Class Action Archive » December, 2013

Class Action - December, 2013

297 articles

• No Magic Bullet In Post-Credit Crisis Investment Litigation
• Fear FACTA: Lessons From The Act's 1st Decade
• Groups Win Injunction In ACA Contraceptive Mandate Case
• Target Dodges Age-Bias Class Action
• Zucker Goldberg Sued Over Debt-Collection Notices
• Facebook Can't Duck Minors' Credit Purchases Class Action
• Goldman Sachs Exec Pay Suit Gets Heave-Ho Again
• How They Won It: Skadden Shapes Law In Kid Brands Case
• Daimler Faces Class Action Over Used Vehicles
• Rick's Cabaret Stripped Dancers Of Wages, FLSA Suit Says
• Toning Shoe Maker Wins Nod For $5.3M False Ad Settlement
• Quinn Emanuel Seeks 2nd Circ. Input In Temp Atty's OT Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• Singapore Airlines Pays $92.4M To Exit Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• Calif.'s 'Judicial Hellhole' Ranking Doesn't Tell Full Story
• Calif. Appeals Court Kicks CBS Fantasy Football Suit
• $30M Cut From Attys' Fees In Citigroup Settlement
• 9th Circ. Revives Child Labor Suit Against Nestle, Cargill
• Royal Health Care To Pay $2M In OT Class Action
• Generic Fosamax Users Must Give More Details In MDL
• Toys R Us Revises Rejected $35M Antitrust Settlement
• Lieff Cabraser Won't Rep 3 Sisters Sledge In Ringtone Suit
• GNC Glucosamine False Ad Suits Combined In Md.
• Calif. High Court Says Prescription Fee Disclosure Law OK
• 2nd Circ. Lets 9/11 Victims Proceed With Saudi Arabia Suit
• Target Faces Privacy Suit After 40M Card Numbers Stolen
• CORRECTED: Judge Holds Off On Sanctions In Fla. Condotel Spat
• Boehringer May Face More Sanctions In Pradaxa MDL
• JPML Allows Home Security Co. To Centralize 4 TCPA Suits
• AmEx To Spend Up To $79M In Surcharge Suit Settlement
• Hulu Says Users Weren't Hurt By Information Sharing
• Foot Locker Wrongly Changed Pension Terms, 2nd Circ. Told
• EEOC Rips NAM's 5th Amendment Claim In Blast-Email Row
• JPML Centralizes Glucosamine False Ad Suits
• $4.75M Ferring, Aventis Antitrust Settlement Earns Approval
• Disgraced Gulf Spill Claims Atty Wants Freeh Report Tossed
• Regions Agrees To $22.5M Deal In 401(k) Plan Class Action
• NCAA Concussion Injury MDL Created In Ill.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Teva Hit With Securities Class Action Over CEO Resignation
• Barnes & Noble Hit With Derivative Suit Over SEC Probe
• 6th Circ. Gives Courts Say On Classwide Arbitrability
• A Warning On WARN Act Exposure For Equity Investors
• Further Thinking On Halliburton
• Deutsche Bank Dropped From $7B MBS Class Action
• Del. High Court Urged To Reverse Strine's MFW Decision
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Frozen Bank Account Suits
• Stryker Inks 1st Settlements In NJ Hip Implant Suits
• BP Defends 11th-Hour Renege On $2.7M Deepwater Deal
• Hain Escapes Suit Over Alba Botanica's 'Natural' Label
• Citing Zhang, Calif. Court Revives Fidelity Class Action
• Lifetime Loses Bid To Escape TCPA Class Action
• BofA To Pay $73M To Settle Wage-And-Hour MDL
• Riddell Hit With Consumer Action Over Helmet Marketing
• Radient Pays $2.5M To End Claims It Lied About Mayo Clinic
• Facebook Can't Shed Investor Suit Over IPO
• JPMorgan Agrees To Pay $22M In Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• Costco Agrees To Pay $8M To End Sex Bias Class Action
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Jurisdiction In Generic-Fosamax Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• Employer Takeaways From Atlantic Marine
• Greenberg Can't Escape Hard Rock Hotel Developer Suit
• 9th Circ. Leaves $28M Wal-Mart MDL Fee Allocation Intact
• No Attys' Fees For ConAgra As Lead Exits False Label Suit
• NY Top Court Crushes Out New Brand Of Tort In Tobacco Case
• Franken Urges Consumer Arbitration Fix After AmEx Ruling
• ResCap Strikes Deals Resolving $247M In Borrower Claims
• High Court To Set Key Standard For ERISA Stock-Drop Cases
