Class Action Archive » March, 2010

Class Action - March, 2010

198 articles

• E&Y, KPMG Escape Fund Investors' Madoff Claims
• Zenith Pummeled By Shareholders Over $1.4B Deal
• Transitions Optical Faces Antitrust Suit Over Lenses
• Gristede's Wins Protective Order In Sex Bias Suit
• BofA, Merrill Hit With New Gender Pay Bias Action
• Class Approved In Wal-Mart Workers' Comp Spat
• Texas Title Insurance Buyers Win Class Cert.
• Wells Fargo FLSA Collective Suit Restricted To Ill.
• Jenny Craig Wage Suit Heads Back To State Court
• Backloading Claims Nixed In SC Johnson ERISA Suit
• Pretzel Maker Settles With Delivery Drivers For $10M
• Bain Capital Faces Store Manager FLSA Class Action
• Queens Caterer Russo's Faces OT, Retaliation Action
• Red Hat Strikes $20M Deal In Shareholder Action
• Classes In LCD Panel Antitrust Cases Certified
• EADS Gets Case Over Airbus A380 Delays Grounded
• US, DuPont Ruled Liable In Herbicide Fight
• Hot Fuel Judge Rebuffs Oil Groups' Bid To Keep Docs
• $180M Lasik Plaintiff Gives TLC Plan The Stink Eye
• Istar Can't Nix Shareholder Class Suit Over Offering
• JPMorgan Tech Support Workers' OT Suit Crashes
• Workers Drop Doffing Claim In Bristol-Myers Suit
• Law Firm's ERISA Suit Against State Street Tossed
• Class Claims Stay In Mining Co. Sex Harassment Suit
• Purchasers' Antitrust Suits Over Generic Plavix Tossed
• KV Pharmaceutical ERISA Class Action Tossed
• Chubb Docs Unveiled In Insurance Brawl With Grange
• US Bank Managers Lose Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Jury Hands $142M Win To Kaiser In Neurontin Battle
• Ex-Royal Caribbean Cook Files OT Class Action
• Wackenhut Guards Lose Bid For Retention Bonuses
• Virginia Tech Equal Pay Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• Honeywell Air Cleaner Suit Pared Down
• Reverse Payment Suit Over Generic K-Dur Tossed
• No CAFA Removal For Counterdefendants: 7th Circ.
• Ill. Home Depot Asst. Managers OT Suit Chucked
• Conoco FMLA Plaintiffs Appeal Loss To 9th Circ.
• AstraZeneca OT Class Action Halted On Appeal
• Ebay Sellers Appeal Antitrust Class Action Dismissal
• Policyholders Win Class Cert. In Insurance Bonus Suit
• 6th Circ. Kills Tyson's Bid To Decertify Don, Doff Class
• FLSA Doesn't Preempt Farmworkers' Contract Claims
• Collective Action OK'd In Costco Worker-Debt Suit
• Affinity Logistics Drivers' Overtime Claims Get The Boot
• Axonyx Off Hook For Alzheimer's Drug Securities Suit
• 'Duplicative' Rite Aid OT Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Netflix Users Seek Class Cert. Over Wal-Mart Deal
• Audit Workers Gain Class Status In Deloitte OT Case
• Schwab, Investors Face Questions Over Mutual Fund
• $1.6M Bus Driver FLSA Settlement Gets Final Approval
• Diamond Walnuts Not As Healthful As Claimed: Suit
• Jump In Securities Class Action Deals Signals Rebound
• Retail Managers Hit Union Bank With OT Suit
• Medical Experts Allowed In Pfizer Securities Suit
• Class Cert. Bid KO'd In Pay Phone Antitrust Suit
• Securities America Sued Over $2B Med Cap Fraud
• Retirees Seek To Revive Philips ERISA Class Action
• Roto-Rooter Faces Sex Bias Class Action
• City Scores Win In 1st Circ. On Police OT Exemption
• Cell Therapeutics Sued Over 'False' New Drug Filings
• Suit Tries to Sink $275M SouthWest Water Merger
• Kohler Bests Replacement Worker WARN Suit
• Rex, Homeowners End Gas Pollution Fight For $1.9M
• Guidant ERISA Plaintiffs Seek OK For $7M Settlement
• Alcon Shareholder Drops Bid To Block Novartis Deal
• Perdue Beats Action Over Chickens With Extra Giblets
• No Class Cert. In Title VII Suit Against Boston Transit
• Payday Loan Contract Bars Class Action, Court Says
• Drivers' Suit Against Insurer Over Car Value Revived
• Solar Cell Maker MEMC Loses Bid To Toss ERISA Suit
• Wells Fargo Fights Class Cert. In FLSA, ERISA Suit
• St. Jude Medical In Hot Water Over 'False' Financials
• Salesmen Lodge OT Suit Against CDH Group
• 1st Trial Of Tyson Donning, Doffing MDL To Start In Aug.
