Class Action Archive » January, 2010

Class Action - January, 2010

185 articles

• Purchasers Seek Sanctions In Intel Antitrust MDL
• Foot Locker Denied Immediate Appeal Of FLSA Suit
• Vivendi To Appeal Verdict That It Misled Investors
• IMS Health Settles Shareholder Suits Over Merger
• Indie Rockers' Suit Over Rolling Stone Ad Not A Hit
• 7th Circ. Remands Sprint Antitrust Texting Case
• 11th Circ. Nixes Action Over Katrina Gas Price-Gouging
• Class Action Slams Hospital Over Unnecessary Stents
• Roth Dodges Some Claims In Mortgage Stock Fraud MDL
• Big Apple Fund Gets Another Bite At Apple Inc.
• Levaquin Plaintiffs Seek To Pry Docs From J&J's Hands
• Judge Tosses Action Over Chase ATM Fees
• Time Warner Wins Dismissal Of Overtime Action
• Revised Google Books Deal Draws New Fire
• Class In Lender-Placed Insurance Suit Could Hit 625K
• Medicaid Drivers Sue Transport Co. Over Unpaid Wages
• Avnet Sales Rep's OT Suit Left Hanging By A Thread
• Petland Still In Doghouse For Selling Sick Puppies
• American Eagle Indemnity Claim Stands In FLSA Suit
• Aviva Class Flays Objector To $570M Settlement
• Judge Flushes Uponor Faulty Plumbing Action
• Citigroup Stock Plan Plaintiffs Appeal To 1st Circ.
• Call Center Worker Hits Unitrin With OT Action
• Home Depot National Origin Bias Action Tossed
• Northrop Wins Class Action Battle Over Pension Plan
• Canadian Securities Class Actions Take Slight Dip
• Wal-Mart Hit With Consumer Suit Over Service Plans
• Subclasses Dismissed In Dentsply Negligence Case
• CIMCO Dodged $23M Antitrust Verdict: Lincoln Electric
• Citi, Others Let Off Hook In ARS Antitrust Actions
• Ex-Delta Worker Appeals Subordination Of ERISA Claim
• Weight Watchers Faces Wage-And-Hour Action
• Sex Bias Plaintiffs' Bid To Sanction Novartis Nixed
• Urethane Suits Against BASF, Dow Win Green Light
• Class Cert. Denied In Barnes & Noble Meal Break Case
• Class In Smithfield OT Suit Should Be Trimmed: Judge
• Plaintiffs Reboot Apple MP3 Monopoly Suit
• Black Box Proposes Settlement In Backdating Suit
• Dell Appeals Nixed In Canadian Laptop Class Action
• Long-Running Allstate Billing Action Nears Finish Line
• H&R Block Tax Pros File Wage Action Over Training
• Ex-Assistant Manager Hits CVS With Overtime Action
• Mills Ex-Exec Fights $203M Securities Deal
• Judge Certifies Class In US Financial Mortgage Spat
• PG&E Meter Readers Near Settlement In FLSA Suit
• Norfolk Southern Escapes Suit Over Toxic Train Crash
• 7th Circ. Gives Shelter To Failed LearJet Class Suit
• PwC Escapes Freddie Mac Securities MDL
• Lopez Foods Slapped With Donning, Doffing Action
• Ga. Gas Tax Class Suit Nixed For Sovereign Immunity
• TV Writers Snare $70M Age Bias Settlement
• W.Va. Teacher Gets AIG Action Sent Back To State
• SRAM Direct Purchasers Reach $25M In Settlements
• Shareholders Slap Motorola With Fraud Action
• Class Bid Over JPMorgan Appraisal Fees Nixed
• Petroleum Cos. Sued Over Puerto Rican Facility Blast
• Flonase Indirect Buyers Survive Standing Challenge
• Sequenom To End Shareholder Suits With $45M Deal
• Apple Settles Engineers' FLSA Suit For $1M
• Consumers Push For Class Status In Digitek MDL