• Expedia, Hotels Say Online Price-Fixing Suit Can't Stand
• German Court Nixes €176M Cement Cartel Suit
• Wal-Mart Tells 6th Circ. To Nix Regional Class Bias Appeal
• Robbins Geller Says Boeing Slinging 'Mud' In Sanctions Row
• Diet Pill Maker, Snooki Face Suit Over Weight Loss Ads
• State Law Pares $9M Attys' Fees In VW Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Colgate Wins Court's Nod For $45.9M ERISA Deal
• Hulu Says User Class Can't Be Certified In Privacy Row
• Special Master To Oversee $765M NFL Concussion Deal
• Taiwan Auto Light Co.'s $25M Deal Could End Antitrust MDL
• $2.3B Gulf Spill Fund Tainted By Atty Fraud, BP Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• US Chamber Urges 10th Circ. To Nix $1B Dow Antitrust Award
• Con-Way Unloads Most Unpaid-Wages Claims
• JPMorgan, BofA, Others Sued Over $54B In Swipe Fees
• Stryker Hip Implant Suit Stays In Federal MDL
• 9th Circ. Nixes Bid To Arbitrate Deceptive Enrollment Suit
• MetroPCS Employees Get Conditional Cert. In Overtime Case
• Chinese Co. To Pay $2.2M To End Vitamin C Antitrust Case
• Ill. Court Upholds Insurer's Win Over $7M Junk Fax Settlement
• ACT Inc. Can't Shake TCPA Suit Over Spam Faxes
• Takeaways From ECPA Rulings In Google Privacy Cases
• Top 13 Product Liability Law Developments For 2013
• Spotlight On Intern Hiring Practices
• BofA Doles Out $8M To End Trust Account Investment Suit
• Applebee's Owes Pay For 'Back Of House' Work, Suit Says
• Ex-Dukes Members Seek 11th Circ. Review In Fla. Bias Suit
• Cogent Ducks Fraud Suit Over Joint Pain Supplement
• 4 Ways To Block A Stripper Shakedown For Club Clients
• Lockheed's ERISA Class Cert. Appeal Nixed By High Court
• No MDL For Goodman Defective Air Conditioner Actions
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Supreme Court Snuffs Preemption Attack On NYC Crane Laws
• Justices Seek Input On Personal Jurisdiction In 9/11 MDL
• Verizon Denies Privacy Invasion In Call-Recording Suit
• Philips Wins Bid To Arbitrate Costco's Claims In CRT Row
• 7th Circ. Says Insurance Rates Can Reflect Unlisted Factors
• Expedia Hit With Derivative Suit Over CEO Compensation
• ConAgra Consumers Lose Bid To Split 'Natural' Label Claims
• Lexington Says Deposit Ends Coverage Of United Health Cos.
• UBS Off The Hook For $2.3B In Rogue Trader Losses
• Texas High Court Snubs LegalZoom's Appeal Of App Fee Suit
• Supreme Court Grants Review Of Fifth Third ERISA Appeal
• BMW Can't Escape Class Action Over Cracked Wheels
• NY Class Action For Sandy Renter Rebates Gets Nixed
• Unpaid Intern's Suit Against Arena Football Team Spiked
• Class Action MVP: Susman Godfrey's Marc Seltzer
• $7.25B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal Gets Approval
• Dignity Health Can't Dodge $1.2B Pension Shortfall Claim
• Toyota To Talk Personal Injury Settlement In Acceleration MDL
• CFPB Says 90% Of Banks' Arbitration Clauses Bar Class Suits
• Medical Co. Fax Recipients Target Insurers In $9M TCPA Deal
• 11th Circ. Says Expedia, Others Don't Owe Ga. Back Taxes
• Wells Fargo Denies Fraud In Force-Placed Insurance Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• How In-House Counsel Should Handle Leaked Documents
• Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano
• $1B Dow Antitrust Verdict Lacks Support, 10th Circ. Hears
• Comcast, Flyers Settle Ticket Holders' Winter Classic Suit
• Frac Sand Fever, Flocculents And Public Health Fears
• 'All Natural' Food Claims: Back To Ad Law Basics
• 11th Circ. Urged To Reinstate Pollution Suit Against UTC
• Miami Ballpark Contractor Escapes FLSA Suit
• 'Unappetizing' Arbitration Clause Halts Applebee's Wage Suit
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses LendingTree Subsidiary Suit
• Starbucks, Kraft Get Discovery Bid Nixed In $5M Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• L'Oreal Can't Shake False Ad Claims Over Wrinkle Creams
• NYC Slams Stop-And-Frisk Reform Order In 2nd Circ.
