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Class Action - October, 2010

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• Morgan Stanley Loses Bid To Exit Rhinebridge Suit
• Banks Brace For Onslaught Of Suits Over Foreclosures
• CommScope Hit With Investor Suit Over Carlyle Deal
• Claims Pared In Franchisee Contract Fight With IHOP
• Rome Bank Investors Sue To Block $74M Merger
• Initial Cert. Granted In Home Shopping Network OT Case
• Ready Mix Settles Driver FLSA Actions
• Toyota Secretly Bought Back Defective Cars: Suit
• Shareholders, Talbots Reach $34M Deal In Aeon Suit
• Merck Sets Aside $950M For Federal Vioxx Settlement
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Donald Frederico
• Shareholder Action Targets $580M GE-Clarient Deal
• Wash. Post Hit With Fraud Action Over Kaplan Unit
• 3P To Cough Up $2.25M To End Disputes With Drivers
• AGA Medical Investor Sues Over $1.3B St. Jude Deal
• Verizon To Pay $77M In FCC Mystery Fees Case
• Dick's Sporting Goods Faces Class Action Over Pay
• Direct Purchaser Attys Net $9M In DRAM Settlements
• BofA, Others Hit With Class Suit Over Fla. Foreclosures
• Rivals Try To Revive Antitrust Case Against Del Monte
• 9th Circ. Pushes Mediation In Rio Human Rights Suit
• Scotbilt Can't Shake Home Insulation Class Action
• Payday Lender To Shell Out $6M In Class Settlement
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Michael Leffel
• Station Casinos Gets OK For $1.2M OT Settlement
• NY Consumers Denied Cert. In McDonald's False Ad Suit
• AnimalFeeds, Stolt-Nielsen Settle Antitrust Dispute
• GSK Must Face Wellbutrin Consumer Antitrust Suit
• NYC Strippers Win Initial Cert. In Collective Action
• BMW Hit With Action Over Fuel Pumps, Waste Gates
• Customers Sue Cablevision For $450M Over Fox Block
• State Farm Class Action Over Reimbursements Lives On
• Case Study: Diebold V. Northern Trust Investments
• Super 8's $2.8M Settlement With Franchisees Approved
• Inergy Ends Investor Suits Over $2B Merger
• US Bank Loses Arbitration Bid In Overdraft Fraud MDL
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Steven Bizar
• $413M Carlisle-Hawk Deal Stiffs Shareholders: Suit
• Verizon Unit Faces OT Action By Former Manager
• La. Plaintiffs Score Appeal In FEMA Trailer MDL
• Disney Hit With WARN Suit Over Baltimore ESPN Zone
• Calif. Grocery Workers Win Cert. In Lockout Actions
• King Pharma Drug Reps Sue For Overtime Pay
• US Attys Eye Canada As Fertile Class Action Ground
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Lucia Nale
• NCAA Sacked With Scholarship Antitrust Class Suit
• Raytheon Inks $2M Settlement In Overtime Action
• Schleicher V. Wendt And Fraud-On-The-Market Doctrine
• Fund Says Regions Knowingly Fluffed AmSouth's Value
• Amedisys Hit With ERISA Suit Over Medicare Issues
• Toll Brothers Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• 3rd Circ. Backs Rejection Of Cell Phone Radiation Suit
• Ex-Chrysler Workers Sue Cerberus Over Trust Benefits
• ACL Shareholders Sue Over $777M Merger Offer
• Funeral Group Takes Casket Antitrust Case To 5th Circ.
• Facebook Seeks To Trim Advertisers' Click Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Class Cert. In BioPay Junk Fax Action
• Policyholders Seek Contractor Costs From Travelers
• Q&A With Katten's Claudia Callaway
• CSC ERISA Plaintiffs Seek En Banc Review In 9th Circ.