• Home Depot Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Citizens Bank Hit With Banker FLSA Action
• Calif. Court Allows Steroid Class Action Against GNC
• As Trial Nears, Kaiser Flays Pfizer Neurontin Studies
• Nationwide Class Nixed In AT&T Billing Suit
• Cedar Fair Investor Sues Over $2.4B Sale To Apollo
• Foot Locker Asst. Managers Win Certification
• Verizon SharePlan Customers Seek Class Status
• $6.7M Ends Adelphia Investors' Feud With Rigases
• Movers Antitrust MDL Stayed For Immunity Appeal
• TD Bank Inks Deal To End Stockbrokers' OT Action
• Ceva, Freight Workers Settle Overtime Action
• Grange Wants Chubb Docs Unveiled In Insurance Spat
• Canadian Sunoco Retailers Hit Suncor Over Rebranding
• Urethane Plaintiffs Must Produce Downstream Data
• CMD Resolves Shareholder Suits Over Sale To ON
• IT Employee Lodges FLSA Suit Against Kaiser
• 11th Circ. Tosses Backdating Class Action V. Jabil
• BofA, Merrill Want Claims Tossed In Sex Bias Suit
• Sewage Board Wants Back Into Katrina MDL
• KB Home Buyers Seek Class Status In Fraud Suit
• Plains All American Faces Driver OT Action
• Gulfport Wins Dismissal Of Suit Over Rights Offering
• Tech, Energy Took Biggest Antitrust Hits Last Year
• Class Claims Deleted In Windows XP Contract Suit
• Tyco Settles Syringe Disposer Antitrust Suit For $33M
• SLU Hospital Escapes Guidant Defibrillator MDL
• Rubbermaid Workers Resolve Paycheck Class Action
• H&R Block Tax Agents Move For Class Cert. Again
• State Street Hit With Shareholder Suit Over '09 Losses
• Ala. Top Court Reverses Class Cert. In Duract Case
• National Arbitration Forum Kept In Cardholder Suit
• Merrill Fights To Block La.'s ARS Arbitration Bid
• Face-Lift Patient Denied Class Status
• $37M Settlements End AHM Securities MDL
• 9th Circ. Revives Charter Workers' Class Status Bid
• Ethicon Must Turn In Evidence In ObTape MDL
• Minn. Plaintiffs Make 1st Move For Cert. In Piping MDL
• GameStop FLSA Case Should Be Arbitrated: Judge
• SunTrust Joins Fight To Sink Overdraft MDL
• Tort Claims Survive In Chinese Drywall MDL
• Judge OKs Suit Accusing Waste Co. Of Bogus Fees
• Ambulance Co. Hit With Wage-And-Hour Class Action
• Claims Pared From XTO Natural Gas Royalty Suit
• Shareholders Fight Amgen's Stay Bid
• PPG Agrees To Class Cert. In Sales Rep OT Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Wells Fargo Overtime Pay Spat
• H-2B Oil Rig Workers Win Bid To Amend OT Action
• Switch & Data Fires Back At Shareholder Complaint
• Sony Pushes Settlements In 4 HDTV MDL Cases
• Judge Axes Shareholder Action Over $5B DRS Merger
• 9th Circ. Affirms CNA Settlement Over Long-Term Care
• AT&T Call Center Workers Win Cert. In OT Suit
• Tyson Offers $5M To Settle Chicken Marketing MDL
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Exxon, Shell Gas Pricing Suit
• Judge Picks Merck's Discovery Plan In NuvaRing MDL
• H&R Block Tax Agents Denied Conditional Class Cert.
• Foot Locker Asst. Managers Sue For Overtime Pay
• First Residential, Bankers Settle FLSA Action
• Advisers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit V. Ex-AIG Unit
• Smurfit-Stone Workers Bring ERISA Class Action
• Bus Drivers In FLSA Suit Win Preliminary Cert.
