18670260 (9th Cir. Dec. 20, 2022) 

  3. Juarez v. SoFi, No. 20-cv-03386, 2022 WL 17722382 (N.D. Cal. December 15, 2022) 

  4. Ruderman v. McHenry County, No. 3:22-CV-50115, 2023 WL 130496 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 2023) 

  • Consumer & Antitrust

  1. In re Juul Labs Inc. Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, No. 3:19-md-02913, 2022 WL 2343268 (N.D. Cal. January 30, 2023) 

  2. Kelly v. RealPage Inc., 47 F.4th 202 (3d Cir. 2022) 

  3. Doe v. YouTube, Inc., 20-CV-07493 (N.D. Cal. September 30, 2022) 

  • Wage-and-Hour & Employee Benefits

  1. Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc., 39 F.4th 652 (9th Cir. 2022) 

  2. Aguilar v. Walgreen Co., 47 F.4th 1115 (9th Cir. 2022) 

  3. Avalos v. United States, 54 F.4th 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2022)  

  4. Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., 76 Cal. App. 5th 685 (2022) 

  • Attorney’s Fees

  1. Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP v. Hargett, 53 F.4th 406 (6th Cir. 2022)