A federal jury in Seattle delivered a stinging rebuke to a well-known patent licensing operation, awarding Valve Corporation $159,457 after finding that Leigh Rothschild, his network of shell entities, and their Seattle attorney repeatedly threatened the Steam platform owner over patents Valve had already paid to license back in 2016. Jurors found Claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 8,856,221 invalid as obvious, ruled that Display Technologies materially breached the parties' Global Settlement and License Agreement by suing Valve in 2022, and concluded that every Defendant, including attorney Samuel Meyler and his firm, made bad-faith infringement assertions in violation of Washington's Patent Troll Prevention Act and Consumer Protection Act. The verdict marks one of the rare occasions a jury has tagged a prolific patent assertion entity with statutory bad-faith liability under state law, and increased damages on top.

In a landmark privacy dispute, users of the Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker sued Flo Health and several tech giants, including Meta and Google, after a 2019 investigation revealed the unauthorized sharing of intimate health data. The plaintiffs alleged that despite strict privacy promises, their reproductive details were funneled to third-party advertisers for profit. The litigation culminated in a jury verdict finding that Meta intentionally intercepted these private communications without user consent, violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). This case underscores the legal boundaries of data sharing in the digital health era and the high expectation of privacy regarding medical information.

What began as a standard $18,000 roof replacement and solar panel reinstallation in Clemmons, North Carolina, spiraled into a high-stakes legal battle over contractor fraud and insurance payouts. Full Circle Exterior Solutions, LLC alleged that after completing work in August 2023, homeowner Brian Michael Mangual manipulated the company into signing a lien waiver by claiming his insurer, USAA, required it before releasing funds. Once the contractor relinquished its legal right to a property lien, the homeowner allegedly withheld the final $5,000 payment despite having received over $25,000 from his insurance provider. While the defense argued the work was defective and damaged the home’s energy efficiency, a Johnston County jury found the homeowner's conduct was intentionally deceptive. On September 26, 2025, the jury returned a unanimous verdict, ordering the Defendant to pay $98,106.08 in punitive damages—nearly four times the amount originally sought in the complaint.

In a significant victory for small business owners, a California jury awarded Stella Ferreira Fróes, owner of Pikanhas Restaurant Group, over $1.5 million in damages against ROC Funding Group, LLC. The case (MSC21-01827) centered on a "loan consolidation" agreement that carried a hidden 69.9% interest rate. Despite Fróes’s compliance, ROC utilized a "Judgment by Confession" in New York to freeze her accounts and shutter her operations. The jury found ROC liable for usury and abuse of process, awarding $1.125 million in punitive damages to penalize the company's malicious and fraudulent conduct.

Mikhail Gershzon filed a class-action lawsuit against ZOA Energy, LLC, alleging that the company’s "0 Preservatives" marketing was false and deceptive. Despite the prominent "clean label" claims, the energy drinks contained citric acid, which is classified by the FDA as a chemical preservative. The plaintiff argued that health-conscious consumers paid a price premium for what they believed was a preservative-free product. ZOA Energy denied any wrongdoing but agreed to a $3,000,000 settlement to resolve the claims on a nationwide scale.

Since at least January 2019, Allstate has been overcharging California policyholders by inflating the square footage of their homes in premium calculations. Specifically, the company allegedly included built-in garages in the 'Total Finished Living Area'—space typically meant for human occupancy—and then added it again to reach the 'Total Living Area'. This 'double-counting' method led to thousands of policyholders paying higher premiums than required by their actual home size. For the lead plaintiff, this resulted in her 1,154 square foot home being billed as 1,438 square feet.

What began as a Shark Tank success story soured into a major legal battle when consumers discovered that Poppi’s "gut-healthy" soda was anything but. Lead Plaintiff Kristin Cobbs alleged that despite marketing slogans like "Be Gut Happy," a person would need to drink more than four cans of the high-sugar beverage daily to see any potential prebiotic benefit. The lawsuit argued that the company charged a premium price for "sugared water" while hiding the fact that its primary fiber source, agave inulin, could actually cause digestive distress and liver inflammation. To resolve the class action claims, VNGR Beverage, LLC agreed to a landmark $8,900,000 settlement.

A Jacksonville nonprofit museum won a partial verdict against an auto repair shop after a rare 2001 Lotus Esprit Twin Turbo suffered repeated mechanical failures and damage during a years-long repair dispute. The jury found Eurospec made misleading statements about completed repairs but rejected negligence claims. Jurors awarded $11,067.36 under the Florida Motor Vehicle Repair Act after the collector car broke down four times within blocks of the shop between 2017 and 2018.

Following a 2017 plumbing failure in Coral Springs, Frank and Barbara Savalli entered an eight-year legal battle with People’s Trust Insurance Company. The conflict centered on the insurer’s "Option to Repair" clause, which the homeowners alleged was used as a tactic to "low-ball" restoration costs. In December 2025, a Broward County jury reached a unanimous verdict, finding that People’s Trust acted in bad faith, made purposeful misrepresentations, and failed to uphold its duty to restore the property to its pre-loss condition.

Kimberly Banks and Carol Cantwell led a class action against R.C. Bigelow, Inc., accusing the tea company of falsely labeling its teas as “Manufactured in the USA” and “America’s Classic.” They showed Bigelow sourced all tea leaves from countries like Sri Lanka and India, while the packaging implied domestic origin. Bigelow denied wrongdoing, saying the claims referred to U.S. blending and packaging. After hearing expert testimony and reviewing evidence, a California jury ruled that the labeling misled reasonable consumers. Damages were awarded to the class, and Bigelow was ordered to revise its labels to disclose the foreign origin of its tea leaves.