USA – CALIFORNIA Trends and Developments Contributed by: Dan Mogin and Eric Miller, Mogin Law LLP
Outlook for 2025 and Beyond • Big tech scrutiny: With Google’s appeal resolved and Apple facing new class actions, California courts will remain central to platform regulation. The DOJ Antitrust Division has expressed its inten- tion to focus on this area as well. • Legislative momentum: SB 763 and SB 295 could reshape enforcement tools and compliance obliga- tions. • Evolving theories of harm: Expect greater use of behavioural data and AI audits to establish antitrust injury. • Whistle-blower expansion: The DOJ’s new program may inspire similar initiatives at the state level. • Claims administration: As large-scale antitrust class actions become increasingly complex, claims administrators will play a more critical role in ensuring settlements are properly executed. This requires the monitoring and enhancement of claims submission portals to effectively assess and vali- date submissions. Administrators will also need to maintain a database of suspicious filers and gather anti-bot behavioural data to distinguish legitimate human claimants from bot submissions.
lent claims while maintaining the integrity of class funds. These systems effectively detect AI-assisted scammers, bad actors, and evolving bot threats. Additional quality assurance procedures, which use advanced pattern recognition and synthetic identity detection software, further distinguish legitimate claimants from false submissions. Antitrust class actions in California highlight the criti- cal role of claims administrators in managing com- plex litigation. Leveraging data-driven tools and tailored processes helps ensure that only injured par- ties recover damages, preserving the fairness and efficiency of class action settlements. As antitrust litigation continues to evolve, the expertise of claims administrators will remain indispensable to law firms and courts in addressing the challenges of large-scale class actions. Dive deeper: A.B. Data, Ltd., Angeion Group, LLC, and Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc., some of the largest and most sophisticated class action claims administrators in the country, filed an amici curiae brief in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v Luke Davis, Julian Vargas, and American Council of the Blind, No 24-304, in the Supreme Court in March 2025. The issue presented to the Court is whether district courts overseeing class actions must identify common evidence establishing that all class members have standing or find a way to segregate uninjured individuals from those who are truly injured. For more information, download the brief .
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