Class Action Archive » June, 2011

Class Action - June, 2011

332 articles

• Judge Upholds FWS 'Threatened' Polar Bear Designation
• BofA Forced Excess Flood Coverage Purchases: Suit
• OT Law Covers Out-Of-State Workers: Calif. High Court
• 9th Circ. Nixes Cert. Appeal In Toshiba Antitrust Action
• Coyote Ugly Chain Can't Shake Tip Pooling Claim
• Truckers Roll Against CR England Despite Dukes
• Ally Financial Whittles Mortgage Underwriter FLSA Claims
• Genesco Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Action
• Investors Appeal Dismissal Of Barclays MBS Fraud Suit
• Impala Drivers Sue GM Over Faulty Spindle Rods
• BJ's Investor Balks At $2.8B Sale To Leonard Green
• Houston Strip Club Hit With Race Bias Action
• Thompson & Knight Exits Sunwest Fraud Action
• Ex-AB&C Call Center Workers Settle Suit For $1.2M
• FDIC Wins Bid To Toss WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Sioux Falls Settles Sewer Overflow Suit for $2M
• Shareholder Sues Oclaro Over Earnings Forecasts
• BofA Workers Seek Records In Wage-And-Hour Action
• Signalife, Investors Seek Approval For $4M Settlement
• Target To Settle Pharmacists' Suits For $3.3M
• BankUnited To Settle Securities Class Action For $3M
• Qwest To Settle OT Class Action For $1M
• Avis, Others Settle Secondhand Smoke Action
• ThyssenKrupp Unit Can't Shake 1,400 Asbestos Suits
• Judge OKs $22M Settlement In 1031 Tax Group Suit
• 9th Circ. Nixes Securities Fraud Claim Against BP
• High Court Erred In Dukes, Concepcion, Janus: Senators
• Aon Settles OT Class Action For $10.5M
• Starbucks Loses Bid To Decertify Class In OT Suit
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Lisa Heller
• Saved From The Bell?
• Strip Club Chain Scores Settles FLSA Suit
• AutoZone Hit With Race Bias, Rest Break Action
• More Banco Popular Shareholders Can't Join Suit: Judge
• Judge Denies New Trial For BP In $9.7M Royalty Case
• University Of Phoenix Settles Counselors' OT Class Suit
• Judge Boots Title Insurance Case To Arbitration
• Sierra Club Can't Join US Spill Suit Against BP: Judge
• 5th Circ. Affirms Bayer Win In Crawfish Buyers' Suit
• Jacobs Engineering Hit With FLSA Overtime Action
• Southern Union Execs Covet Payday In $7.9B Deal: Suit
• Real Estate Boards Can't Dodge Antitrust Class Action
• Facebook Wins Dismissal Of Friend Finder Class Suit
• Apple Gets ITunes Antitrust Action Tossed
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Anthony Valiulis
• Merrill Disclosures Don't Bar ARS Claims: SEC To 2nd Circ.
• HuffPo Seeks Dismissal Of $105M Unpaid Blogger Suit
• Apple 'Geniuses' Denied Class Cert. In Rest Break Case
• Wal-Mart May Face Multiple Classes In Sex Bias Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive FEMA Trailer Bellwether Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Claim $4M From Antitrust Deal
• UnitedHealth Seeks 2nd Remand Of GSK Paxil Action
• Judge Nixes Class Cert. In ITT Employment Suit
• Burlington Coat Factory Settles Wage Suit For $5.7M
• High Court Won't Hear Firms' Antitrust Subpoena Fight
• Judge Rejects L'Oreal Bid To Kick Hair Serum Suit
• High Court Won't Review Smokers' $270M Judgment
• Dukes And FLSA Collective Actions
• Questions Remain On Class Certification Relitigation
• Zyprexa Payors' Off-Label Suit Denied By High Court
• Calif. Workers' Union Fee Fight Heads To Supreme Court
• Ex-AK Steel Workers Entitled To Benefits, Judge Says
• Supreme Court Remands Sears False Ad Class Action
• JPMorgan Units Hit With Force-Placed Policy Action
• Atty Can't Represent AWP Classes, 1st Circ. Rules
• JPMorgan Ducks Worker's Facebook Retaliation Suit
• Dewey Settles IT Staffer's Overtime Action
• Prentice Can't Ditch Ex-KB Toys Workers' WARN Action
• Ky. Appeals Court Backs Lien Against Fen-Phen Atty
• Morgan Peabody Auditor, Investors Resolve Ponzi Suit
• Putting Up Dukes In Antitrust Class Actions?
