Class Action Archive » September, 2010

Class Action - September, 2010

315 articles

• Securities Action Over Metaldyne Deal Gets The Boot
• Oppenheimer ARS Fraud Suit Dismissed
• Green Mountain Hid SEC Probe Before $250M Sale: Suit
• Iowa Gov't Workers Win Class Cert. In Race Bias Case
• Another Inergy Investor Fights To Block $1.9B Merger
• Most GE Microwave Defect Claims Survive Bid To Nix
• CNB Gets Another Would-Be ERISA Suit Dropped
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• JPMorgan Hit Again Over Denied Mortgage Relief
• Antitrust Action Over United DC-SF Flights Nixed
• Consumers Sue Ben & Jerry's Over 'All Natural' Claim
• Q&A With Chadbourne's Mary Yelenick
• Class Cert. Denied For Now In Rick Bus FLSA Suit
• Cancer Patients' Suit Over Aetna Scan Denials Nixed
• Officers Class Decertified In FLSA Suit Against HSBC
• Insurer's Surcharge Warnings Insufficient, Judge Says
• Army Role-Playing Trainers Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Investor Suit Over Savient Gout Drug Reactions Fails
• Summary Bids Nixed In ThyssenKrupp Don, Doff Suit
• Ex-Takeda Sales Rep Files OT Collective Action
• Monsanto Loses Bid To Link Investor, Derivative Suits
• 11th Circ.'s Cappuccitti Ruling Could Undermine CAFA
• Beware EFTA Notice Requirements
• Apple Settles Options Backdating Litigation For $14M
• Penn Virginia Investor Seeks To Block $954M Deal
• NY Life Prevails In Policyholder's Fraud Action
• Consumers Hit 'OPEC Of Potatoes' With Antitrust Action
• SocGen Escapes Subprime Securities Class Action
• Class Cert. Put On Hold In Acer False Marketing Suit
• Comcast Wins Exit From Technicians' FLSA Suit
• Judge Slams McGuireWoods In BAR/BRI Antitrust Case
• Media Cos. Seek Voice In EA Athletes' Likeness Suit
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Michael Mueller
• Old Republic Settles Conn. Mortgage Class Action
• Ex-Raytheon Workers Demand Medical Monitoring
• Special Master Appointed To Sort Out BP MDL Claims
• Accusers Of Amaranth Win Class Certification
• 2nd Circ. Wrestles With Citi, S&P Stock Drop Suits
• Claims Pared In Bryan Cave Tax Shelter Class Action
• Supreme Court Will Hear Drug Pricing Dispute
• Chesapeake Exploration Underpays Gas Royalties: Suit
• Sears Settles Sales Commissions Class Action
• Class Action Accuses Cigna Of Ripping Off Insureds
• Ariz. Hospitals Settle Nurses' Antitrust Suit For $22M
• Hospital Network Gets OT Class Action Tossed
• Smithfield Don, Doff Action Keeps Collective Status
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Stephen Prignano
• 9th Circ. Revives Potential $290M Class Action V. AMC
• Botox Settlement Adds More Frown Lines To Industry
• Attys Seek More Clarity On E-Mail Notification
• Former Service Manager Hits Goodyear With OT Action
• Supreme Court To Hear Baycol Class Cert. Dispute
• How To Structure An Airtight Class Action Deal
• 6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Owens Corning ERISA Suit
• A 'Curious Case' Revisited
• Sallie Mae Dodges 1 Of 2 Securities Actions
• Attys Prepare For Potential Surge In Privacy Actions
• Fortress Settles Gambling-Cruise Workers' WARN Suit
• GSK Drug Partner XenoPort Hit With Stock Drop Action
• Morgan Stanley Removes Advisers' Commission Suit