• Pristiq-Related ERISA Suit Against Wyeth Gets Booted
• 3M, Employees Seek OK For $5M Deal In FLSA Suit
• Solvay Settles Estratest False Marketing Suit For $16M
• Medtronic ERISA Suit Over $510M IP Payouts Tossed
• Bus Drivers Best Philly Transit's Bid To Toss OT Suit
• Geico Hit With Class Action Over Coverage Shortfall
• Panera Shareholder Suit Pared Under Safe Harbor Rule
• Class Certification Denied In Rolls-Royce Sex Bias Suit
• Meat Processors Win Class Status In Don, Doff Suit
• Dismissal Of FINRA Merger Class Actions Appealed
• Subprime Action Against Canadian Imperial Bank Nixed
• Most Of ERISA Suit Against State Street Tossed
• Staffing Cos. Escape OT Claims In FedEx FLSA Suit
• Tentative Deal Struck In Gilead Securities Action
• Butterball Turkey Plant Donning, Doffing Action Tossed
• Claims Pared In BofA Mortgage Rate Disclosure Suit
• Counsel Inadequate In Revlon Shareholder Suit: Judge
• Citigroup Plan Participants' ERISA Claims Trimmed
• Md. Power Cos. Hit With Wage-&-Hour Action
• Mercedes Bid To Decertify Tele Aid Class Denied
• EEOC Loses Bid To Keep United ADA Suit In Calif.
• Ga. High Court Gives Go-Ahead To Southstar Billing Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Ford Seat Back Liability Case
• KV Pharma Dodges WARN Act Class Action
• ADT To Pay $1.5M To Settle Meal, Rest Breaks Suit
• Latest Toyota Suits Demand Refund For Drivers
• 24 Hour Fitness Settles RICO Suit Over Club Dues
• Bhopal Plaintiffs Lose Bid To Conduct More Discovery
• Intel Wants Derivative Suit Over Antitrust Claims Axed
• Cephalon Patent Suit Over Amrix Survives Dismissal
• Conseco Wants Union's Securities Class Suit Tossed
• Sanofi To Pay $15M To Settle Sex Bias Class Action
• Allianz Seeks To Cull More Annuity Suit Claimants
• Ex-Home Depot Asst. Manager Seeks Cert. In OT Suit
• Drivers' FLSA Claims Against Pizza Hut Tossed
• EHarmony Fights Class Certification In Contract Suit
• Credit Suisse Securities Suit Still In Play
• Eagle Rock Looks To Settle Unit-Holder Class Suit
• $2M Atty Award Reversed In Nigeria Air Charter Case
• Medivation Sees Shareholder Ire Over Alzheimer's Drug
• HP Wants Court To Toss Cursor Problem Class Action
• Cargill Line Workers Certified In Consolidated FLSA Suit
• Aetna Group Life Insurance Suit Stalls In 9th Circ.
• Canadian Court Certifies Class Against Microsoft
• Fraud Claims Trimmed From Gillette Razor Blade Suit
• Class Cert. Sought In Minute Maid Juice Benefits Suit
• Ex-Collegiate Stars Line Up To Fight NCAA Rules
• Regions Financial Can't Shake ERISA 401(k) Suit
• Piedmont REIT Investors Win Cert. In Securities Spat
• Midwest Towns Sue Syngenta Over Herbicide Cleanup
• Lawn Mower Maker Can't Mow Down Age Bias Action
• Health Net Hit With FLSA Suit By Call Center Workers
• Suit Over UBP Madoff Losses Tossed For Preemption
• 9th Circ. Revives Gap False Advertising Suit
• Judge Calls Wal-Mart Settlement Objections Frivolous
• DHL, Workers Seek Approval For Settlement In OT Case
• Olans Mills Close To A Deal In Photographer FLSA Suit
• Case Farms Settles Donning, Doffing Suit
• GSK Tries To Axe Wellbutrin Consumer Antitrust Suit
• Prior Ruling Doesn't Apply In Light Cigarette MDL: Judge
• MEMC Shareholders Lose Suit Over Factory Problems
• Office Depot, Epix Can Exit $70M Deal: 3rd Circ.
