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Materiality No Prerequisite To Class Certification In Securities Suit, Court...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Materiality is not a prerequisite to class certification in a securities class action lawsuit where the plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages for alleged violations of Sections...
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High Court Hears Arguments On Validity Of Arbitration Clause In Antitrust Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. - American Express Co. (AmEx) told the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 in oral arguments that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in ruling that a mandatory class action...
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Donning, Doffing Suit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 agreed to hear the appeal of a class lawsuit over what constitutes "changing clothes" under Section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Clifton...
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3rd Circuit Vacates $35.5 Million Baby Products Price-Fixing Settlement
PHILADELPHIA - The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 vacated the approval of a $35.5 million settlement in a baby products price-fixing suit, finding that the district court was apparently...
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Split 9th Circuit Denies Rehearing In Appeal Of Facebook Beacon Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO - A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 26 denied petitions for rehearing and for rehearing en banc filed in the appeal of a $9.5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed...
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New York Federal Judge: FLSA Suit Can Be Settled Without Court Approval
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A woman can settle her unpaid wages complaint against her former employer brought as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because the FLSA does not apply to...
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Consumers Ask Judge For Approval Of $8.5 Million Yogurt Settlement
LOS ANGELES - Yo-Plus yogurt consumers on Feb. 4 asked a federal judge for preliminary approval of a settlement under which General Mills Inc. would pay $8.5 million on California unfair competition...
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Debt Collection Practices Class Suit Settles For $60,000
Case name: Lucendia Halliday, et al. v. Weltman, Weinber & Reis Co., L.P.A....(read more)
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Preliminary Approval Granted To Imprelis Settlement Class For Landscape Tree...
PHILADELPHIA - A settlement preliminarily approved Feb. 12 in the multidistrict Imprelis products liability litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania...
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Merck To Pay $688M To Settle 2 Securities Class Action Lawsuits
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - Merck and Co. Inc. will pay $688 million to settle two securities class action lawsuits filed in New Jersey federal court alleging that the drug maker and others failed to...
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On 4th Try, Class Bias Claims Of Black Secret Service Agents Certified
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Claims filed 13 years ago by black Secret Service agents alleging that the agency discriminates against black agents received class action status Feb. 25 when a Washington federal...
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California Appellate Panel Upholds Denial Of Class In Breach Of Contract Suit
SAN DIEGO - A California trial court did not err in finding that a California woman failed to establish that her class, in a breach of contract suit against her auto insurance providers, was numerous...
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Nonparty American Express Need Not Produce Papers In Visa, MasterCard Settlement
NEW YORK - A federal magistrate judge in New York on Feb. 1 refused to require nonparty American Express Co. to comply with a discovery request originally filed by class plaintiffs before the parties...
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Jury Awards Direct Purchasers $400M In Urethane Antitrust Case Against Dow
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on Feb. 20 awarded $400,049,039 to a class of direct purchasers of polyether polyol products (PPPs) on their...
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Class Suit Seeking Benefits For Filipino Veterans Tossed For Lack Of...
OAKLAND, Calif. - A California federal judge on Feb. 19 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a class complaint accusing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and several government officials of...
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6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of DayQuil/NyQuil Vitamin C Consumer Law...
CINCINNATI - A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 22 reversed dismissal of a New Jersey consumer law action against Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) for falsely advertising that...
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Pa. Federal Judge Refuses To Reconsider Dismissal Of Gym Membership Class Suit
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge on Feb. 21 refused to reconsider his dismissal of a class complaint against two gyms for allegedly breaching lifetime membership agreements, finding that the...
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N.J. Appeals Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Over Airline Credit Card Policy
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man's claims against an airline after it instituted a credit card-only policy for its in-flight extras are all preempted; but even if they weren't, the plaintiff would be...
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Nevada Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Class Suit Over Unsolicited Text...
LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on Feb. 22 declined to dismiss a class complaint accusing a payday loan company of sending unsolicited text messages to thousands of consumers without authorization...
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New Jersey Federal Judge Dismisses State Claim In Wage-And-Hour Class Suit
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge on Feb. 22 partially granted a motion to dismiss a wage-and-hour class suit filed by assistant store managers when he declined to exercise supplemental...
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