• Chase Sued Over Credit Card Protection Program
• AK Steel's $175M Payout In ERISA Case Approved
• Laid Off Workers Hit Excel Storage With WARN Action
• Judge Closes Door On Waldorf Tip-Skimming Action
• CropLife Ecuador Exits Spat Over Toxic Fungicide
• Consumers Say Mercedes-Benz Made Defective Rims
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Nancy Scott Degan
• UPS Hit With ERISA Suit Over Health Benefits
• Colavita Accused Of Massive Olive Oil Scam
• US Chamber Backs Wal-Mart In Bias Action
• Sulfuric Acid Makers Fail To Kill Antitrust Class Action
• EEOC Accuses DHL Of Racial Segregation
• E&Y Sued Over Petters Feeder Fund Involvement
• Abbott Hit With Class Action Over Bugs In Baby Formula
• Fred Meyer Workers Win Initial Class Cert. In OT Suit
• 3rd Time Not The Charm For Cert. In Insulation Action
• Case Study: Haro V. Sebelius
• Nintendo Sends Wii Safety Strap Case Packing
• EEOC Hits Ill. Restaurant With Sex Harassment Suit
• Circuit City Workers Want Class Status On WARN Claim
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Patrick Hulla
• Citigroup Strikes Deal In Worker Misclassification Suit
• United Rentals Manager Wins Initial Cert. In OT Action
• Judge Sacks Ex-Rutgers QB's Suit Against EA
• Enterprise Faces 2nd Shareholder Suit Over $9B Deal
• Lincoln National Faces ERISA Suit Over Death Benefits
• Dish Network Settles Retailer Class Actions For $88M
• ABM Security Guards Lose Class Status In OT Suit
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Nissan's 'Bubbly' Dashboards
• Dancers Sue La. Strip Club Over Lost Wages, Tips
• CVS Workers' OT Class Action Slimmed
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Class Settlement In Mortgage Litigation
• Getty Settles MTBE Claims In 27 Lawsuits
• NJ Fire Dept. Ordered To Expand Residency Rule
• Nara Bancorp Prevails In $53M Derivative Action
• Wells Fargo Hit With Mortgage Class Action
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's John Nadolenco
• Samsung Faces Class Action Over Busted Fridges
• P&G Faces Consumer Action Over Align Health Claims
• Parkcentral Investors File Suit Over Fund's Collapse
• Judge Allows Extra Discovery In Starbucks Class Action
• ANZ Hit With Class Action Over Penalty Fees
• DRAM Direct Buyers' Counsel Seek $9M In Fees
• Accenture Age Bias Class Action Trimmed
• 6th Circ. Clears Ernst & Young Of Accredo Fraud Claims
• Shareholders Sue Arena Over Weight Drug Cancer Risk
• Q&A With Dechert's Ezra Rosenberg
• Marine Hose Plaintiffs Seek Depositions Ahead Of Trial
• Maine Supreme Court Squashes Data Breach Claims
• CVS Loses Fight Over Collective Status In OT Suit
• Saleswomen Lose Class Bid In Toolmaker Bias Suit
• 7 Tips For Deposing A Class Rep
• Real Estate Pricing Action Not Up To Snuff, Judge Says
• Netezza Shareholder Sues To Block $1.7B IBM Merger
• 11th Circ. Rules Shuttle Drivers Exempt From OT Wages
• Safety-Kleen Wins Decertification Bid In OT Case
• BK Looks To Fry Franchisee Class' Bad Faith Claims
• J&J Faces Shareholder Action Over Drug Woes
• Deal In BMW Cracked Wheels Action Gets Initial OK
• Case Study: Ellen Smith And Inco
• Court OKs Schwab's $5.7M Deal With Investor Group
• Samsung US Subsidiary Let Out Of SRAM Litigation
• Madoff Victim Fights To Revive Claim Cut From Appeal
