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Class Action - November, 2011

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• CVS' $34M Overtime Settlement Faces Questions
• EBay Beats Antitrust Action Over Seller Rating Policy
• Transocean Dodges Deepwater Subpoenas For Now
• Boehringer Loses Bid To Decertify Sales Rep OT Action
• Foreign Plaintiffs Booted From Toyota Acceleration MDL
• Defunct Bank Reaches $1M Deal To End ERISA Action
• VW Says Fuse Box Defect Action Fails To Show Injury
• Quinn Emanuel Adds Korein Tillery Trial Expert
• Perdue 'Humane' Label Challengers Out Of Luck For Now
• Baxter Not Obliged To Ensure Meal Breaks Are Taken: Judge
• BMW Hid Mini Cooper Transmission Defect: Suit
• Comcast Techs Blast Pest-Filled Facility In Race Bias Suit
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Madoff Feeder Fund Class Action Gets The Boot
• Exotic Dancers Score Class Cert. In FLSA Action
• University Of Phoenix Owner Ends Investor Suit For $145M
• Class Cert. Premature In Insurer Antitrust Suit: Judge
• Horizon Settles With Opt-Outs In Shipping Antitrust Action
• Pfizer Told To Cough Up Docs In Drug Marketing Action
• Fremont Investors Lose Bid To Revive Securities Suit
• Pharmasset Investor Challenges $11B Gilead Deal
• Workers Aim To Fry Steak N Shake In Wage Action
• NBA Players End Antitrust Class Action
• Prudential Dodges Improper Investment Class Action
• EMSC, Shareholders Reach Settlement Over $3B Sale
• The Changing Scope Of Expert Witness Disclosures
• JetBlue Hit With Class Action Over Lengthy Tarmac Delays
• Building Manager Illegally Filed 500 Suits: Tenants
• Stagehand Accuses Dick Clark Co. Of Dawdling On Pay
• Hilton Newspaper Fee Suit Tossed Out
• McCormick & Schmick's, Landry's Sued Over $132M Deal
• Lens Maker Sued Over Hazy Quality Control Standards
• NY Appeals Court Revives Drug Test Negligence Suit
• Homebuyer Must Prove Harm, Insurer Tells High Court
• Associated Banc-Corp Unit To Exit Overdraft MDL For $13M
• HSBC Retools Proposed $62.5M Madoff Settlement
• Bimbo Foods Can't Shut Down Distributor Class Action
• NYC Apartment Complex Fights Rent Rate Class Bid
• AMO, Consumers Settle Contact Lens Marketing Action
• Verizon Customers Bring Rate Hike Suit To Supreme Court
• Suit Over Brownie Marketing Put To Sleep
• Pharmacies Turned Away By High Court In W.Va. Drug Suit
• American Airlines Tip Dispute Rejected By High Court
• ConAgra Marketing Action Over GMOs In Cooking Oil Nixed
• ArthroCare To Pay $74M To End Stock Inflation Action
• Citrix Can't Delete Engineer's OT Class Action
• Federal Law Bars BofA Debit Card Fee Suit: Judge
• Fordham Professor To Lead Fosamax Settlement Talks
• Bayer WeightSmart Class Gets Nod In False Ad Fight
• Out Of Court: Dismissals With Prejudice Under SLUSA
• Supreme Court To Rule On GSK Reps' OT Status
• Putting Reasonable Restraints On Private AGs Act
• Judge Unites Investor Suits Over Citigroup CDOs
• Pool Product Co. Unfairly Monopolized Market: Suit
• Sutter Health Hit With Data Theft Class Action
• Apple iPod Users Recertified In Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Presses 9th Circ. To Revive LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Comcast, Charter Snowed Customers On Refunds: Suits
• Morgan Stanley Exits Muni Derivatives Suits For $6.5M
• Loehmann's Lays Wage-And-Hour Action To Rest For $1.3M
• Judge Appoints Special Master In Madoff ERISA Suits
• Chattem Targeted Over Mouthwash Anti-Plaque Claims
• Visa, MasterCard ATM Price-Fixing Actions To Be United
• Class Action Targets GAF's Allegedly Shoddy Shingles
• Judge OKs Kinder Morgan Deal In Water Pollution MDL
• Trump Hotel, Vegas Condo Buyers Settle Securities Action
• Best Buy's Return Policy Violates Privacy Law: Suit
• The Latest In Fair Lending 'Disparate Impact' Actions
• Facebook, Zynga Consumer Privacy Actions Shut Down
• Deal In Interstate Warranty Suit Gets Initial Nod
• Netflix Fends Off Subscribers In Wal-Mart Antitrust MDL
• Walgreens Workers Win Conditional Cert. In OT Action
• Transatlantic Botched $3.4B Sale To Alleghany: Suit
• Sirius Antitrust Deal Objectors Off Hook For Appeal Bond
• 5th Circ. Revives Suit Over El Dorado Factory Fire
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over BofA Fee Hikes
• Chubb Foes Stymied Again In Class Cert. Roller Coaster
• Ex-Merrill Brokers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Trading Action
• Arbitration Deal Bars FLSA Class Action: Nordstrom
• Liquor Co. Pays $1.8M To Put Cork In OT Action
• Alleged Atty Misdeeds Derail Junk Fax Class In 7th Circ.
