June 14, 2017
Safeway has asked a Ninth Circuit panel to reverse a finding that it is liable for $42 million in a class action brought by customers claiming they were overcharged for online orders, arguing the advertising promises it allegedly broke were not in its contract with online shoppers.
October 06, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday issued a corrected discovery sanction order for Safeway for failing to find a cache of documents for a class action over grocery overcharges, upping the total from $516,000 to more than $688,000.
October 05, 2016
Safeway was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $516,000 to a class claiming they were overcharged for groceries purchased online, when a California federal judge agreed that the grocer's former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys were not thorough enough in an earlier document search.
August 25, 2016
A class of Safeway customers who took home part of a $96.4 million judgment against the grocery chain for overcharging online shoppers has asked a California federal judge for monetary sanctions, saying Safeway's former attorneys at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP were negligent in searching for requested documents, delaying their win.
May 17, 2016
Safeway has fought back against a bid for discovery sanctions in litigation accusing the company of overcharging customers for groceries ordered online, telling a California federal judge the record doesn't support allegations that its former counsel at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP lied to the court.
December 01, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday signed off on a $41.9 million judgment in a breach-of-contract class action brought by Safeway Inc. customers accusing the supermarket chain of overcharging for groceries ordered online.
October 22, 2015
Safeway Inc. on Wednesday booted Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP from a proposed class action accusing the company of overcharging shoppers who purchased groceries online, bringing Reed Smith LLP to handle the case after a California federal judge determined that the company owes $30 million.
September 11, 2015
The lead plaintiff in a class action accusing Safeway Inc. of overcharging online for groceries suffered a major setback on Friday when a California federal judge decided to exclude a key witness with firsthand knowledge of the company's online registration process.
September 01, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday found Safeway Inc. liable for $30 million in a breach-of-contract class action brought by customers who claim the grocer overcharged for delivered groceries when it had promised price parity with store-bought merchandise.
July 17, 2015
A Safeway customer who launched a proposed class action accusing the supermarket chain of overcharging for online purchases told a California district judge Friday that plenty of evidence exists to prove that pre-2006 online shoppers were subject to the same terms promising equal pricing and thus should be added to the class.