• $350M Deal Approved In United Health Class Action
• Student Loan Investors Fight $600M Discover Buyout
• Class Cert. Denied In H&R Block Warranty Action
• Cypress Investors Resist $163M Ramius Takeover Bid
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Jeffrey Weil
• 11th Circ. Rejects AT&T Bid To Nix $15.5M USF Award
• Constellation Investors Take Another Shot At Fraud Suit
• Nationwide Employees File FLSA Suit Over Training OT
• The Importance Of US V. Stricker
• Wal-Mart Shoppers Drop Suit Over 'Illegal' Switchblades
• Judge Orders BofA To Disclose Report in ERISA Suit
• 7 Tips For Maximizing Your Time Before The JPML
• Tyco Worker Drops Vacation Claim From Wage Action
• Classes Pile Up In Faulty Transmission Suits V. Ford
• Valeant, Biovail Settle Class Action Over $3B Merger
• Ameriprise Workers Win Cert. In Login, Logout Suit
• 8th Circ. Clarifies CAFA Local Controversy Exception
• Discover Used 'Sleight-Of-Hand' To Sell Services: Suit
• Microtune Investor Fights To Block $166M Zoran Deal
• Q&A With Proskauer's Mark Batten
• R&L Carriers Hit With OT Class Action
• AmEx Action Stayed For High Court Ruling In AT&T
• Mark Holders Seek Cert. In Google AdWords Suits
• CHG Settles Food Equipment Antitrust Suit For $2.5M
• Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti's Effect On CAFA
• Egg Plaintiffs Win Permission To Inspect Iowa Farms
• Plaintiffs Bar Refuses To Admit Defeat Post-Morrison
• Fuwei Ends Investor Suit Over Chinese Assets For $2M
• Lululemon Employees Want Class Cert. In OT Suit
• BMW Nears Deal In Action Over 'Cracking' Wheels
• Diamond Shareholder Looks To Block $378M PwC Deal
• BofA, Mortgage Unit Hit With Flood Coverage Class Suit
• Whirlpool Can't Wash Hands Of Moldy Machine Claims
• Judge Boots Investor Class Action Against Deutsche
• $30M Settlement Approved In Avacor Class Action
• GTSI Sues To Stop EyakTek's Planned Takeover
• Nanya Fails To Bag Speedy Settlement In DRAM MDL
• Jurisdictional Discovery OK'd In OxyContin IP Suit
• RGIS Settles FLSA Collective Action For $27M
• E-Discovery Alignment In Antitrust Actions: Good Idea?
• Banks Beat Consumers' ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Kellogg Workers' Donning, Doffing Ruled Nonpayable
• Bristol-Myers, ZymoGenetics Hit With Suit Over Merger
• Philip Morris Unable To Kick Smokers Out Of MDL
• HP's $1.5B ArcSight Deal Spurs Shareholder Suit
• Sony Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Hi-Def TVs
• AB InBev Faces Fresh ERISA Suit Over Pension Plan
• Dean Foods Must Produce Info In Milk Antitrust MDL
• Remand Battle Stayed In State Farm Rate Suit
• $2B Inergy Merger Would Shortchange Investors: Suit
• Novartis MDL Plaintiffs Seek To Lift Protective Order
• AEP Off Hook In Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• 8th Circ. Kills Suit Over Medtronic's Fidelis Disclosures
• EEOC Targets Security Firm Over Head Scarf Policy
• IP Fraud Trial Against Headwaters Ends In $7M Verdict
• Export Packaging Workers Lose WARN Class Cert. Bid
• Class Cert. Sought In Farmers Insurance Repricing Suit
• Wal-Mart Hit With Class Action Over ATM Fees
• 9th Circ. Declines To Rehear Insurers' Antitrust Appeal
• 5th Circ. Revives Washington Group Katrina Claims
• Farmers Ducks Some Liability In Car Value Loss Suit