• Samsung, Other Cos. Fork Over $310M In DRAM Antitrust Suit
• First American Title Unit Reaches Deal In Fee Case
• Class Claims Over Old Republic Warranties Nixed Again
• 2nd Circ. Removes Barrier To Flood Of Federal TCPA Suits
• BofA Shakes Fraud Suit Over Subprime Mortgage Standards
• Pharma Co. Investors Can Serve China Execs Via US Counsel
• Marriott Vacations Unit Can't Nix Time Share Insurance Suit
• Electrolux Faces Pa. Class Action Over Leaky Refrigerators
• P&G Can't Bar Testimony In Fixodent Suit, 11th Circ. Hears
• NY Olive Oil Mislabeling Class Wins Cert. Bid
• PetSmart Workers Win Conditional Class Cert. For OT Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Can't Shake Contract Atty's OT Action
• Criminal Search Site Hit With Privacy, Extortion Suit
• $160M Deal To End Merrill Race Bias Suit Gets Final OK
• Cohen Milstein Brings Ex-DOJ Official To DC Office
• Nexium Direct Purchasers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• Bridgepoint Education Tender Offer Is 'Disloyal,' Suit Says
• Amended Rule 45 Significantly Alters Subpoena Practice
• HP Laptop Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Warranty Suit
• Stryker Fax Recipients Win Class Cert. In TCPA Suit
• Gristedes Owner Takes FLSA Liability Fight To High Court
• Pringles Trans Fat Labeling Action Gets Trimmed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• High Stakes In Sports-Licensing Antitrust Cases In 2014
• Spotify Hit With Class Action Over Automatic Renewals
• Year In Review For Product Liability
• Silent Ad Damnum Leaves NY Defendants High And Dry
• Chicago Hospital Patients Get Class Cert. In Price-Hike Row
• Metlife Escapes Class Action Over Life Insurance Overcharges
• No Cows Needed For 'Soymilk' Label, Judge Says
• Target Sues Technicolor, Mitsubishi Over CRT Price-Fixing
• Condotel Buyers Want Previous Trump Testimony On Record
• Align Technology, Execs Dodge Proposed Fraud Class Action
• No Preemption For 'Worthless' Policies, 3rd Circ. Hears
• 2nd Circ. Revives WARN Suit Against Steve & Barry's Parent
• Money Mutual, Montel Williams Aim To Duck Payday Loan Suit
• Amy's Kitchen Can't Shake Bulk Of False Labeling Row
• BofA Tells High Court Calif. Can't Allow Private TISA Claims
• Smithfield To Pay $2M To Settle Don, Doff Suits
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Google Data Privacy Ruling Widens ECPA Divide
• Demilec Escapes Out-Of-State Toxic Spray Foam Claims
• Amazon, Publishers Dodge Bookstores' E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Caesars Wants $5.2M Ruling Overturned In NJ High Court
• Boehringer Fined $1M For Withholding Docs In MDL
• Countrywide's $500M MBS Deal Gets Thumbs-Up
• Merck Settles Fosamax Jaw-Injury Claims For $28M
• AOL Dodges Senior Dial-Up Payments Suit
• Apple's 'Hail Mary' Falls Short In E-Book Suit, States Say
• Quinn Emanuel Escapes DQ In Swaps Rigging Suits
• Why Defense Should Monitor Social Media In Class Actions
• Hain Slammed For Using State Inquiry To Nix 'Organic' Suit
• Skadden Wants Contract Atty's OT Suit Nixed
• Reality Star, Margarita Makers Slam 'All-Natural' Cert. Bid
• Massey Energy Parent To Pay $265M To Exit Shareholder Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Hitachi Reaches $13.4M Deal In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• LinkedIn Says Users Consented To Email Account Access
• Doctors Blast NY Hospital's Dismissal Bid In Tax Dispute
• High Court Denies Bid To Review Neurontin RICO Rulings
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• EBay Looks To Toss Class Action Over 'Buy It Now' Fees
• $95M E-Book Price-Fixing Settlements Get Final Approval
• Tainted Hess Oil Class Action Tossed By Judge
• Consumers Push Justices To Pass Up Whirlpool, Sears Cases
• Panasonic Ordered To Remit Criminal Docs In Antitrust MDL
• Purdue, Impax Settle IP Claims In OxyContin Antitrust MDL
• Comcast Ruling Blocks Class Cert. In BP Securities Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Goya Sales Brokers' OT Suit
• $153M Fannie Mae, KPMG Fraud Class Settlement Wins Nod
• Air New Zealand Moves To Toss Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Microsoft Denies Accessing Smartphone Location Data
• BP To Halt Deepwater Loss Payments During Review
• Chipotle Decision Signals New Class Action Obstacle
• NYC Ends Disabilities Suit With Deal To Make Cabs Accessible
• TransUnion To Pay $1.4M To Settle Credit Report Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Apple Fights 'Breathtaking' Fee Bid In $53M Warranty Deal
• A Growing Consensus In Favor Of Labor Arbitration
• Samsung Defective Phone Class Action Won't Go To Arbitration
• Volkswagen Dodges Suit Over Faulty Jetta Locks
• Wolf Haldenstein Attys Face Sanctions In AOL Patent Sale Suit
• NJ Title Co. Hit With Class Action Over Closing Fees
• Lululemon Says Yoga Pants Suit Hasn't Shown Stock Inflation
• Memory Card Patent Cartel Claims Timely, 9th Circ. Told
• ACE Avoids $3M Share Of Seagram Distillery Settlement
• NLRB Says Realty Co.'s Employee Class Waiver Is Unlawful
• Kay Accused Of Forcing Blind Customers To Reveal PINs
• To Stay Or Not To Stay GMO Labeling Cases?