• SLUSA And State Court Securities Actions
• Sales Rep Slaps Wolters Kluwer With OT Action
• Convicted Ex-Lampoon CEO Tries to Toss Investor Suit
• $900M Dividend Would End NYSE-Deutsche Deal Suits
• Novelos Shakes Class Action Over Cancer Drug Statements
• Rig Worker's Attys Defend 5th Amendment Move In BP MDL
• UnitedHealth Wins Access To GSK Litigation Info
• Novo Hit With Overtime, Break Action From Sales Rep
• 5th Circ. Backs Dow Chemical In Retaliation Suit
• Wells Fargo, BNY Say MedCap Investor Class Not Eligible
• Judge Broadens Class In Batali Group Tip Action
• Meyers Dawdled In Paying Brokers, Suit Says
• Judge Tosses Oil Rig Flight Price-Fixing Action
• Investors Take CBS Fraud Action To 2nd Circ.
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Skimped On Wages: Suit
• Consumers Drop Kraft Fat Info Class Actions
• Juicy Juice Consumers Take Ad Suit To 9th Circ.
• Starbucks Can't Cut Workers From OT Action Yet: Judge
• United Skycaps Say State Wage Claims Not Preempted
• Intervoice Strikes $4.8M Deal In Investors' Fraud Action
• Constraints On Calif. Credit Card Class Actions
• Tobacco Cos. Urge Post-Dukes Review Of $270M Deal
• Covidien Sales Rep OT Suit Should Be Certified: Judge
• Red Robin Hit With OT, Meal Break Class Action
• Judge Tosses Drywall Defense Coverage Suit
• Deepwater Worker's Attys Face Sanctions In BP MDL
• Lowe's Reaches Settlement In Pay Class Action
• 7th Circ. Wants SC Johnson ERISA Damages Reconsidered
• Judge OKs Sealed BNY Depositions In Suit Over $1.6B Loss
• 3rd Circ. Rules For AT&T In Pension Plan Suit
• Unilever Wins Approval Of Settlement In Trans Fat Suits
• Carlyle Shareholder Cries Fraud Over IPO
• Optiver Crude Trading Suits Paused For CFTC Mediation
• Introducing Class Actions In Mexico
• More Konica Workers Sue Over Unpaid Wages
• MGM Grand Investors Try Again In Room Rental Action
• Marshall & Ilsley Workers' ERISA Suit Tossed
• Jackson Hewitt Creditors Try To Slow Down Ch. 11 Plan
• Q&A With Farella Braun's Karen Kimmey
• Judge OKs Replacement Of Dead Class Rep In Paxil Suit
• Deutsche Bank Hit With Suit Over Bad Mortgages
• Rite Aid Hit With Lawsuit Over Seating Policy
• Class Certified In Wage Suit Against Tyco Unit
• Nationwide Bias Actions Are DOA Post-Dukes
• Real Estate Brokers Settle Antitrust Suit For $2.4M
• Case Study: Wal-Mart V. Dukes
• McDonald's Franchisee Can't Shake Collective OT Claim
• Anthem Blue Cross Settles Policy Closure Action
• Frontier, Holly To Settle 8 Lawsuits Over $7B Merger
• Judge Rejects Settlement In AIG Billing Action
• Merrill Can't Bury Suit Over $100M Funeral Trust Losses
• Chinese Cable Maker Hit With Suit Over Hedge Accounting
• Insurers To Shell Out $65.5M For Lead Paint Claims
• AT&T Mobility Case May Have Limited Application
• Judge Tosses Race Bias Claims Against Canon USA
• Dynex Can't Shake Securities Fraud Action
• Suit Says Ramona's Mislabels Burrito Sodium Info
• DC Judge OKs $3.4B Deal In Indian Royalty Fight
• Infineon, Investors Strike $6M Deal In Price-Fixing Action
• Mercedes Owners Seek Cert. Over E-Class Leak Defect
• Barrack Rodos Wins Lead Counsel In BofA Securities Row
• Smoker's Monitoring Suit Against Philip Morris Nixed
• Shred-It To Settle Wage-And-Hour Class Action
• NY AG Wants Frozen Judicial Pay Case To Stay Closed
• Investment Firm DLA Sued Over $6B REIT Ponzi Scheme
• Standard Parking Settles Wage Actions For $4.2M
• Employment Lawyers Weigh In On Wal-Mart V. Dukes
• Cancer Patients Win $3M In Supplemental Coverage Suit
• Maine Group Again Denied Role In Milk Antitrust Action
• Q&A With Robbins Geller's Paul Geller
• Salt Co. Says Travelers Policy Covers Tainted Water