• Talbots Reaches Stipulation Allowing For Aeon Deal
• Bid To Revive Omnicom Securities Class Action Nixed
• Conditional Cert. Sought In Sing Tao Papers OT Suit
• Photographers File FLSA Suit Against Olan Mills
• Class Denied In Rohm And Haas Cancer Cluster Suit
• Jury Trial Gets OK'd In Volvo Retiree Benefits Suit
• Class Certified In Gristede's Sex Bias Case
• Military Trainer OT Claims Against Gold Belt Pared
• Nintendo Gets Flying Wii Remote Case Tossed
• NH Cities Sue State Over $27M In Pension Plan Funds
• OxyContin Buyers Resolve Purdue Antitrust Claims
• Shoe Mania Says $1.15M OT Deal Right Size
• $1.4B Fairfax-Zenith Deal Cheats Shareholders: Suit
• Merck's Patent Tactics Violate Antitrust Law: Suit
• Swiss Life Marriage Policy Governed By NY Law: Judge
• Sheriff Deputy Cinches Cert. On Appeal In Wage Suit
• Eviction Co. Must Pay Workers Minimum Wage: Court
• Class Action Over AT&T Internet Contract Kept Alive
• AndroGel Buyer Seeks 2nd Shot At Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Free Speech Defense Nixed In Hot Fuel MDL
• Coke Bid To Buy Bottler Challenged By Shareholders
• McGraw-Hill ERISA Plaintiffs Appeal Case Dismissal
• Cooper Cos. Fails To Shake Securities Class Action
• Class Cert. Granted In Construction FLSA Case
• Google Asserts Contract Claim In AdWords Dispute
• Philips Retiree Benefits Class Action Foiled Again
• Plaintiffs Can't See Smithfield Don, Doff Studies: Court
• Netflix, Warner Bros. Face Suit Over Distribution Deal
• EBay Wins Dismissal Of Sellers' Antitrust Action
• Ill. Applebee's Servers Win Class Cert. In Tipping Case
• Bobby Flay's NY Restaurant Group Settles FLSA Suit
• Judge Clears $28.7M Deal In Ky. Gas Royalties Suit
• Cincinnati Workers Lose $55M Battle Against Anthem
• US Open Luxury-Box Waiters Raise Racket Over Wages
• Wackenhut Wins Victory In Security Guard Doffing Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Lojack Car Alarm Installers' OT Action
• Pfizer Spits Out Class Cert. In Listerine Ad Suit
• 3rd Circ. Tosses E-Filing Fee Suit Against Tax Cos.
• Judge Trims Pizza Hut Drivers' FLSA Suit
• Select Comfort Hit With Suit Over Refurbished Beds
• Prilosec Food Poisoning Suit Gets The Boot
• XTO Energy Investors Move To Stop $41B Exxon Deal
• Amgen ERISA Case Doesn't Hit Proper Targets: Judge
• Another Toyota Recall Suit Alleges Electronic Defects
• Law Firms Appeal Fees Awards In Bar Prep Case
• Atty Hits LexisNexis With $500M Faulty Software Claim
• Assistant Manager Seeks Cert. In Big Lots OT Case
• 3rd Circ. Remands Firemen Race Bias Suit Due To Ricci
• Cert. Bid Nixed In Jennifer Convertibles OT Suit
• US Remodelers Settles Wage Class Action For $1.8M
• Worker Wants Collective Cert. In Conoco FLSA Suit
• USHealth Dismissed From Cancer Insurance Suit
• Class Actions Over FINRA Merger Tossed
• Blackwater Instructors Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Wal-Mart Settles Sex Bias Action for $11.7M
• Class Status Sought In Cingular 'Dropped Call' Suit
• GE Seeks Dismissal Of Unsafe Microwave Suit
• Class Cert. Sought In First American Title Rate Suit
• Class Certification Sought In BP Gas Royalties Action
• Toyota Owners Seek Class Status In Suit Over Recalls
• Technician Hits General Electric With OT Action
• Court Won't Certify Nationwide White Male Bias Action