• Chase Ends Cardholder Action Over Hidden Fees For $8M
• $174M Sonesta Hotels Sale Not So Hospitable: Investors
• Boston Market Strikes $3M Deal In OT Action
• Omni Investors Settle Lowball Claims From $122M Sale
• Microsoft Wins Denial Of Nationwide Class In Zune Suit
• Darvocet, Darvon Suits Must Be Nixed After Mensing: Lilly
• Aflac Strikes Deal In Action Over Child Premiums
• Lee Publications Tries To Scrub Paper Carrier Class
• Countrywide Investors Get Class Cert. In $2.5B MBS Suit
• Judge Won't Revisit Dismissal Of Olive Oil Actions
• NBA Players' Antitrust Actions Consolidated In Minn.
• Panera To Pay $5M To Settle Calif. Wage Class Actions
• State Farm Sued Over In-House Counsel For Policyholders
• Calif. Court Restores CashCall Eavesdropping Suit
• Judge May Bar Foreign Plaintiffs From Toyota MDL
• Best Buy Asst. Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Ill. Village Wants Out Of Zurich's Wiretap Coverage Suit
• MetroPlus Faces New OT Action From Marketing Reps
• Ex-AIG CEO Launches $25B Suits Over Gov't Takeover
• 2nd Circ. Scraps Capital One Debt Collection Suit
• AOL Privacy Deal Violated Cy Pres Standards: 9th Circ.
• Bear Stearns Settles Workers' Suit Over MBS Investments
• Goldman, Others Hid MF Global's Doomed Debt Bets: Suit
• JPMorgan, Customers End Call Recording Action
• Surprising Interpretations Of Janus Bright Line
• US Ducks Transocean Claims In Deepwater MDL
• Zurich Coverage Claims Shouldn't Be Split, 4th Circ. Told
• FedEx Settles Class Action Over Excess Shipping Charges
• Judge OKs $90M Deal In MF Global Investor Class Action
• Metacafe Reaches Deal In Web Tracking Class Action
• Wells Fargo Off Hook For Ariz. Town's Bond Losses
• Reddaway Settles Truckers' Meal Break Suit For $1M
• NY HSBC Overdraft Action Preempted By US Laws: Atty
• Quebec Court OKs Indirect Buyer Class In DRAM Cartel Suit
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In GNC ZIP Code Action
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down GE Investors' Fraud Action
• Nabors Investor Sues Over Ex-CEO's Golden Parachute
• Securitas Guards Lock Down Partial Class In FLSA Action
• Class Action Attys Awarded $7M For 'Mona Lisa'-Like Work
• Domino's Hit With Credit Card Receipt Class Action
• Implications Of Nationwide Food Labeling Guidelines
• Cinema Co.'s Insurers Settle Suit Over $58M Fax Ads Award
• Butterball To Shell Out $4M In Don, Doff Class Action Deal
• FedEx Worker MDL Claims Should Stay Separate: 7th Circ.