• Class Cert. Question Revived In Microsoft Vista Suit
• 'Foreign-Squared' Plaintiffs Ousted From Alstom Suit
• Technician Hits Broadband Express With FLSA Suit
• Suit Claims Widespread Sex Bias At Goldman Sachs
• Egg Farm Knew Of Contamination For Years: Panel
• Cox Can't Shake FLSA Claim In Technician OT Spat
• Judge Tosses Most Of Subprime Suit Against ING
• Dell Settles Class Action Over Defective Notebooks
• Argentine Bond Default Class Action Continues
• Okla. Gas Royalty Owners Seek Cert. In BP Action
• Acura Accused Of Securities Fraud Over Acurox
• The Danger Of Affirmative Public Statements
• Oil Rig Helicopter Cos. Beat Price-Fixing Class
• Lehman Seeks Billions Over Payment Priority Flip
• GSK Gets Patent Cut From Wellbutrin Antitrust Action
• Scalia Stays $270M Judgment In La. Smoking Suit
• The Curious Case Of Pharma Sales Reps And The FLSA
• Wage Ruling Paves Way For Seyfarth FLSA Deal
• Minn. High Court Favors Fitness Chain In FLSA Case
• Foreign Plaintiffs Allowed In Toyota Accelerator MDL
• Reserve Loses Bid To Stay Discovery In Securities MDL
• AT&T Settles Analysts' OT Class Action For $17M
• EEOC Hits FedEx With Sex Bias Class Action
• EEOC Vows To Flesh Out UPS Medical Leave Suit
• SAG Settles With Actors Over Foreign Royalties
• Fidelity Sued Over Hurricane Ike Coverage
• Astellas Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Stress Test System
• Class Seeks Sanctions In $1.2B HP Sales Contract Suit
• Fairfield Greenwich Can't Appeal Preemption Rulings
• Alleged Al-Qaida Backers Escape 9/11 Suits
• Indirect Purchaser Standing Upheld In Shipping Suit
• VW, Audi Agree To Fix Sludge-Damaged Engines
• JPMorgan Hit With Homeowner Class Action
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• Acura Hit With Securities Suit Over Acurox Claims
• Shareholders Sue Over $9B Enterprise Deal
• Insurers On Hook For Defense Of Writers' Age Bias Suit
• Doctors Hit Calif. Blue Shield Hit With Class Action
• DirectSat Avoids Sanctions In OT Class Action
• New Securities Suits Dip As Financial Crisis Fades
• LCD Makers Win Bid To Move AG's Suit To MDL
• BofA's $4.7M Pay Stub Settlement Halted
• Safeway Insurance Adjuster Launches OT Action
• Judge OKs $2M Deal In Stolt-Nielsen Securities Suit
• BofA Seeks Interlocutory Appeal Over Merrill Merger
• SunTrust, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Dodge Securities Suit
• SAS To Pay $14M To Settle Air Cargo MDL
• International Paper, Others Hit With Price-Fixing Action
• 3rd-Party Payor Class Nixed In Lilly Zyprexa Appeal
• 10th Circ. Upholds Solvay Win In Age Discrimination Suit
• American Apparel Hit With New Investor Class Action
• Raytheon On Hook For Retiree Benefits: 9th Circ.
• Employment Testing In A Recovering Job Market
• FedEx Drivers Take Employment MDL To 7th Circ.
• Texas Ponzi Victims Can't Pursue Claims As Class
• Class Action Over Stinky BMWs Tossed
• Cox Loses Bid To Toss Calif. Worker Class Action
• Ga. Call Center Reps Hit Verizon With Overtime Suit
• Judge Boots Verizon Workers' Privacy Suit Over GPS
• Skycaps' Claims Revived In United, US Airways Suits
• BK Investors Want It Their Way In $4B Sale To 3G
• KBR Can't Squelch Burn Pit Litigation
• Exxon Refinery Sued Over Dust Cloud Release In La.