• Frito Lay Settles Delivery Drivers' OT Action For $1.5M
• Implications Of A Narrow Ruling In Halliburton
• Banco Popular Settles Securities Action For $37.5M
• Lennar Settles Construction Workers' OT Class Fight
• RH Donnelley Execs Must Face Shareholder Suit
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• J&J Wins 1st Trial Victory In Levaquin MDL
• High Court Declines Refco Suit Against Mayer Brown
• Wal-Mart Ruling Raises Bar For Class Actions
• Timberland Investor Challenges VF's $2B Buyout Offer
• Best Buy Settles Calif. Discrimination Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive ACCI Gambling Investment Suit
• BP Spill Judge Drops Third-Party Enviro Claims
• Ex-Workers Hit Equinox With Class Action OT Suit
• Transatlantic Investor Sues To Block $3.2B Sale
• Addus Homecare, Investors Reach $3M Deal Over IPO
• Ford Hit With Class Action Over Cracked Tailgates
• Embattled Fen-Phen Atty Kicked Off Fannie Mae Case
• Investors Go After Profits From LaSalle Ponzi Scheme
• Motorola To Settle Shareholder Action For $3.15M
• 8th Circ. Nixes Bid To Reinstate MEMC Securities Suit
• BofA Tries To Toss Teller Seating Action
• J&J Faces Suit Over Benecol Cholesterol Claims
• United Skycaps Win Conditional Cert. In Tip Suit
• Q&A With Jones Day's Brian Murray
• Merrill Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over $16.5B In MBS
• Q&A With Robbins Umeda's Brian Robbins
• Inside Smith V. Bayer
• Judge Overturns Sundown Win In Spill Coverage Fight
• Air France Plaintiffs Lose Latest Bid To Keep Suit In US
• Auditors Can't Exit Suit Over Funds' Ponzi Investments
• Insurers Remove, Deny $7.7M Stucco Damage Claims
• Turbulence — FTAIA And Air Transportation Claims
• High Court Greenlights W.Va. Class Bid In Baycol Fight
• Haier, GE Freezers Suck Too Much Power, Buyer Claims
• Cadence Settles Securities Class Action For $38M
• 5th Circ. Scraps Sears Technicians' OT Class Action
• Tenn. Nuke Plants Caused Cancer, Property Damage: Suit
• Dreyer's Falsely Marks 'All Natural' Ice Cream, Suit Says
• Appeals Court Says NJ WARN Act Applies To Parent Cos.
• Attys Lose Appeal Over Chemical Co. Settlement Fees
• Investor Sues To Block Citigroup Unit's $307M Ness Buy
• Q&A With Jones Day's Matt Kairis
• 9th Circ. Overturns PwC Loss In OT Class Action
• Tech Support Worker Hits Schulte Roth With OT Action
• MFW Investor Sues To Block MacAndrews & Forbes Deal
• GSK Shakes Humana Suit Over Avandia Injury Costs
• Advisers Sue Morgan Stanley For OT Pay
• Q&A With Beveridge & Diamond's John Guttmann
• Q&A With Dechert's Steven Weisburd
• AmeriHealth Settles Eating Disorder Coverage Suit
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Amgen Tying Suit
• RX-8 Owners Sue Mazda Over Stalling Defect
• Merrill Lynch Associate Sues Over 'Unfair' Pay Method
• RIM Overhyped Sales Of Too-Ripe BlackBerrys: Suit
• A Coverage Only Exception To Texas' 8 Corners Rule
• Banner, Insurers To Settle Drywall MDL For $55M
• Class Settlement Rejected In Compressor Antitrust MDL
• Sanyo, Others Seek Dismissal Of LCD Antitrust Suit
• Regal Lager Ordered To Chip In On $35M Antitrust Deal
• Shareholder Sues Hercules Board Over Exec Pay
• Lloyd's Unit Amlin Exits Bid-Rigging MDL
• Analyst Wants Enforcement Of Seyfarth OT Settlement
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' David Duddleston
• Class Claims Verizon 'Bungled' Foreign Worker Pensions
• High Court Remands ACS Suit For Possible Arbitration
• ABC, Others Settle Action Over Web Privacy Breaches
• Safeway Can't Dodge Recall Notice Class Action
• ERISA Suit Against Cigna Units Wins Partial Class Cert.
