Class Action Archive » March, 2009

Class Action - March, 2009

122 articles

• No Class Cert. In Sex, Race Bias Suits V. Cintas
• ERISA Case Dismissed In Avon Securities MDL
• TSA Workers Denied Class Cert. In Privacy Act Case
• New Complaint Revives Magnesite Price-Fixing Case
• AstraZeneca Sales Reps Exempt From OT: Judge
• Class Certified In Cruise Workers' Overtime Case
• Schering Sales Reps Not Exempt Under FLSA: Judge
• Vivendi's Bid To Reconsider Class Cert. Denied
• Opt-In Notice OK'd In FLSA Suit Against Telecom
• Class OK'd In Advo Securities Fight
• Claims Cut In Suit Over AIG Workers' Comp Premiums
• Judge Denies Class In Countrywide Katrina Spat
• Calif. Eatery's Tip-Share Rule Survives Waiter's Action
• PacBell, Call Center Workers' $1.5M Deal OK'd
• Class Cert. Denied In Tying Suit Against AmEx
• Class Certified In Warranty Suit V. Office Depot
• Exide Settles Investor Class Action For $13M
• Suit Over Ford F-350 To Continue In Federal Court
• AIG Smacked With Shareholder Action Over Payouts
• Alleged Ponzi Scheme Victims Sue BofA, MF Global
• Retirement Plan Suit V. Life Insurers Survives Cuts
• 3rd Circ. Interprets Local Controversy Under CAFA
• Wis. Cos. Accuse CMS Of Plot To Fix Gas Prices
• Holocaust Insurance Plaintiffs' Lawyers Awarded $3M
• American Airlines Agents Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• ING Hit With 3rd Shareholder Class Action
• Acer Laptops Too Short On Memory For Vista: Suit
• Xerox Workers Push $51M Deal In ERISA Action
• Calif. Wage Suit Not Preempted By US Statute: Court
• Qwest Retirees' Claims Trimmed In ERISA Action
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Portage Bank Wage Case
• Robert Bosch Retirees Win Class Cert. In Benefits Spat
• Interim Lead Counsel Tapped In Tomato Suits
• Calif. Thelen Plaintiffs Balk At Federal Class Cert.
• $14M Settlement Reached In Dura Securities Suit
• Merck Loses JMOL Bid In ERISA Suit Over Vioxx Errors
• CVT Shareholders Sue To Stop $1.4B Biotech Merger
• BofA Investor Fights To Sack CEO Over Merrill Deal
• Workers Can't Force USPS To Disgorge Fees: Judge
• AT&T Call Center Workers Win Class Status In OT Suit
• Wal-Mart Renews Bid To Decertify Sex Bias Class
• Conditional Class Cert. OK'd In United Auto FLSA Suit
• Mich. Named Lead Plaintiff In AIG Securities Suit
• Lowe's Still On The Hook For Dryer Installation Suit
• Most Of ERISA Securities Case V. Pfizer Moves Ahead
• Class Certified In $25M XTO Natural Gas Royalty Case
• Ex-Asst. Manager Fires Off OT Action Against Staples
• Judge Keeps Most Of Ariz. Nurses' Cartel Suit
• 'Idol' Producer Sued For 'Sweatshop' Work Conditions
• Judge Combines Slew Of ERISA Actions Against AIG
• Shareholders Seek OK For $20M Deal In ProQuest Suit
• Baby Bath Products Contain Formaldehyde: Suit
• Atty In Bias Suits V. FedEx Sanctioned For Conduct
• $1.1M Deal In Aegis WARN Class Action Gets OK
• EEOC Wants Classwide Damages In Wal-Mart Case
• Security Officer Fires Off OT Action V. Wackenhut
• UPS Drivers Win Initial Class Cert. In FLSA Action
• JPMorgan Belted With Overtime Class Action
• Overcharge Action Against Title Insurer Gets Boot
• Class Certified In Unitek FLSA Cable Installation Spat
• Most Of Denture Cream Suit Against GSK Tossed
