Class Action Archive » December, 2017

Class Action - December, 2017

267 articles

• Ill. Biometric Privacy Suits Must Claim Actual Harm, Court Says
• Eli Lilly Escapes Testosterone MDL With Settlement Deal
• Judge Throws Out $150M AbbVie AndroGel Verdict
• La. Not Bound By Flonase Antitrust Settlement: 3rd Circ.
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• Spokeo Standing Row Doesn't Need A Redo, High Court Told
• Deportation Stayed For Somalis Accusing ICE of Abuse
• Fiat Chrysler Settles Ohio Suit Over Dirty Jeep Engines
• Judge OKs Marvell's $72.5M Stock-Drop Deal With Investors
• Jury Finds IT Co. Misclassified Workers As OT Exempt
• Motorola Wraps Warranty Suit With Settlement Deal
• Firms Get $7.4M In Fees For $44M Medicare Fraud Settlement
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2017
• Feds Get FOIA Suit Over AT&T Contract Trimmed
• Tesla Says Dell Ruling Boosts Its Defense In SolarCity Case
• Allergan Seeks To Pause Antitrust Suits Pending MDL Call
• Diagnosing Juror Bias Against Foreign Witnesses
• Amazon, T-Mobile Accused Of Age Bias With Facebook Ads
• Banner Health Shakes Contract Claims In Data Breach Row
• Pre-Ch. 11 GM Ignition Claims From Eight States Can Proceed
• Judge OKs $700K Settlement Over Montel-Endorsed Clothes
• Twitter Escapes TCPA Claims After Plaintiff Drops Case
• Cobalt, Angolan Oil Co. Reach $500M Deal For Drilling Blocks
• No DQ For Attorneys In General Mills Age Bias Suit
• XL Group Narrows Claims In Trading Coverage Fight
• Budget Rent A Car Prevails On Unfair Billing Claims
• Debt Collector Hit With TCPA Suit Over Robocalls
• NFL Concussion Suit Fee Expert Must Be Deposed, Court Told
• Food App DoorDash Faces Drivers' Class Action Suit
• GEO Sued Over Forced Labor In Immigrant Detention Facility
• Bayer, Merck Accused Of Falsely Advertising Sunblock's SPF
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• Bankruptcy Court Wrestles With Enforcing Unsigned GM Deal
• Starbucks Seeks Quick Win In Underfilled Latte Class Action
• Latham Snags 2 Kirkland Commercial Litigation Attys
• 9th Circ. OKs Beauty School Escape From Student Wage Suit
• Cryptocurrency Tezos Dodges Asset Freeze Despite 'Turmoil'
• Shareholders Say Buyer Controlled Deal In $2.8B Rouse Sale
• Marvell Investors Seek OK For $72.5M Stock-Drop Deal
• Ford Can't Invalidate Transmission Defect Deal Opt-Outs
• Philips, Toshiba, Samsung Granted Wins In Disk Drive MDL
• Judge Won't Let Prison Co. Break Out Of Investor Suit
• Meningitis Outbreak MDL, $200M Settlement Fund Near End
• Wells Fargo To Pay $13M To Workers In Calif. Wage Row
• Nissan Owners Want Cert. In Sports-Car Clutch Defect Row
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Firms' Class Action Fee Award
• Mazda Can Scrap Fla., NC Claims In Clutch Defect Dispute
• IRS Can't Collect $37.6M In Preparer Fees During Appeal
• My Strangest Day In Court
• Martha's Vineyard Golf Club Blasts OT Class' Cert. Bid
• 2nd Circ. Revives 'Flash Boys'-Inspired Suits
• GM Fights To Kill $1B Ignition Switch Claims Settlement
• Del. Class Suit Targeting Citigroup Board Failures Tossed
• Del. High Court Affirms Toss Of Williams Co. Stock Suit
• Fla. Sales Workers Accuse Telecom Co. Of Not Paying OT
• Sonic Drive-In Chain Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Greek Shipping Co. Hit With Suit Over Reverse Stock Split
• Stay In Rachael Ray Dog Food Suit 'Pointless,' Customer Says
• Chrysler Can't Force Workers To Arbitrate Age Bias Claims
• Wendy's Customers Seek Class Cert. In Data Breach Row
• Judge Pivot On Time Limits Hands Win To Accounting Firm
• Dentons Predecessor To Pay Bulk Of $12.2M USAE Deal
• DACA Recipients Seek Injunction To Stop Rollback
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• Fiat Chrysler Gets Defective Touchscreen Claims Trimmed