• The 'Maker' Of A Statement Under Section 10(b)
• Supreme Court Draws Bright Line In Janus
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds $187M Wal-Mart Judgment
• Hispanic Farmers Seek Class Cert. In USDA Bias Action
• Ford Ordered To Pay $2B In Truck Dealer Class Action
• Ex-NFL Players' Suit Barred By 1st Amendment: EA
• Ex-Pfizer Reps Seek Classes For NY, Calif., Ill.
• Judge Keeps Stay On State Suit In Chinese Drywall Fight
• Female Cop Dispatchers Strike $7M Deal In Pay Bias Action
• Pfizer Sanctions Affirmed In Neurontin Antitrust MDL
• Greenberg Can't Shake Suit Over $200M Securities Fraud
• Judge Certifies Class In Mountaire FLSA Suit
• Judge Nixes Merrill Advisers' Class Action V. BofA
• LandAmerica Execs Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Judge Limits Use Of Calif. Law In Toyota Defect MDL
• Lyondell Settles Severance Claims For $3M
• Judge OKs $39M Deal In Lloyd's Hurricane Damage Action
• Halliburton Beats Class Action Over Spinoff Benefits
• Cancer Patients Triumph In Supplemental Coverage Action
• State Classes Rejected In Citizens Financial OT Suit
• LaBarge To End Investor Suit Over $340M Ducommun Deal
• Hartford Wants Off Hook For Credit Card Info Actions
• Class Cert. Denied In Mini Run-Flat Tire Action
• Case Study: Brantley V. NBC Universal
• Measuring The Aftershock Of AT&T V. Concepcion
• AmEx, Travel Agency Unit Face FLSA Class Action
• Wells Fargo Seeks Approval Of $32M Deal In Bias Suit
• Nestle Says Federal Law Preempts Juicy Juice Label Suit
• Accredited Home Settles Labor Class Suits For $2M
• Sprint Investors Demand KPMG Merger Audit Docs
• American National To Pay $9M To End Class Action
• Stripper FLSA Suit Raises New Arbitration Issues: Judge
• 'Idol' Owner Settles With Investors Over $512M Sale
• Argentine Firm's Contract Fight Over Fees Survives
• Mass. Hospitals Beat Worker Wage-And-Hour Action
• AXA Reaches $2.5M Settlement With Retired Employees
• 8th Circ. Again Upholds Catheter Maker's Antitrust Win
• O'Melveny Seeks Arbitration Of Sexual Harassment Claims
• Frito-Lay Sales Reps Gain Class Cert. In Pay Suit
• Credit Suisse Docs Key To Madoff Feeder Suit: Judge
• Consumer Wins Class Cert. In Walnut Label Suit
• Standing Under Calif.'s Unfair Competition Law
• Solvent Schemes Come To America
• Judge Approves Sprint Unit's $2.7M OT Settlement
• Pearson Escapes Injunction In Photo Copyright Suit
• Win For Workers In Mountaire FLSA Suit Upheld
• 1st Circ. Lets Class Cert. Stand For Starbucks Baristas
• Ex-Contractors Sue Xe For $60M Over Denied Benefits
• Shareholder Blasts Yahoo Over $1B Chinese Investment
• Forest Labs Sales Reps Win Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Firm Lied To Vioxx MDL Clients About Loans, Suit Says
• Black Firefighters Win Class Cert. In NYC Bias Suit
• Ellington Heir's Class Allegations 'Frivolous': Judge
• Lundbeck Settles Antitrust Suit Over Infant Heart Drugs
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Van Beckwith
• Judge Tosses Citi Employee Suit Over Subprime Losses
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Jack Thomas
• Regions Can't Duck Fraud Suit Over AmSouth Valuation
• 2nd Circ. Revives Claims Against Steve & Barry's Owners
• Class Action Over Sprint 4G Network Tossed