• Morrison Decision Looks Beyond Securities Borders
• Prince Telecom Will Settle FLSA Suit With Technicians
• Union Brief Allowed In Butterball Don, Doff Case
• Q&A With Dykema Gossett's Kevin Snyder
• Samsung Hit With Class Action Over Faulty HDTVs
• Account Reps Win Cert. In Comcast Wage Action
• Federal Can't Shake Suit Over Client's $2M Tab
• Wintrust Faces Collective Action From Underwriters
• Blackwater Successor Hit With Another FLSA Action
• Class Cert. Denied In International Paper Enviro Battle
• Rent-A-Center Sues Over Class Action Settlement Cut
• UAW Claims Auto Parts Maker Breached ERISA Plan
• Class Certified In Calif. Overtime Action Against Oracle
• 9th Circ. Tosses Amgen Off-Label Marketing MDL
• Iowa Archer Daniels Workers Sue For Overtime
• 2nd Circ. Considers Reinstating Fosamax Witness
• Omni Can't Shake Auto Parts Fraud Action
• Wal-Mart Falsely Points To Circuit Split, Class Atty Says
• Mentor Investors' Suit Over $1B J&J Merger Tossed
• MoneyGram's $4.5M ERISA Settlement Gets Judge's OK
• Q&A With Gibbons' Michael McDonald
• EU Takes 2nd Shot At Collective Action System
• Plaintiffs Get Cockpit Audio In Plane Crash MDL
• Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition
• Antitrust Claim Survives 2nd Cut in Webkinz MDL
• Ex-Refco CEO Escapes Shareholders' Fraud Fight
• Securities Suit Over Nvidia Chip Failures Tossed
• Texas Woman Hits IberiaBank With Overdraft Fees Suit
• BofA Loses Bid To Toss Wage-And-Hour MDL
• Former Refco CFO Dropped From Securities Action
• Century 21 Franchisees Dodge Appeal Of Class Cert.
• GameStop, Managers End Reimbursement Dispute
• Loan Officers Slap Prospect Mortgage With Wage Suit
• A Securities Litigator's Guide To D&O Insurance, Part II
• Cogent Investors Say 3M Is Making Tender Offer Threats
• Prempro Use May Double Breast Cancer Risk: Study
• Judge Nixes 'Wordy' Freddie Mac Securities Action
• Q&A With Armstrong Teasdale's Brant Laue
• State Farm Wins Bid To Keep Rate Suit In Fed Court
• Retail Clerk Hits Interstate Brands With OT Action
• Class Cert. Granted In SC Cancer Insurance Action
• 8th Circ. To Rehear Catheter Antitrust Suit Against Bard
• Judge OKs New Claims In Tyson FLSA Class Action
• Wal-Mart Cashiers' Fight Over Seats Moves Forward
• Common Benefit Attys To Get $315M From Vioxx Deal
• Zynga Faces Privacy Suit On Behalf Of Facebook Users
• USDA To Pay $680M To Native American Farmers
• Steering Committee Formed For Toyota MDL In Texas
• Book Closed On Ark. City Police Don, Doff Suit
• TJ Maxx Slapped With OT Class Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes IPhone Antitrust Class Cert. Appeal
• Bayer Reaches 1st Settlement In Rice MDL
• Pharmacy Seeks To Send Provigil Suit To State Court
• Wellbutrin Users Seek To Revive Class Cert. Bid
• Investors Lobby For Lead Role In Apollo Fraud Action
• Baxter Settles Lab Tech OT Action For $2.6M
• Judge Pares Investor Class Action Against Goldman
• Manulife Investors Fight To Keep Class Action Alive
• Lloyd's Can't Shake Hurricane Coverage Action
• Dow, DuPont Dropped From Ecuador Pesticide Suit
• Apple, AT&T IPad Action Survives Dismissal Bids
• Snapple 'All Natural' Class Action Revived
• Grant Thornton Settles Refco Litigation For $25M
• Horizon To Pay $22M To End NJ Ambulatory Care Suits
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' Craig Borowski
• Case Study: Bateman V. AMC
• Wal-Mart Slapped With RICO Suit Over Illegal Janitors
• 7th Circ. Sends NCAA Lottery Spat To State Court
• AEI Settles With Satellite Techs For $2M
• Hundreds Tossed From Hospital FLSA Suits
• Microsoft Faces Action Over Alleged Zune Defects
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Tobacco Deal Antitrust Action
• Tobacco Makers Win Some Costs In Marketing Case
• SolarWinds Hit With Shareholder Suit Over IT Contracts
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's James O'Neal
• King's Board Cashing In On $3.6B Pfizer Deal: Suit
• Beware: When Making Public Comments
• Gateway Hit With Class Suit Over Faulty Computers
• Lichten Wins Admission To NJ Robert Half OT Action
• 11th Circ. Reverses Itself On Class Action Threshold
• Self-Evaluative Privilege In Products Liability Litigation