• Isolagen To Hand Shareholders $5.25M
• Judge Pares Class In Overcharge Suit V. BlueShield
• NJ Judge Rebuffs Out-Of-Pocket Vioxx Class
• Panasonic, Daewoo Tagged In CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• Drug Cos. Hid SSRI Risks, Paid Docs Kickbacks: Suit
• Emageon Faces Shareholder Suit Over $39M Merger
• Plaintiff Seeks Lead Status In Subprime Suit V. RBS
• New Post-Wyeth Proposed Claims Filed V. Medtronic
• Retailers Add State Claims To Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Vivendi Execs Must Face Securities Claims
• Ex-Walgreens Worker Fires Off FLSA Suit Over OT
• Thai Fruit Pickers Win Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Philip Morris Loses Round In 'Light' Marketing Case
• ERISA Action Against Wells Fargo Gets Go-Ahead
• Abercrombie & Fitch Derivative Litigation Dismissed
• IPhone Resellers' Antitrust Suit Enters Dead Zone
• Fleetwood Enterprises Workers File WARN Act Suit
• Banks, Investors Settle For $9.75M In MBC Suit
• Tomato Products Antitrust Suits Consolidated
• Steris Settles Class Action Over Reneged Benefits
• FedEx Sued For Not Letting Workers Clock In On Time
• Perdue Must Face Donning, Doffing Claims
• Class Cert. Denied In Diebold ERISA Suit
• PwC Associates Are Nonexempt: Class Action Judge
• Class Of US Airways Pilots Certified In Union Spat
• Satyam Plaintiffs Move To Consolidate Suits
• Co-Lead Plaintiffs OK'd In Subprime Suit V. Citi
• Investor Class Approved In Suit V. Boston Scientific
• Dannon, Marketer Face Conditional Class In FLSA Suit
• Class Wins Cert. On RICO Claims Against Hartford
• Judge Tosses Medtronic Securities Class Action
• Judge OKs Class In Infineon Shareholder Action
• NY Hospital, Nurses Settle Antitrust Suit For $1.25M
• 10th Circ. Cuts Off Ex-AT&T Workers' ERISA Action
• Judge Consolidates Suits Over Colonial TARP Funding
• Waffle Maker Accused Of Sugarcoating Nutrition Info
• Snapple 'All Natural' Claims Don't Hold Water: Suit
• Merrill, Barclays Cut From Enron Shareholder Suit
• Continental To Pay Up To $8M To Settle Tire Actions
• Plaintiffs Push To Alter Class Motions In Flonase MDL
• Safety-Kleen Workers Settle Wage Class Action
• Judge Rejects 'Vague' Class in Swift & Co. Raid Suit
• Garbage Cos. Look To Bar Atty From Antitrust Suit
• Domino's Settles FLSA Class Action
• Shareholder Suit V. PXRE Over Katrina Losses Nixed
• Parties Spar Over Plant Inspection In 3M Class Action
• UTC Class Action Over 401(k) Plans Tossed
• Judge Won't Toss LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Attys Seek $37.5M Of $125M Drug Prices MDL Deal
• Judge OKs $20M Stock Deal In Parmalat Fraud Case
• Loan Officers Seek Class Cert. In H&R Block OT Suit
• Class Seeks OK For $10M Deal With PNC Unit
• Judge Rejects $6.5M AXA OT Deal Over Notice
• Judge Greenlights OCA Shareholders' $6.5M Deal
• Marine Hose Defendants Want Antitrust Claims Nixed
• Judge Nixes Antitrust Suit V. Qualcomm Over Patents
• AG Edwards Brokers Seek To Divide $12M In OT Deal
• GSK Offers $28M To Settle Suits Over Defective Paxil
• Smithfield Drops Claims In Neurontin Class Action
• BP Unit Escapes Securities Action Over 2006 Oil Spill
• Cincinnati Bell Workers' $23M Stock Suit Tossed