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Waiver In Check-Cashing Agreement Is Enforceable, Florida Supreme Court Rules
MIAMI - The Florida Supreme Court on April 11 found that a class action waiver in an arbitration agreement signed by check-cashing customers is valid and enforceable, overruling a lower court's...
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Arbitration Ordered In Mechanic's Class Suit Seeking Overtime
FLINT, Mich. - A Michigan federal judge on April 12 granted a motion to compel arbitration in a class wage dispute, finding that the employment agreement signed by the lead plaintiff was binding...
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Pennsylvania Federal Judge Strikes Class Claims Prior To Certification Motion
PITTSBURGH - A former fast food chain employee filed an amended disability bias complaint April 12 bringing only individual claims, after her class claims were rejected earlier that day by a...
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6th Circuit: MDL Plaintiffs' Claims Tolled By Prior Class Action
CINCINNATI - A prior putative class action against a membership program preserved the right of the plaintiffs in the present multidistrict litigation to proceed with their claims challenging the same...
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9th Circuit: Employees May Seek Pay For Time Spent In Security Line
STANFORD, Calif. - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 12 reinstated a class claim seeking compensation for the time warehouse employees spend at the end of each shift passing through a...
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Federal Magistrate Dismisses State Wage Claim For 2nd Time, Allows Amendment
CHICAGO - A cable company line technician's class overtime claim under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) was dismissed the second time in an April 11 opinion filed by an Illinois...
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8th Circuit Orders Dismissal Of DPPA Class Suit Against West Publishing
ST. LOUIS - An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 9 dismissed a class complaint accusing West Publishing Corp. of various federal violations in connection with the sale of motor...
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Judge: Competition Law Claims Involving Lawyer's Google Advertising Proceed
SAN JOSE, Calif. - An Arkansas lawyer may pursue most of his California unfair competition law (UCL) action based on his alleged reliance on Google Inc.'s advertising pricing and placement policies, a...
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Food Mislabeling Claims Against Costco Fall Short Of Rule 9, Judge Says
SAN JOSE, Calif. - While one of two plaintiffs has standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, their California unfair competition law (UCL) claims over the alleged mislabeling of food...
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'Misbranded Food Products' Case Misses Heightened Pleading Mark, Judge Says
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A woman's use of the phrase "misbranded food products" in her California unfair competition law (UCL) action falls short of the heightened standard for fraud allegations, a federal...
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Countrywide Reaches $500M Settlement In Mortgage-Backed Securities Class Actions
LOS ANGELES - Countrywide Financial Corp. will pay $500 million to shareholders in three related securities class action lawsuits to settle claims that it misrepresented the investment quality of...
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Bayer Combination Aspirin Refund Class OK'd, But Judge Denies 1 Cy Pres...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal judge on April 8 certified a $15 million refund class settlement for consumers who purchased Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage and Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin +...
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Dental Implant Maker Enters Class Settlement With Dentists For 'Defective'...
LOS ANGELES - Nobel Biocare Holding AG has agreed to settle a class action with American dentists who claim that they were financially harmed when a dental implant failed sooner than warranted,...
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Plan Administrator Didn't Breach Fiduciary Duties In Mental Health Parity Case
SEATTLE - A health plan administrator did not breach its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to modify its coverage certificates to reflect a court order that...
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Bayer Wins Summary Judgment In False Vitamin Benefits Case
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge in California on April 10 excluded some plaintiff expert testimony and granted summary judgment to Bayer defendants in a class action alleging that the companies made false...
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Conn. Federal Judge Denies Transfer, Dismissal Of Overtime Collective Suit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A collective suit seeking unpaid overtime filed by home health clinicians may not be transferred to the state when the workers' former employer is headquartered or dismissed, a...
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Louisiana Federal Judge Grants Remand In Health Care Reimbursement Dispute
LAFAYETTE, La. - A Louisiana federal judge on April 4 granted a motion to remand in a class action health care reimbursement case, saying that one of the defendants was not fraudulently joined and that...
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Pet Treat Class Actions Transferred From California To Pennsylvania Federal...
SAN FRANCISCO - Class action lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging violations of consumer protection statutes and seeking damages in torts were...
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JPMDL Consolidates Suits Alleging C8 Personal Injuries In Southern District...
SAN DIEGO - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued a transfer and centralization order on April 8, creating a multidistrict litigation for personal injuries and wrongful death in the...
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The Hard Stop On 'Adventurous Innovation' In Class Action Litigation: The...
By Michael Mallow and Livia Kiser I. Comcast v. Behrend: The Class Action Mechanism Under Scrutiny Comcast v. Behrend is the latest opinion issued by the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting and applying...
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