• Pomerantz, Rosen To Lead Blue Apron Stock-Drop Suit
• American Airlines Dodges Suit Over End Of New-Hire Benefit
• Dish Network Says It Can't ID Consumers Owed $61M Award
• Health Care Co. Faces Biometrics Suit Over Finger Scan
• Tribe Settles Worker's Claims Of Time-Shaving At Casino
• Prevagen Maker Must Face Certified Class In Labeling Suit
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• Judge Lambasts Attys In Dirty Jeep Engine Row
• Hotel Biz Says Ex-Worker Can't Sue Over Fingerprint Data
• ICE Can't Deport Cambodian Immigrants Until Case Is Heard
• Uber Driver Objectors Call $7.5M Deal 'Outrageously Low'
• BART Derails App User's Data-Collection Class Action
• Neiman Settles Price Compare Suit After 9th Circ. Revival
• Del. High Court Affirms $2M Legal Fees To Ex-Optimis CFO
• Pearson Simon, Burns Charest To Lead German Auto MDL
• Jimmy John's Managers Can Sue Franchisees, 7th Circ. Says
• Toss Of Duke Energy Investor Suit Upheld By Del. Justices
• Ann Taylor To Pay $6M To End False Discount Class Action
• HP's $6.5M Defective Laptop Deal Held Up Near Finish Line
• 7th Circ. Affirms Ending Of Policy Rate-Hike Class Action
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• NFL Fan Wins 3rd Circ. Challenge To Super Bowl Ticket Suit
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• Litigation Is Not The Solution To The Opioid Epidemic
• MVP: Weil's Edward Soto
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• $6.5M Investor Deal Preceded Leidos High Court Cancellation
• PayPal Investor Suit Linked To FTC Inquiry On Thin Ice
• Cobalt Hits Ch. 11, Seeks To Stall Securities Litigation
• Loews Fails To Disclose 20% Service Charge, Fla. Diners Say
• Xarelto Bellwether Loser's New Trial Bid Rejected By Judge
• Uber Forum-Shopped For Low PAGA Deal, Drivers' Atty Says
• CVS Must Turn Over More Info In Seating Suit, Judge Says
• Royal Caribbean Wants Harvey Class Attys Sanctioned
• TD Bank Investor Suits Joined, Lead Counsel Spot Still Open
• Boston Scientific Settles Nearly 350 Pelvic Mesh Suits
• Del. Justices Revive $51M Bank D&O Incentive Suit
• BofA Loan Officers Win Cert. In Suit Over Mileage Expenses
• MVP: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• New Obstacles For VPPA Plaintiffs At 9th Circ.
• Biometrics In The Workplace: Best Practices For Compliance
• Spokeo Wants Justices To Revisit Last Year's Standing Ruling
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Musk's Control Of Tesla Takes Central Role In Chancery Suit
• Uber Board Shirked Duty In OK'ing $680M Otto Buy, Suit Says
• Medicaid Providers Not Paying For Long-Term Care, Suit Says
• DC Circ. Nixes Freedmen Descendants' Suit Against DOI
• Optimis Urges Del. Justices To Reverse $2M Ex-CFO Fee
• Mattress Firm Sales Employees Launch Overtime Suit
• Google Owes Advertisers For False Traffic, Suit Says
• Dentons Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Partners To DC Team
• Eaton Investor Beefs Up Claims In Suit Over Merger Tax Info
• GSK Beats Heart Attack Suit In Diabetes Drug MDL
• Game Maker To Pay $4M To End Investor Claims Over IPO
• MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman
• Flextronics 'Screwed Up' By Missing Opt-Out, Judge Says
• Ex-RadioShack Employees Seek Class Cert. In Ch. 11 Case
• Expert Urges Contingency Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal
• Liberty Tax CEO Hit With Derivative Suit After Termination
• Audi, Bosch Say Gas-Vehicle Emissions Suit Is Too Vague
• Banc Of Calif. Says Board Never Heard Shareholder Claims
• Pier 1 Imports' $3.5M 'Flex Shift' Deal Gets Initial OK
• Retailers Settle Claims Against Teikoku In Lidoderm MDL
• Class Treatment Sought In IRS Row Over Late-Filed Returns
• AT&T Customers Must Arbitrate Data Usage Suit: 9th Circ.
