Class Certified In Suit Seeking More Than $42M For Extra Rental Car Fees
RENO, Nev. - A Nevada federal judge on March 21 certified a class of rental car customers seeking more than $42 million for concession fees paid by the rental car company and passed on to customers as...
View ArticleNevada Federal Judge Denies Certification, Limits Claims In Strip-Search Suit
LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on March 19 rejected a motion for class certification in an inmate's strip-search suit and granted partial summary judgment for the defendant on the plaintiff's state...
View ArticleIllinois Federal Judge Certifies Class Suing Over Faxed Ads
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on March 13 certified a class of recipients of faxed advertisements from a medical billing company that allegedly did not have prior express permission or an...
View ArticlePartial 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleCustomer 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...
View ArticleCalif. 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...
View ArticleCalif. 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...
View Article4th 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...
View ArticleFederal 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,...
View Article2nd 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...
View Article2nd 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...
View Article2nd 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...
View ArticleIndirect 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...
View ArticleSilver 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...
View ArticleTying 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...
View ArticleVisa, 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...
View ArticleLa. 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...
View ArticleClass 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....
View ArticleDismissal 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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