• 8th Circ. Affirms Preemption Ruling In Medtronic MDL
• Q&A With Skadden Arps' Jay Kasner
• Judge Nixes Celestica Shareholder Class Action
• Judge Trims Class Action Against Quaker Oats
• Conditional Cert. OK'd In Lopez Foods Don, Doff Suit
• German Court Nixes $324M Ruling Against Daimler
• 5 Tricks For Deposing A Class Certification Expert
• Store Managers Hit Couche-Tard With Overtime Action
• Insurer, School District Settle Over Webcam Spying Suit
• Settlement Ends Protest Of M&M Corp.-Emera Merger
• Bechtel To Pay $18.5M To Settle ERISA Suit
• Shareholder Tries To Bar $640M Bid For Internet Brands
• Judge OK's $10.5M Settlement In Kellogg Ads Suit
• Chimicles Loses Bid For $18M Piece Of Adelphia Pie
• WaMu Reorganization Plan Comes Under Fire
• Ex-Rutgers QB Refiles Likeness Action Against EA
• Moore, MF Global Told To Reveal CFTC Query Docs
• Governing Disclosure Of Loss Contingencies
• PulteGroup Again Hit With Suit Over Faulty Plumbing
• Spat Erupts Over Lead Status In China North Lawsuit
• Q&A With McDermott's Christopher Murphy
• BP ERISA Suits To Join Securities Actions In Houston
• Consumer Sues POM Over Juice Marketing
• WaMu Investors Win Class Cert. In Lending Fraud Suit
• Chinese Drywall Maker Agrees To Pilot Repair Plan
• Sony Asks To Exit Optical Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• Judge OKs $1.7M Settlement In Starwood Tips Suit
• Medtronic Settles Sprint Fidelis MDL For $268M
• Citigroup Used Layoffs To Cull Women: Suit
• Burger King Text Ad Settlement Gets Final Approval
• NY Hospital To Pay $4.5M Over Nurses' Antitrust Claims
• Apple Plaintiffs Bring On Ads In IPad Overheating Suit
• NightHawk Shareholder Sues To Bar $170M VRad Deal
• Fidelity Ends Class Action Over Reimbursement Rates
• Q&A With Proskauer's Elise Bloom
• Settlement OK'd In AIPC-Ralcorp Merger Suits
• Defendants Trimmed From Cement Price-Fixing Suits
• Deal Ends Challenge Of $41B Exxon-XTO Merger
• Poultry Farmer Smacks Lloyd's With Class Action
• Westgate FLSA Plaintiffs Likely To Face Sanctions
• Charter One Workers Score Class Cert. In OT Suit
• A Securities Litigator's Guide To D&O Insurance, Part I
• Chancery Court Ups Ante For 'First Filers'
• Settlement Near In Duke Energy ERISA Class Action
• Class Action Filings Remain Steady, Corp. Counsel Say
• Leonard Carder Can Sue Firm Over $12M Fee Dispute
• Class Cert. Denied In Suit Over Safeco Auto Coverage
• T-Mobile Wants Phone Insurance Class Action Stayed
• Asiana Cuts $21M Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Q&A With Lane Powell's Gwendolyn Payton
• High Court Snubs Drug Cos.' Appeal Of HRT Cases
• Take-Two $20M Backdating Settlement Approved
• Ind. Court Cuts $42M Award For State Workers
• Relacore Makers Hit With Fraud, Racketeering Action
• Stewart Settles Title Insurance Overcharge Action
• Fallout From The KeySpan Swap Case
• Shareholders Peeved Over $288M Capital Gold Deal
• AIG Fights Class Cert. In $1B Workers' Comp Action
• Mich. Real Estate Firms Hit With Antitrust Action
• Suit Over Conseco Price Hikes Mostly Survives Ruling
• Life Insurers Face 3rd Complaint In Tax Shelter Case
• BofA Loses Bid For Interlocutory Appeal In MDL
• Defense Attys Take The Offense In Class Cert. Battles
• Case Study: Taub V. Big M Inc.
• Best Buy Settles Wage Action Over Security Checks
• Avandia ERISA Class Actions Consolidated
• GAO Report Sparks Education Management Suit
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Richard Leveridge
• EU To Consider Allowing Antitrust Class Actions
• A Special Rule For Corporate Exec Depositions
• Judge Won't Expedite Suit Over 3M-Cogent Deal
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Wayne Mack
• Raytheon Smacked With Calif. Wage Action
• Audi Owner Sues VW Over Alleged Headlight Defect
• Temp Agency Manpower Beats Vacation Benefits Suit
• Novartis Prevails In 2nd Trial Over Bone Drug Liability
• Cable Guys Hit BroadBand With Wage Action
• Hard Rock Waiters Can't Send Class Notice, Judge Says
• Plaintiffs Get Creative With Consumer Class Actions
• PotashCorp Sued Over Rejection Of $40B BHP Bid
• Amici Give Consumers Boost In AT&T Contract Spat
• FLSA Suit Against Airport Shop Chain Moved To Fla.