• Calif. Panel 'Mystified' By Class Expert's Nix In Wage Suit
• Rosen Asks To Lead Tesla Shareholders In Stock-Drop Suit
• H-2B Workers Strike Deal In Wage Row At 4th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive SEPTA Background Check Suit
• MVP: Taft Stettinius' Robert Bilott
• Madden Games Maker Can't Toss Ex-NFLer's Suit
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• Chancery Tosses NRG Reclassification Suit On MFW Grounds
• Law Firm Doesn't Owe For GSK Contempt Order, 3rd Circ. Told
• Fla. Country Club GC Seeks Sanctions Over Resident's Suit
• Facebook Seeks Quick Win, Users Seek Cert. In Privacy Row
• NFL Hall Can Talk To Ticket Holders In Canceled Game Suit
• Blind Man Hits Korean Grocery Chain With ADA Suit
• Futility Issue Frustrates Apple Investor Suit, Calif. Panel Says
• Power Co. Not Owed Defense Of $35M Fraud Suit, Insurer Says
• Retailers Defend Solodyn MDL Claims Against Medicis
• VW Says Owners Who Sold Cars Pre-Scandal Have No Claim
• Pa. Referees File Class Claims Over Contractor Status
• Mizuho Picks Off Lead Plaintiff In Mt. Gox Collapse Suit
• Judge Bars Consolidated Claims In GM Ignition Switch MDL
• Puma Biotech Investor Class Certified In Stock Drop Case
• 21st Century To Pay $28M Over Gov't FCA Claims, Data Breach
• MVP: Montgomery McCracken's Charles Casper
• When Product Liability Claims Are Hidden From Bankruptcy
• Wells Fargo Derivative Suit A Cautionary Tale For Directors
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• High Court To Revisit American Pipe In New Class Action Row
• Bock Hatch Must Return Docs It Was Given In Error, Court Told
• Energy Co. Derides Potential Investor Class Rep As Ignorant
• DC Metro's $6.5M Discrimination Deal Scores Early OK
• MLB Fans Strike Out At 9th Circ. In Safety Netting Row
• Court OKs $35M Atty Fees In Deutsche, JPMorgan Libor Deal
• Atty To Shell Out $11.7M For Class-Action Finance Fraud
• Harrah's Can't Use Tribe's Immunity, Ex-Casino Worker Says
• 3 Attys OK'd To Lead Dairy Price-Fixing Class Action
• Consumers Hit Marriott With TCPA Suit Over Robocalls
• State-Based Volvo Sunroof Classes Still Need Definition
• Hearst Interns Not Employees, 2nd Circ. Rules
• The Most Noteworthy Class Action Developments Of 2017
• Strip Club Stonewalling Wage Suit, Dancer Says
• Fujitsu Agrees To $14M Deal Over Excessive Investment Fees
• VW Plea Deal Gives Investors Limited Win In Fraud Case
• Enterprise Resolves Proposed Class Action Over Toll Charges
• Laborers Slap Industrial, Marine Contracting Cos. With OT Suit
• LuLaRoe Customers Seek Class Treatment In Sales Tax Spat
• Rep. Says Ex-IRS Staff Records In Bias Row Should Be Public
• Utz To Shell Out $1.25M To Settle 'All Natural' Class Action
• 4th Circ. Frees Pfizer From Antitrust Suit Over Celebrex Patent
• 9th Circ. Vacates Drug Liability MDL Ruling Favoring Merck
• 7th Circ. Affirms AmEx's 'Flawed' $6.7M Gift Card Deal
• JPML Sends Sonic Drive-In Data Breach Suits To Ohio
• 9th Circ. Revives Cinemark Workers' Wage Suit
• Most Claims Proceed In NH Teflon Chemical Leak Suit
• Privacy Group Asks 3rd Circ. To Scrap Google Tracking Deal
• BCBS Units Must Produce Additional Docs In Antitrust MDL
• Attys Get $4.5M Of $22M Aegerion Drug Marketing Settlement
• Bumble Bee Salmon Not Wild Or Smoked, Consumer Claims
• Immigrants Win Class Cert. In Arizona License Denial Suit
• 4 Things To Watch As Harvey Flood Claims Move Forward
• When Gov't Enforcement Actions And Class Actions Collide
• JPML Sends Opioid MDL To Northern Ohio
• PayPal Investor Sues Over Likely Breach That Tanked Stocks
• Ex-NFLers Can't Stop Changes To Concussion Claims Process
• Del. Chief Justice Calls $428M Williams Suit An Investor Game
• Opioid Suits Are The New Tobacco Litigation, Atty Says
• 7th Circ. Wary Of Reviving Barnes & Noble Breach Action
• Consumer Demand Letter Response Is Key Under Mass. Law
• San Jose Firefighters Lose Class Cert. In OT Suit
• DeVry Ducks False Advertising Suit Over Job Placement Rates
• Baker Hughes Strikes Deal In Workers' OT Suit
• ChinaCast Settles With Creditors, Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• Airline Agrees To $1.9M Deal In Flight Attendant Wage Row
• Profs Fight For Clarity On Class Cert. In Securities Suits
• Atty Fights For Fees In $8.5M Groupon Deal At 9th Circ.
