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Partial Conditional Certification Granted In Supervisor's Overtime Suit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas federal judge on March 27 granted conditional certification to a class of food production supervisors seeking unpaid overtime; however, the judge declined to invoke the...
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New York Federal Judge Certifies Drugstore Assistant Managers Seeking Overtime
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on March 20 certified a class of drugstore assistant store managers (ASM) seeking overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 per week (Mani Jacob, et al. v. Duane...
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Customer Service Reps Seeking Overtime Granted Conditional Certification
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas federal judge on March 27 refused to certify under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 a class of customer service representatives (CSRs) seeking unpaid overtime for work...
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Calif. Federal Judge: Individual Questions Bar Class Cert In Autism Services...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California federal judge on March 21 denied certification of a class of children on the Autism spectrum and their parents suing various California school districts for allegedly...
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Calif. Appellate Panel: Individual Issues Bar Class Cert In Wage-And-Hour Suit
SAN DIEGO - A former auto center manager failed to show that he was improperly denied class certification in his wage-and-hour suit brought against his former employer, a California appellate panel...
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4th Circuit: Trial Court Must Reconsider Class Certification In Wage-And-Hour...
RICHMOND, Va. - A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 14 vacated the certification of a class of workers employed by a government contractor who are seeking unpaid wages, finding that...
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Federal Judge Denies Class Certification In Dentists' Reimbursement Case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rico federal judge on March 13 declined to grant class certification in a reimbursement suit brought by dentists and their employer against multiple health insurers,...
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2nd Circuit: No Statutory Right To Pursue Pattern-Or-Practice Bias Claim
NEW YORK - A District Court erred in concluding that employees have a substantive statutory right to pursue a pattern-or-practice claim, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 21 (Lisa...
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2nd Circuit: Internet Travel Deal Site And Consumers Lack Agency Relationship
NEW YORK - A New York trial court properly dismissed a class suit accusing an online discount travel site of failing to reveal compensation it receives via one of its booking services as no agency...
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2nd Circuit: Bridge Toll Discounts Do Not Violate U.S. Constitution
NEW YORK - Toll discounts on a New York island bridge for residents of the island and commuters do not violate the U.S. Constitution, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 27, affirming...
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Indirect Purchasers Voluntarily Dismiss Samsung From CRT Antitrust MDL
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on March 13 approved a stipulation dismissing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America Inc. from antitrust multidistrict litigation...
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Silver Price-Fixing Allegations Against JPMorgan Are Dismissed
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 18 dismissed allegations that JPMorgan violated federal antitrust law by participating in a conspiracy to manipulate market prices for silver futures (In...
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Tying Arrangement Does Not Violate Antitrust Law, Illinois Federal Judge Rules
CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on March 13 dismissed a class action filed by a purchaser against a concert promoter who claimed that the promoter illegally tied ticket sales to parking fees in...
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Visa, MasterCard, Banks Oppose Motion To Alter Judgment In ATM Fee Antitrust...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Visa, MasterCard and several banks on March 22 opposed a motion to alter the judgment of a federal judge in the District of Columbia dismissing actions brought by independent...
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La. Federal Judge Dismisses Class Claims Accusing Viking Of Faulty Products
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on March 20, following the guidelines in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (131 S.Ct. 2541, 2550 $(2011$)), dismissed class action allegations accusing Viking Range...
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Class Suit Over Auto Shop Fees Tossed By Missouri Federal Judge
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri federal judge on March 27 granted summary judgment to a mechanic accused of improperly assessing customers a "Shop Supplies Fee" in violation of Missouri law (John McCall, et al....
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Dismissal Denied In Suit Over Law School's Advertised Employment Rates
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge on March 20 denied a motion to dismiss a class complaint accusing Widener University School of Law of inflating graduate employment rates in violation of New...
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Dial Soap MDL Denied; Date For Certification Answer Reset
CONCORD, N.H. - The defense motion to dismiss the Dial Complete Antimicrobial Foaming Soap multidistrict litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire was denied...
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Jury Finds Chinese Vitamin C Makers Fixed Prices; $153.3M Judgment Entered
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 14 entered judgment for $153.3 million after trebling a jury's $54.1 million verdict in favor of a direct purchaser class on its allegations that Chinese...
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Expanded Discovery Denied In Home Depot Age Discrimination Class Suit
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas federal magistrate judge on March 28 "generally denied" a motion to compel production of documents relating to more than 1 million employees of a home improvement and...
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