• Home Appraisers Slap JPMorgan With FLSA Action
• Loan Underwriters Hit MetLife With OT Suit
• Littler Sues Japonais Operator To Get Paid
• Quicken Loans Hit With Class Suit Over Credit Bias Law
• Consumers Target J&J Unit Over Listerine Marketing
• 8th Circ. Denies Rehearing In ReliaStar Annuity Spat
• 2nd Circ. Denies Wells Fargo A Slice Of $3B Card Deal
• Class Action Over Jackson National Annuities Tossed
• Fla. Superfund Site Neighbors Sue Koppers Over Toxins
• Pittsburgh Casino Shorted Security Guards On OT: Suit
• Zurich Unit To Pay $545M To Settle Fee Class Action
• Geico Hit With Consumer Action Over UIM Coverage
• Ex-Crispo Servers Win Initial Cert. On FLSA Claims
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Kathleen Sooy
• Suits Seek $500M From Pelephone Over Customer Fees
• Alberto-Culver Shareholders Decry $3.7B Unilever Deal
• Indirect Wellbutrin Buyers Denied Cert. Against GSK
• Judge Pares Securities Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Scientific Image FLSA Lawsuit Will Stay In Calif.
• Percent Approach Outstrips Lodestar In Class Actions
• VIP Wireless Trims But Can't Nix OT Collective Suit
• Dick's Wage Case Removed To Federal Court
• Unitek, DirectSat Face OT Action By DC Workers
• Del. Judge Refuses To Block $943M 3M-Cogent Deal
• Unilever Settles Suit Over Low-Cal Ice Cream Label
• Longtime Denny's Employee Files OT Suit
• Thompson & Knight, K&L Gates Settle Sunwest Case
• Samsung Faces Class Action Over TV Defect
• Toyota Shareholders Add Japanese Securities Count
• Class Targets Eaton, Manufacturers In Antitrust Action
• Trubion Investor Sues To Halt $135M Sale To Emergent
• Q&A With Crowe & Dunlevy's Brooke Murphy
• Hausfeld Takes Helm In Potato Antitrust Action
• EEOC Finds Disability Bias In Foreign Service Hiring
• Settlement Classes OK'd In Canadian Car Antitrust MDL
• 3 Perrigo Board Members Walk From ARS Class Suit
• Matrixx Investor Battle Could Spur Overdisclosure
• Insurer Triumphs In Employees' ERISA Benefits Action
• Judge Merges Suits Over Provigil Pay-For-Delay Deals
• 3rd Circ. OKs $6.5M In Attys' Fees In Veritas Fraud Deal
• National Union Must Defend Antitrust Suit, Grocer Says
• Citi Sued Over 'Misleading' Credit Protection Plan
• Time For The Supreme Court To Weigh In On Rule 23?
• Nissan Sued Over Pathfinder Radiator Troubles
• Hypercom Ignoring Viable Takeover Bid, Suit Says
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Michael Burkhardt
• Great-West, London Life Ordered To Repay $445M
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling Allowing Milk Antitrust Action
• Class Action Over Towers-Watson Merger Can Proceed
• Class Cert. Awarded In Suits Over Insurance Overbilling
• US Asked To Weigh In On Securities Cert. Standards
• Ohio High Court Guidance Sought In Bayer Vitamin Suit
• Aldus, Investors End Fight Over Pay-To-Play Claims
• FCC Investigates Verizon Wireless 'Mystery Fees'
• Class Cert. Granted In Health Temp Agency FLSA Suit
• Fremont Settles Securities Class Action
• Alliance HealthCare Loses Bid To Toss Overtime Suit
• Class Cert. Rulings A Boon To Expert Witness Industry
• Q&A With Adams & Reese's William Gaudet
• Supreme Court Asks US To Weigh In On Loss Causation
• MGIC Denied Insurance To Moms On Leave: Suit
• Cogent Investor Says NEC Was Shut Out Of 3M Deal
• Walgreen Beats Shareholder Suit Over Analyst Report
• Wage Claims Proceed In Four Seasons Tip Action
• Farmers Seek Class Cert. In Suits Over USDA Program
• Two Classes OK'd In EBay False Ad, Contract Suits
• AIG Wins Bid To Nix Action Over Madoff Coverage
• Skycaps Lose Class Cert. Bid In JetBlue Tip Dispute
• Scholastic Closes Book On Shareholder Class Action
• Lead Plaintiff In Eli Lilly FLSA Suit Still Out
• All Claims Dismissed In Bare Escentuals Class Action
• DirecTech Can't Secure Judgment In OT Suit
• Magnesium Oxide Cos. Fixed Prices, Class Says
• Brother Printer Ink Cartridge Class Action Booted Again
• Foreign Courts Eyed For Class Actions Post-Morrison
• NJ Supreme Court Revives Class Cert. In Relacore Case
• Comcast MDL Class Alters Claims To Avoid Arbitration
• Pharmacy Class Blasts CVS For Misusing Patient Info
• UAW Class Hits Ford In Visteon Retiree ERISA Suit
• Plaintiffs' Attys Must Pay Star Gas Fees In Fraud Action
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Craig Hoover
• Legal Hold May Keep You Out Of Jail Over E-Discovery