• Judge Won't Block $1.2B Dollar Thrifty-Hertz Deal
• Managers Sue Valspar Over OT Exemption
• Washington National Takes Hit In Coverage Class Action
• Genzyme Shareholder Sues Over Sanofi Bid Rejection
• Indirect Buyers' Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Lives On
• PMI Settles Shareholder Suit For $31M
• Coke Bottler Settles Suit Over $12B Merger
• BMW Faces New Suit Over Secret Engine Fixes
• Saudi Bin Ladin Group Wants Out Of 9/11 MDL
• 6th Circ. Nixes $20.5M Verdict In Welding Fumes MDL
• UPS Wants Class Action Over Late Delivery Tossed
• Wells Fargo Settles Consultant FLSA Suit For $6.9M
• 3rd Circ. Shoots Down NutriSystem Commission Suit
• SciClone Hit With Shareholder Suit Amid DOJ, SEC Probe
• BNY Mellon Back On Hook Over Lehman Losses
• Purdue To Pay $16M To Settle OxyContin Claims
• NewAlliance Investors Sue Over $2B First Niagara Deal
• Farmers Cinch Class Cert. In Milk Antitrust MDL Case
• Immucor, Ortho-Clinical Want Dismissal Bid Reheard
• Skilled Healthcare Turns $671M Verdict Into $50M Deal
• Loan Officers Win Cert. In First Option FLSA Suit
• 10th Circ. Reverses $1B Ruling Against Dow, Rockwell
• Exxon Can't Escape $105M Verdict In MTBE Suit
• Schwab Faces Another Action Over Bond Fund
• Lance Shareholder Sues Over Snyder's Merger
• Sales Rep Hits Astellas With Overtime Action
• Minimizing OT Damages For Misclassified Employees
• Suit Over Diamond's Walnut Health Claims Survives
• Trans Fat Suit Against Kroger Dismissed
• PR High Court To Weigh Antitrust Law In Shipping Suit
• Allergan Board Must Pay For $600M DOJ Deal, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Strikes Down Truckers' FLSA Appeal
• Claims Against J&J In 8 States Dismissed In AWP MDL
• Priceline, Others Settle Fla. Tax Dispute For $6.5M
• General Growth Reaches $5.8M ERISA Settlement
• P&G Wins Dismissal Of Vicks Vitamin C Class Action
• CNG Hit With Class Action Over SEC Nondisclosure
• TWIA Faces Action Over Hurricane Ike Payouts
• Chesapeake Energy Securities Action Survives
• ADC Seeks To Settle Suits Over $1B Sale To Tyco
• Citizens Bank Workers Win Class Cert. In OT Fight
• Home City, Class Get OK For $13.5M Deal In Ice MDL
• Class Action Against Nissan Over Rollaway Cars Tossed
• Judge Shuts Down Actimmune Marketing MDL
• WL Homes Suits Over Alleged Defects Get Green Light
• Enterprise Products Fined Over Fatal Explosion
• Ex-VeraSun Execs Cleared In Shareholder Suit
• ABM To Pay $5.8M To End Sexual Harassment Action
• CableView Workers Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• Anadarko, Others Escape Ark. Oil Rights Action
• Cigna Faces FLSA Class Action From Case Managers
• J&J, Target, CVS Escape Toxic Bath Products Action
• Class Action Says RadioShack Misclassified Managers
• 9th Circ. Leaves Class Alive In Jackson RICO Suit
• Philip Morris' Appeal Of Smokers' Class Cert. Denied
• Shareholder Seeks To Block $943M 3M, Cogent Deal
• GSK Fails Again To Nix Antitrust Claims Over Wellbutrin
• Home Appraisal RICO Suit Against Wells Fargo Nixed
• Mobil Class Suit Stays In Mariana Islands Federal Court
• 5th Circ. Sides With JPMorgan In Dispute Over Merger
• Technicians Win Cert. In OT Suit Against Siemens Unit
• 5 Cases Impacting Investors In Public Cos.
• GSK Paxil Suit Transferred From Minn. To NJ
• Skilled Healthcare Settles Securities Action For $3M
• Google Responsible For Phone's 3G Glitches, Suit Says
• Prudential Triumphs Over Agents On FLSA Claims
• Expert Witness Says Cohn Lifland Owes Him $236K
• Cipriani Settles Waiters' Suit Over Service Charges