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Lumber Liquidators Sells Tainted Flooring, Suit Says
• Mattel Baby Seat Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Mold Case
• Big Banks Face Aluminum Storage Antitrust Claims At JPML
• Consumer Protection Laws And Prescription Meds: A Poor Fit
• BofA To Pay $20M To Exit Muni Bond Bid-Rigging MDL
• British Airways Again Looks To Nix Fuel Surcharge Suit
• DHS Can't Get Wages Suit Booted From Fed. Claims Court
• Morgan Stanley Gets Advisers' Overtime MDL Cut Down
• 3rd Circ. Won't Review Cert. Ruling In ATM Overcharge Row
• Fannie, Freddie Tax Ruling Violates Law, 8th Circ. Told
• $3B United-Continental Deal Hurt Market, 9th Circ. Told
• Macy's Customer Loses 'Shop And Frisk' Class Cert. Bid
• CVS Workers Denied Class Cert. In Calif. Wage Action
• Insurer Says Corporations Can't Claim TCPA Privacy Rights
• Refi Principal Cap Could 'Wreak Havoc,' Texas Justices Told
• LG, Consumers Sent To Mediate Washer Defect Action
• Sirius XM Must Keep $100M Copyright Class Action In Calif.
• High Court Mulls Delta Frequent Flier Contract Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Google Beats Suit Over Privacy Policy A 2nd Time
• Sierra Trading Post Can't Dodge Call Recording Suit
• Chipotle Wards Off Class Cert. In 'Naturally Raised' Meat Suit
• Cellular Sales Can't Force Ex-Workers To Arbitrate Wage Row
• A Crash Course In Hot Product Liability Topics
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• Employers Win Class Waiver Battle, But War Isn't Over
• SEC Negligence Not Protected Under FTCA, Ponzi Victims Say
• Deal In Live Nation Ticket-Fee Suit Gets Initial Approval
• Women Win 11th Circ. Appeal Bid In Fla. Wal-Mart Bias Suit
• Halliburton Securities Class OK'd To Continue Discovery
• 2nd Circ. Says TCPA Class Actions Can Be Brought In NY
• US Energy Co. Can't Ditch Class Action Over China Revenue
• Viking Hit With Class Suit In NJ Over Refrigerator Defect
• UnitedHealth Can't Duck Chiropractor's Repayment Claims
• AOL Says Senior Not Deceived Into Dial-Up Payments
• Daimler Loses Preemptive Cert. Challenge In Gas Leak Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• 5th Circ. Grants BP's Bid To Halt Further Deepwater Payouts
• 5th Circ. Rejects NLRB Class Waiver Ban
• Blue Cross Says ERISA Doesn't Apply In Chiropractor Feud
• J&J Unit Accused Of Losing Key Docs In Vaginal Mesh MDL
• 9th Circ. Says DirecTV Customers Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute
• Judge Rejects OT Case Settlement That Gives Attys 78%
• 2nd Circ. May Determine Fate Of Internship Programs
• Justices Seek Advice On Gas Antitrust Preemption Case
• Apple Escapes App Store Monopoly Suit
• Vulcan Says Texas Brine Counsel Conflicted In Sinkhole Suit
• Symantec Scores 2nd Dismissal Of Data Breach Suit
• 23andMe Hit With False Ad Suit Over DNA Tests
• Lakers Muddying Waters In TCPA Fight, 9th Circ. Told
• Will Halliburton Restore Parity To Securities Litigation?
• Genesco Unit Agrees To Settle Pa. Overtime Class Action
• $39M Merrill Lynch Deal Won't Stop Sex Bias, Judge Told
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• PVC Deck Makers Say Durability Class Too Hard To Define