• Talbots' $2.95M Wage Settlement Nears Approval
• Investors Say AmTrust's Reported Metrics Weren't Opinions
• TD Bank Sued Over Overdraft Fees Against Uber Riders
• Zappos Buyers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Data Breach Suit
• NJ Man Defends Rep Suitability In Force-Placed Coverage Suit
• Calif. Town Telephone Tax Constitutional, Appeals Court Says
• Pa. Judge Affirms Jurisdiction On Out-Of-State Mesh Cases
• 2nd Circ. Revives Alibaba Securities Class Action Over IPO
• Sonic Seeks To Roll Out Of Customer's Data Breach Suit
• McWane Settles Pipe Price-Fixing Suit For $8.8M
• Morgan Lewis May Face DQ Over 'Sticky' Conflict In Wage Suit
• Investor Sues HIG, Bain Capital Over $760M Facility Deal
• Costco, Target, Others Hit With Flushable Wipes Class Action
• Merck Aims To Sink Cert In $250M Sex Bias Class Action
• KBR Moves To Nix Shareholder Suit Over Fraud Investigation
• BNY Mellon Says Royal Park's Proposed Class Still Lacking
• Buyer Class Fights Allergan Over Causation In Antitrust Row
• J&J, Bayer Hit With $28M Verdict In 1st Xarelto Loss
• Keurig Green Mountain Can't Stop K-Cup Monopoly Suits
• Quicken Loans Secretly Tracked E-Visitors, Suit Says
• Los Angeles Is The Latest City To Sue Uber Over Data Breach
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• Target, Kraft Needn't Share Docs In Parmesan Labeling Fight
• Investors Tell 1st Circ. Sarepta Hid FDA Testing Issues
• Consumers Denied Cert. In Auto-Lender TCPA Suit
• LPL Asks Calif. Judge To Nix Stock-Drop Suit For Good
• SolarCity Investors Fight To Revive Suit At 9th Circ.
• Judge Vetoes Virtus Mutual Fund Investors' 2nd Jab At Cert
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Intervention Bid In Walmart Bias Case
• Burberry Escapes Class Action Over Pricing At Outlets
• Justices Dubious Of Letting Hamas Victims Seize Iran Artifacts
• Dannon 'Natural' Yogurt Labeling Suit Axed
• Restaurant Group Workers Get $4M FLSA Settlement
• Justices Won't Review Airlines' $40M One-Size-Fits-All Deal
• Food Cos. Can't Flee Suit Claiming Squid Sold As Octopus
• ESPN Ruling Further Narrows Video Privacy Law's Reach
• Justices Ask SG To Weigh In On Merck's Fosamax MDL
• Nissan, Drivers Reach Deal In Timing-Chain Defect Suit
• Compliance Failures And The Resulting Risks For Directors
• Supreme Court Won't Review Minor Leaguers' Antitrust Suit
• Gov't Must Submit Docs In Detainees' Bond Policy Challenge
• Attys Needn't Be DQ'd In General Mills Age Bias Row: Judge
• Moosejaw, Casper Use Firm To Wiretap E-Visitors, NYer Says
• Time Warner Settles Cable Line Trespassing Suit
• Wells Fargo Fires Back At Fund Advisers In RMBS Suit
• Mich. Residents Sue GM Alleging Salt Damage To Property
• NJ Justices To Mull Arbitration Denial In Home Warranty Suit
• Media Co. Hit With Suit Over Scanning Workers' Fingerprints
• Google Nears Win In Gender Pay Row, But Fight To Continue
• Chrysler Says Customers' Clutch Claims Aren't Common
• Lyft, Jobcase Told To Mediate Consumers' Spam-Text Claims
• LG Can't Shake Most Claims Over Shoddy Washers
• InSys Investor Suit Put On Hold As Criminal Action Plays Out
• The Derivative Risks Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
• MDL Hearing Signals A New Phase For Opioid Suits