Class Action Archive » July, 2011

Class Action - July, 2011

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• Investors Can Bring Claims Against BofA Execs: Judge
• Covidien Can't Evacuate FLSA Collective Action: Judge
• Judge Tosses Most Claims In JPMorgan Mortgage Suit
• Tech Help Class Wins Initial Cert. In Kroll FLSA Suit
• Developer Seeks Coverage For Megachurch Suit
• Software Co. Citrix Slapped With Overtime Suit
• PTSD Vets, Military Strike Deal For More Benefits
• 24 Hour Fitness Slammed With OT Actions
• Foam Makers Fight MDL Judge's Twombly, Iqbal Analysis
• LoJack Techs Win Class Cert. In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Pfizer Denied New Trial In $200M Neurontin MDL
• LA Fitness Member Seeks Class Cert. In Overbilling Suit
• Camico Fights Coverage For $40M Class Action Fraud
• Investor Accuses Princeton Review Of Fraud
• Hilton Whacked With Suit Over Hidden Newspaper Fees
• Toll Bros. Wins On Contract Law, But Wage Suits Revived
• EA Can't Shake NCAA Players' Revised Antitrust Claims
• KB Home Ducks Sales Staffers' OT Class Action
• Gaspari Misled Customers About Novedex XT, Suit Says
• Pfizer, Others Not Liable For Gambling Addiction: 8th Circ.
• Pfizer Units Escape Suit Over Hormone Treatments
• BP Claims Adjusters Denied Class In Wage Action
• Carmike Didn't Pay Workers While Movies Rolled: Suit
• Judge Nixes Subclass In Milk Antritrust MDL
• Fishermen, Others Reach Deal Over Miss. River Oil Spill
• 8th Circ. Revives Countrywide Loan Fee Action
• HSBC To Settle Credit Card Protection Class Action
• Giant Interactive Reaches $13M Deal Over IPO Disclosures
• Much To Dukes About Nothing
• AstraZeneca Settles Bulk Of Seroquel Diabetes Claims
• Wal-Mart Misreported Hours To Dodge OT, Suit Says
• JPML Mulls Consolidating Google, Apple Privacy Suits
• Verizon Bests Workers' Phone Privacy Suit In 1st Circ.
• Marine Equipment Sellers Pay $5M In Antitrust Actions
• Leggett & Platt Can't Duck Foam Price-Fixing MDL
• DHL Express Loses Bid To Dismiss WARN Act Suit
• Debt Collector Sued For Alleged Illegal Robo Calls
• Class Claims Trimmed In Lehman Securities MDL Suit
• Sunscreen Cos. — 1st To Get Burned By Nano Suits?
• Swift Drivers Lose 9th Circ. Arbitration Row
• BDO Settles Suit Over Faulty Audit Of Subprime Lender
• Toys R Us Cheats Consumers Out Of Full Refunds: Suit
• Union Bank Customers Win Class Cert. In Overdraft MDL
• Say Media Resolves Suit Over Web Usage Tracking
• Nestle Slapped With Suit Over Leaking Water Coolers
• Sacramento Bee Carriers Win Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• EEOC Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Merrill Brokers' Bias Suit
• Temps Sue Juniper Networks For OT Pay
• Employers Buoyed By BofA Judge's Stand On Seating
• Banner Must Disclose Assets To Fla. Drywall Class: Judge
• Energy Cos., Lessors Settle Gas Royalties Suit For $4.7M
• Ford AC Defect Action May Be Nixed For Lack Of Evidence
• Motorola Can't Dodge Investor Action Over 3G Losses
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Over CBRE IPO
• Chartis Sued For Coverage Of Junk Fax Action
• Clorox Rejects $10.7B Icahn Offer Amid Investor Suit
• Astellas Stress Test Antitrust Suit Survives
• Use A Mediator, Get Disbarred
• Medco Investors Fight $29B Sale To Express Scripts
• CVS Pharmacists Denied Class Cert. In OT Action
• Chinese IPO Suits Driving Securities Actions: Report
• $450M Deal In AIG Workers' Comp Suit Wins Initial OK
• Esurance Suit Over Motorist Coverage Back In State Court
• Judge Tosses Boehringer Workers' Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Auto Lighting Consumers Get Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• NFL Players' Reps OK Settlement With League
• Carroll Burdick Scores 4 For San Francisco Office
• Rabobank Closes Book On Muni Bond MDL Suits
• Gateway, Consumers Must Arbitrate In Faulty PC Fight
• Whirlpool Beats Unions In Retiree Benefits Suit
• Cablevision Gets Cable Box Tying Action Tossed
• BP Accused Of Coercing Deepwater Settlements
• Cardinal Drivers Seek OK For $4M Wage Action Deal
• Arbitration Antitrust MDL Plaintiffs Want Deal Approved
• Allos Investor Tries To Block $686M AMAG Merger
• Medical Transporter Irving Settles Drivers' FLSA Action