• Merck Discovery Bid Mooted In NuvaRing MDL
• Jenny Craig Workers Seek Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Another Defendant Dropped From AIG Fraud Case
• Citigroup Aims To Ax Brokers' Suit Over Bonus Loans
• APAC Customer Services Reps Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Class Cert. Nixed In National Western RICO Case
• Sterling Financial Socked With ERISA Class Action
• Yoplait Customers Win Partial Cert. In Yo-Plus Suit
• Stone Energy Looks To End Investor Suit For $10.5M
• High Court Denies TRW Workers' ERISA Appeal
• LLCs Are Citizens Of Main Business State: 4th Circ.
• RJ Reynolds Loses Bid To Decertify ERISA Class
• Family Dollar Dealt Setback In Equal Pay Suit
• Circuit City WARN Claims To Be Tackled In Bankruptcy
• Suit Slams Fidelity Over Ingenix Reimbursement Fraud
• Class Claims Tossed In USPS Disability Bias Suit
• Aetna, Guardian Ousted From Neurontin Off-Label MDL
• Vt. State Employees Sue For Overtime Pay
• Catsimatidis Added To Gristede's Sex Bias Class Action
• Injury Claims Tossed In Chevron Refinery Suit
• Class Cert. Sought In BNY Mellon Security Breach Suit
• Court OKs Bridgestone, BMW Tire Class Settlement
• Class Cert. Denied In Chubb Premium Hike Spat
• Class Recertified In Comcast Monopoly Suit
• Shareholders Appeal NeuroMetrix Fraud Dismissal
• Dentsply Class Action Over Cavitron Is Back On Track
• Putnam Mutual Funds Suit Precluded By SLUSA: Court
• Gerson Lehrman FLSA Suit Gets Preliminary Cert.
• More Plaintiffs Dismissed From Citigroup MDL
• ERISA Class Action Against Cigna Remains In Mass.
• Fla. Spinal Patient Seeks Class Cert. In ADA Suit
• Kohlberg Hit With 2 Securities Class Actions
• FedEx Guns For Jury Trials In Driver Status Suits
• Key Issue In US Steel FLSA Case Goes To 7th Circ.
• Comcast Seeks Arbitration, Stay In Set-Top Box MDL
• Stand 'N Seal Packager Asks To Strike MD's Testimony
• 11th Circ. Hands Sprint Contract Case To Fla. Court
• Fee MDL Plaintiffs Clamor For Visa, MasterCard EU Info
• Pizza Hut Drivers Seek Class Cert. Against Franchisee
• NYC Fails To Broaden Dismissal In EMT Overtime Suit
• Judge Certifies Class In Home Care Insurance Fight
• BP Express FLSA Suit Survives, Heads To Tenn.
• Lawson Consultants Denied Class Cert. On State Claims
• 8th Circ. Denies W. Va. Baycol Plaintiffs Bid To Refile
• CMD Shareholder Sues Over Acquisition Price Offer
• $2.5M Deal In JPMorgan OT Suit Gets Nod From Judge
• Judge Recommends Cert. In Neb. Beef Wage Case
• AMO Wipes Out Contact Lens Solution Class Action
• Class Cert. Stands In DuPont Tainted Water Action
• US Bank Loses Bid To Dismiss Late Wages Case
• AT&T Hit With Slew Of Actions Over Online Access Tax
• DSM Rubber Units Can't Drop Price-Fixing Claims
• Chunghwa, LCD Purchasers Float $10M Antitrust Deal
• Broadcom To Pay $160.5M To Settle Backdating Suit
• Classes OK'd In Geico Personal Injury Coverage Suit
• HSBC Settles In Arbitration Clause Antitrust Action
• Ford, IBM, Daimler Dealt Setback In Apartheid Case
• Investors Seek Class Status In Lehman Fraud Suit
• AXA Benefits Plaintiffs Lose Cert. Bid On Contract Claim
• Organic Shingle Settlement Class Gets Initial OK
• Judge Drops Prudential Improper Investment Class Suit
• BofA Tax Preparers Seek Final OK On Deal In OT Suit
• Health Cases To Watch In 2010