• Hair Salon Giant Nears Settlement With Calif. Stylists
• Regulating The Environment Through The Courts
• Panasonic Wants Fish Off Antitrust Suit Over Patents
• Unilever Seeks Approval Of Trans Fat Settlement
• Case Study: Erica P. John Fund V. Halliburton
• Adams & Reese Tries To Shake $300M Stanford Fraud Suit
• HSBC Settles Madoff Feeder Suit For $62.5M
• British Airways, LAN To Pay $156M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Judge OKs Settlement In Suits Over SAP-Sybase Merger
• 7th Circ. Questions Ex-Abbott Workers' ERISA Suit Bid
• Consumer Claims Polaroid TVs Pose Fire Threat
• Beacon Hit With Class Suit Over Ignored Insurance Claims
• Q&A With Fisher & Phillips' Michael Abcarian
• State Street Asks Judge To Toss Forex Suit
• 2 Classes Certified In First Horizon ERISA Suit
• Judge Trims MRI Class Action Against State Farm
• Loss Causation Not Necessary For Class Cert.: High Court
• Chiquita Can't Get Colombian War Crimes Suits Tossed
• Judge Asked To Approve $4.5M JA Solar Settlement
• Kason, CHG To Settle Price-Fixing Claims For $7M
• Judge Severs Claims In XTO Gas Royalty Suit
• Ex-Acorn CFO Tries To Escape Suit Over Petters Fraud
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tying Suit Against NBC, Others
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Rushing $10B Deal, Investors Say
• $200M WellCare Health Settlement Isn't Fair: Investor
• Pizza Hut Drivers' FLSA Action Stays Warm
• Matrixx, Zicam Fail To Shut Down Cold Remedy MDL
• Resort Can't Shake Time-Share Owner's Mold Claims
• Canadian Court Will Hear De Beers Price-Fixing Case
• Schwab Strikes $2M Settlement With Parish Investors
• Huntsman To Pay $33M To Exit Urethane Antitrust MDL
• AT&T Unit Fails To Shake State Law OT Claims
• FLSA Class Action? Demand A Plan
• American Medical Settles Suits Over $2.9B Endo Buy
• Chicago Transit Authority Settles Bus Drivers' OT Suit
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Joseph Speelman
• Union Reaches $2.5M Settlement With RHI Over 2008 IPO
• Calif. County Seeks To Give US Drug Price-Fixing Docs
• Customers May Get $1B In AT&T Tax Suit Settlement
• Tribune Creditors Blitz Ex-Shareholders To Recover $2.5B
• GSK Denied Quick Win In Flonase Antitrust Cases
• Corus Execs Reach $10M Deal With Investors
• Ex-CHM Workers Can Bring Collective OT Action: Judge
• Ex-Manager Slaps KPMG With $350M Sex Bias Action
• Q&A With Davis Polk's Chris Hockett
• Buyers Say TWS Misbranded HomeMaker OJ As Pure
• Judge Invalidates RJ Reynolds Retirement Plan Change
• Orthovita Shareholders Sue Over $316M Stryker Deal
• Grant Thornton Blasts Fund's Subpoenas In Refco Fight
• Case Study: Bauman V. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
• Epson Can Keep Quinn Emanuel As Counsel: Judge
• Google Books Deal Still In Limbo, Atty Tells Court
• RBS, Underwriters Move To Nix Remaining MBS Claims
• Prudential, Investors Near Settlement In Securities Suit
• Endo Sales Reps Win Conditional Cert. For OT Suit
• Pragmatism V. Principle: Loss Causation And Basic
• American Apparel Urges Dismissal Of Fraud Class Suit
• Hydroxycut MDL Claims Fall Short, Judge Says
• Air Cargo Plaintiffs Seek €799M EU Cartel Decision
• NY Restaurant Settles Waitstaff Tip Action
• Q&A With Ford & Harrison's Patricia Griffith