• Wells Fargo Ducks Suit Over Employee Trading Policy
• Bayer One-A-Day False Ad Action Scrapped
• US Steel, Workers Resolve Wage Dispute
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles Fraud Claims For $27M
• Men's Wearhouse Securities Suit Gets The Boot
• Hartford Balks At Coverage In Lead-Tainted Juice MDL
• Dukes Doesn't Doom Class In AEX Drivers' OT Suit: Judge
• Lockheed Martin Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Wal-Mart Women In Limbo After 1st Post-Dukes Hearing
• Full Tilt Poker Player Discarded From $150M RICO Suit
• 8th Circ. Tosses Anheuser-Busch ERISA Action
• Judge Swats Most Claims In Bug-Filled Similac Action
• Hefner Seeks To Nix Suit Over Playboy Going Private
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Appeal In Vivendi Foreign Share Action
• InformedRx Sued Over Glucose Strip Expiration Dates
• Stiefel ERISA Plaintiffs Lose Class Cert. Bid
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs $5M Verizon OT Settlement
• Using The Anti-Injunction Act In Class Actions
• South African Airways Settles Cargo Cartel MDL For $3M
• Bristol-Myers Settles AWP MDL Claims For $19M
• NFL Owners Ratify Agreement To End Lockout
• Anita Hill Joins Cohen Milstein's Civil Rights Group
• O'Melveny Harassment Claims Sent To Arbitration
• Judge Knocks War Chest In $62.5M HSBC Madoff Deal
• Bayer WeightSmart Buyers Fail To Win Cert. In Ad Suit
• Panasonic Plasma TV Class Action Turned Off
• Boeing Workers' Telecommuter Claim Nixed In OT Action
• BofA Customers Sue Over Unauthorized Insurance Fees
• Philip Stein Watches Can't Relieve Stress, Suit Says
• Antero Drilling Pollution Harms Colo. Residents: Suit
• 2nd Circ. Denies Class Cert. Appeal In Moody's Suit
• $132M China Expert Fraud Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Best Buy Workers Sue Over Floating Vacation Policy
• Judge Won't Block Kratos' $266M Integral Systems Bid
• Atty Sent Bogus Letters In Tainted Rice MDL, Judge Says
• Cargill Settles Wage-And-Hour Action With Workers
• Caritas Workers' OT Action Doesn't Satisfy FLSA: Judge
• Judge Won't Split Trial In Milk Antitrust MDL
• Spillane Weingarten Lures Latham Securities Pro In LA
• AT&T, Customers Told To Arbitrate In IPad Data Action
• Toyota Can Appeal Widening Of Acceleration MDL: Judge
• BP Loses Bid For Obama Aides' Emails
• Cooley Nabs Veteran Securities Pro From Howard Rice
• Using Consent Orders In Mass Tort Litigation
• Polyurethane Foam Makers Can't Shake Price-Fixing MDL
• Judge Extends Deadline For New Google Books Deal
• Kraft Can't Shake ERISA Class Action
• Shareholder Sues Petrohawk Over $12B Sale To BHP
• Ambac Wins OK For $33M Payout In Securities Actions
• Q&A With Katten's Stuart Richter
• AmTrust Unit Settles Ex-Banker's FLSA Suit
• Sony Hit With Data Protection Action Over Hacking
• Judge Boots State Claims From Gas Price-Fixing MDL
• Bertelsmann, Time Warner Escape Digital Music MDL
• Hofstra Student Workers Triumph In FLSA Suit
• Merrill Bias Plaintiffs Say Dukes Supports Class Bid
• Continental, Others Face Unlimited Damages In Crash Suit
• Smithfield Settles With 1,500 Workers Over Donning, Doffing
• Investor Class Mines $9M From Harmony Gold
• H&R Block Says Only 1 Branch Altered Time Cards
• Shareholder Sues CSC Over Hidden Financial Woes
• BofA Tellers' Seating Class Action Won't Stand: Judge
• Judge Halts $92M JPMorgan Deal In Muni Bond MDL
• Mich. Insurer Off Hook In La. Chinese Drywall MDL
• Medical Group Defends Ethics Of Egg Donor Price Cap
• Murdoch Could Nix Suits By Going Private, Attys Say
• Cargolux, Others OKd To Pay $49M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• 'Elder Scrolls' Makers Sued Over Freezing Problems
• LG Struck With Class Action Over Smartphone Defects
• Relacore Customer Drops Fraud Action
• BofA Hit With Financial Adviser Trainee OT Suit
• Same-Sex Couples Win Class In CalPERS Insurance Fight
• Louis Vuitton Managers Bag $1.5M Payout In OT Action
• SRA Investors Back $1.9B Sale To Providence
• Pizza Hut Can't Toss Drivers' FLSA Action
• Citigroup Investors Seek Class Cert. In CDO Action
• Wal-Mart To Pay $27.3M To Exit Netflix Antitrust MDL
• NAD Decisions: A Roadmap To Class Action Litigation?
