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Class action filings spike 25%, led by consumer protection - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Class action filings spike 25%, led by consumer protection by Richard Sine D&O , General liability Apr 16, 2026 Class action case filings surged 25% in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, according to a report released Thursday by Lex Machina. Consumer protection filings led the way, growing by 50% last year. They comprised more than 60% of all filings. The consumer filings reflect “the expanding footprint of digital commerce and heightened attention to data and privacy concerns, especially at the state level,” according to the report. Lex Machina is the legal analytics unit of data company Lexis Nexis. A small number of plaintiffs and plaintiff law firms accounted for a large share of filings, while major national corporations dominated as defendants. The top five defendants are Walmart, Amazon Services, Apple, Meta and Amazon.com, the report stated. Three attorneys represented more than a thousand cases each from 2023 to 2025 – and all came from one firm, Gottlieb and Associates. Four other firms handled more than 1,000 cases each over that period: Milberg, Stein Saks and the Law Offices of Jibrael S. Hindi. The top five plaintiffs filed more than 90 cases each during that period. All five are visually impaired individuals claiming that the defendants’ websites are not accessible as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. “This concentration indicates a maturing ecosystem in which specialized firms deploy high-volume litigation strategies and large enterprises consistently face class exposure across multiple jurisdictions,” says the report, written by attorney Adam Mills Masarek. “Together, these trends illustrate how class action practice is becoming more specialized and more shaped by institutional actors than ever before.” The Southern District of New York was the most active venue for cases in 2023 and 2024, but the Central and Northern District of California took over as most active venue in 2025. The 9th Circuit was by far the most active appellate venue in the past three years, handling 31% of all cases. Civil rights cases were the next most common filings after consumer protection. These surged in 2018 over issues such as disability access, policing practices and voting rights, Mr. Masarek found. They peaked in 2022 and then started to decline, flattening out last year. Over the past three years ending in 2025, 63% of cases likely settled and another 32% ended with a procedural resolution such as dismissal or consolidation, according to the report. Only 1% ended with a claimant win, and 4% with a defendant win. Courts approved over $32 billion in principal damages from plaintiffs over the past three years, the report said. 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