• ACA Must Pay For Defaulted Muni Bonds: Suit
• LG Hit With Class Action Over Defective Televisions
• HP Settles Class Action Over Defective Desktops
• Suit Seeks To Halt $265M China Fire, Bain Merger
• Asiana Will Pay $21M, Cooperate To End Price-Fixing MDL
• EEOC Hits Chicago Hospital With Bias Action
• BP Wins Dismissal Of RICO Claims In Spill Suit
• JPMorgan To Settle Underwriter OT Suit For $42M
• Country Club Says DuPont Herbicide Destroyed Trees
• Hospital, Workers Must Address Union Status: 1st Circ.
• Did SCOTUS Breathe Life Into Section 20(b)?
• FHA Doesn't Bar Biased Ads: Roommates.com To 9th Circ.
• Malaysia Airlines To Pay $3.2M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Securities Law Blocks Mare Breeding Suit: Bank
• Corrections Dept. Invokes Dukes After Bias Suit Loss
• NFL Sued By Ex-Green Bay Packer Over Players' Images
• Calif. Court Denies Class In Farmers Life Policies Suit
• ConAgra Sued Over '100% Natural' Oils
• Fila Attacks Class Claims In Toning Apparel Lawsuit
• Plaintiffs Seek Cert. In Defective Washing Machine Suit
• Varian Investor Slams $5B Sale To Applied Materials
• Banks Lose Latest Attempts To Ditch Overdraft Fee MDL
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Marc Gottridge
• Stockbroker Slaps Bishop Rosen With Overtime Action
• Novartis Sales Reps File Suit Over Unpaid OT
• BofA Dodges Loan Officer FLSA Suit
• Orchid Shareholder Drops Suit Over $85M LabCorp Deal
• Damages May Stymie First American Class Cert.: Judge
• Natura Will Pay $2M For 'Human Grade' Pet Food Claims
• ING, Plaintiffs Talk Settlement In Annuity Contract Suit
• Merrill Says Court Has No Jurisdiction Over Denied Class
• 1st Circ. Upholds Citigroup Win In Deferred Comp MDL
• Investor In Vt. Utility Tries To Block $700M Sale To Gaz
• Judge Refuses To Toss Lead Counsel From Listerine MDL
• PAGA Suits Immune From Concepcion Ruling: Calif. Court
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Kevin Rising
• Citing Dukes, Courier Tries To Nix Class In OT Suit
• Cellphone Radiation Plaintiffs: Can You Hear Us Now?
• 1031 Tax Group Clients Lose Bid For Class Cert.
• Dean Settles Dairy Farmers' Antitrust Suit For $140M
• Greenberg Traurig Demands Docs In $200M Fraud Suit
• Kason, CHG Can't Duck Food Hardware Antitrust Claims
• DirecTV Can't Beat Installers' FLSA Action
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Jeffrey Lennard
• Ore. High Court Won't Free Farmers From $9M Judgment
• Braintree Ducks Indirect Purchasers' MiraLax Suit
• In Context: Recent Class Action Jurisprudence
• Volvo Can't Change Retiree Health Benefits: 4th Circ.
• State Farm Policyholders Seek High Court Say On Class
• Ford Owners Seek Class Cert. In AC Defect Action
• Judge Won't Slim Down Weight Watchers Wage Action
• Vitamin Shoppe Won't Face Nationwide OT Claims
• Costco Claims OT Class Action Blocked By Earlier Case
• Epson Asks Judge To Blot Out Ink Suit
• Nothing Brewing For Starbucks Baristas In Tip Action
• Plaintiff Wants Class Cert. In Shoddy Warranties Suit
• E&Y Wins Stay Of Ex-Worker's NY Overtime Action
• Dukes Won't Bar Cert. In FDNY Bias Suit: Judge
• Ameron Investor Sues Over $772M National Oilwell Deal
• NJ Class Suit Targets Maibec Wood Shingle Defects
• Goldman Can't Force Arbitration In Sex Bias Action: Judge
• Citing Dukes, Qwest Seeks To Nix FLSA Class Action
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Natalie Spears
• Case Study: First American V. Edwards
• Board Allowed News Corp. To Run Amok, Suit Says
• Sony Gets Plug Pulled On Melting TV Action
• Judge Grants Cond. Cert. In Scholastic Wage Suit
• Abbott Escapes Class Action Over Infested Similac
• Bus Co. Workers Try To Boot Jackson Lewis From OT Suit
• SC Johnson Settles 'Greenwashing' Suits Over Windex
• Dollar Tree Manager Class Decertified After Dukes
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Nash Long
• Avon Shareholders Sue Over Possible FCPA Violations
• Sears Says It Owns Worker's OT Suit, Wants It Tossed
• Invalidating 'Every Exposure' Theory
• Property Co.'s Action Targets GSA Dispute Resolution
• 8th Circ. Backs NFL Player Lockout
• Suite Success For Hospitality Industry
• Sirius Fights Derivative Suits Over $180M Antitrust Deal
• Ex-Gerova Unit Chief Wants Out Of Stillwater Action
• Judge Trims Claims In Investor Suit Over Toyota Recalls
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In Taiwan Car Parts Suit
• Mass. AG Wants Probe Of Southern Union Legal Fees
• Investor Hits BioMimetic With Fraud Action
• Q&A With Robbins Geller's Stuart Davidson
• Ex-Bloomingdale's Clerk Sues Over Incentive Policy
• LeClairRyan Absorbs NYC Firm With European Clientele
• BP, Anadarko Fight Over Spill Claim Arbitration
• Trader Hits BofA, Citi, JPMorgan, UBS With Libor Suit
• MiraLax Plaintiffs Win Injunction Against Braintree
• Blackwater Successor Settles Instructors' OT Suit
• Wyeth Illegally Blocked Effexor XR Generics: Suit
• Pfizer Dodges More Sanctions In Neurontin Antitrust MDL
• Wells Fargo Settles MBS Action For $125M
• Requiring Causation Proof In Foreign Recognition Actions
• Inyx Shareholders Win Class Cert. In Fraud Battle
• ConAgra Faces Class Suit Over Wesson Oil Claims
• Ex-Players Claim NFL Uses Their Images Without Consent
• 8th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Faulty Piping MDL
• Technicians' FLSA Case Survives Unitek Dismissal Bid
• Starbucks Asks Judge To Revisit Wage Statement Claim
• HUD Settles Bias Suit Over Katrina Housing For $62M
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Kevin Walsh
• Judge Won't Hear Travelers' $16M Coverage Suit
• Ex-Manager Slaps U-Store-It With Overtime Action
• Judge Further Trims HP Touchscreen Class Action
• Sales Workers Sue Yellow Pages Publisher Over OT
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles With Ex-Parent Co. For $2M
• Live Nation Sues Lloyd's Over Canadian Class Defense
• Banco Santander Moves To Trim Madoff Fraud Action
• Grand Jury Subpoena Vs. Civil Discovery Protective Order
• Verizon Settles ADA Suit Over Absence Policy For $20M
• Life Partners Investors Consolidate Suits Over Data
• Activision Blizzard Slapped With Overtime Action
• Lawsuit Claims Starbucks Shorted Baristas' Training Pay
• Barr Must Produce Docs In Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit
• C&S, Supervalu Antitrust Suit Sent To Arbitration
• High Court Curbs Class Actions But Broadens Retaliation
• NFL Retirees Seek To Halt Lockout Negotiations
• 10th Circ. Affirms Butterball Don, Doff Win
• Dow, Others Dropped From Plastic Additives MDL
• Citing High Court, Freddie Mac Investors Seek Cert.
• Silicon Valley Law Group Fights Class Cert. In Okun Suit
• Judge Denies Class Cert. Bid In BPA Baby Bottle MDL
• Victoria's Secret Pressured Class Members: Plaintiff
• Supervalu Strikes $1.3M Deal In Wage Suit
• Q&A With Robbins Umeda's Felipe Arroyo
• Ex-Fund Manager Sues Alger Over Trading Policy
• Bayer Settles Rice Contamination Suits For $750M
• Cypress, Samsung Reach Deals In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Judge Says SouthWest Fraud Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Wis. High Court Lets Nissan Exit Car Pricing Suit
• Smith Micro Misled Investors, Inflated Stock: Suit
• WaMu Units Want 110 Claims Tossed From MBS Action
• Hollywood PR Firm Denied Workers After-Hours Pay: Suit
• Wells Fargo Moves To Toss Suit Over $7B ARS Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Sterling Sex Bias Arbitration Award
• Time Warner Can't Shake Cable Installers' OT Action
• Most Claims In Nutella Suit Survive Dismissal Bid
• Bard Offers $184M To Settle Hernia Patch Suits
• Dog Owners Denied Class Cert. In ProMeris Suit
• High Court Term Draws Bright Lines For Securities Bar
• Investors Get $208.5M In WaMu Settlement
• The Bogosian Shortcut Post-Hydrogen Peroxide
• Q&A With Moore & Van Allen's Tom Myrick