• Toshiba, Female Workers Settle Sex Bias Class Action
• Morgan Stanley Can't Dodge Loan Modification Denial Suit
• Investors Claim Mantria Perpetrated Green Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Abbott Drug Rep Exempt From OT, Judge Says
• Allstate Lowballed Wildfire Damage Claims: Suit
• Chinese Drywall Co. Knauf Settles Portion Of MDL
• To Move Or Not To Move: Compel Vs. Protective Order
• 9th Circ. Will Hear Toyota Appeal In Acceleration MDL
• 9th Circ. To Rehear Veterans' Mental Health Care Action
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Capital One Debt Collection Suit
• Apple REIT Hit With Securities Suit Over $2B Ponzi Scheme
• State Farm, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• 'All Natural' King Arthur Products Contain Synthetics: Suit
• Sandoz, States Settle Drug Inflation Claims For $150M
• FedEx Again Can't Dodge Credit Card Receipt Suit
• Whirlpool, Sears In Hot Water Over Dishwasher Fire Risks
• Judge Won't Certify Aerotek Class in Calif. Wage Suit
• Investors Win Class Cert. In IndyMac Securities Suit
• Philips Can't Shake Motorola's Suit In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Judge Stays Suit Over Grant & Eisenhofer's Tyco Deal Fee
• Judge OKs Cadence's $38M Securities Action Settlement
• Countrywide Takes MBS Jurisdiction Dispute To High Court
• Insurer's Suit Nixed After Four Loko Makers Pull Claims
• Hartford Can Intervene In Privacy Case Over Drivers' Info
• Ex-Athlete Asks 7th Circ. To Revive NCAA Antitrust Suit
• NBA Players Fire Antitrust Actions At League, Teams
• Amara Ruling Can't Save Foot Locker ERISA Claim: Judge
• Motorola Employees Denied Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• BP Can't Use Transocean Insurance For Disaster: Judge
• Nutella False Ad Plaintiffs Granted Class Status
• Supplement Co. Accused Of Hiding Risky Ingredient
• Judge Won't Send Goldman Sex Bias Action To Arbitration
• Judge Refuses To Trim Norton Workers' ERISA Action
• Olympus Investor Sues Over Merger Fee Scandal
• High Court Asked To Review Bayer Crop Damage Suit
• Blue Cross Sued Over 'Bait And Switch' Deductible Hikes
• Attys Push 2nd Circ. To Resurrect KeySpan Antitrust Suit
• Farmers Pride Settles Workers' Donning, Doffing Suit
• Domino's Drivers Win Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Hot Tub Co.'s Policy Doesn't Cover Spam Faxes: Insurer
• Merck Strikes Deal With Fla., NY, SC Over Vioxx Claims
• Ala., La. Can Seek Punitive Damages In Deepwater MDL
• Pilgrim's Pride Settles Securities Fraud Suit For $1.5M
• KB Home Sales Staffers Win 2nd Chance In OT Action
• Anadys Shareholders Challenge $230M Sale To Roche
• Verizon, JPMorgan Shake Idearc Class Action In 3rd Circ.
• Citi Employees Get Another Stab At Stock Losses Suit
• HSBC, NAACP Strike Deal Over Lender Bias Class Action
• Level 3 Strikes $3.2M Deal To End ERISA Action
• AA Worker's 2nd Bid For OT Class Cert. Is In Jeopardy
• US Moves To Intervene In FCRA Constitutionality Fight
• How Antitrust Will Shape The E-Book Industry
• Ford Ducks Calif. Antitrust Action Over Car Imports
• Oracle To Fork Over $35M To End OT Action
• FHFA Can't Stave Off $12B Fannie Mae Fraud MDL
• Ex-MF Global Employees Sue Over Mass Firings
• 2nd Circ. Says Merrill's ARS Disclosures Were Up To Snuff
• Class OK'd In Bayer Men's Vitamin False Ad Suit
• On The Brink Of Deciding Brinker
• Comcast Shells Out $6M In Account Reps' Wage Action
• LinkedIn Dodges Data Sharing Class Action
• AmEx Can't Sidestep OT Class Action
• YRC Worldwide To Settle ERISA Class Action For $6.5M
• Chinese TV Co. Asks Judge To Boot Securities Class Action
• Lehman Asks To Settle $7.7B In MBS Suits For $40M
• Aurora Health Settles Security Workers' Meal Break Suit
• 6th Circ. Nixes Health Discount Deceptive Ads Action
• Fremont Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Securities Case
• SF Gets Asian Juvenile Counselors' Bias Suit Trimmed
• US Bank Took Shortcuts With MBS Loan Docs: Suit
• Trends In 'All Natural' Class Actions
• Interclick Shareholders Sue Over $270M Yahoo Deal
• Apple Dodges IPhone OS Sabotage Suit
• Motorola Fights Class Cert. In ERISA Case
• Medco, Investors Settle Over $29B Express Scripts Merger
• Judge Won't Trim LG Flat Panels From Price-Fixing MDL
• Brink's Must Provide Rest Breaks For Drivers: Wash. Court
• Judge Bars New Claim In Citigroup ERISA Class Action
• Death Benefit Investor Says Broker Overcharged
• Merck Settles ERISA Suit Over Vioxx Claims For $50M
• Supreme Court Refuses To Touch Dana Fraud Suit
• Investor Sues Canadian Mining Co. Over $260M Writedown
• Dish Faces Class Action Over Unwanted Telemarketing
• Judge Clears $12.5M Deal In NetBank Investors' Suit
• Diamond's Shoddy Farmer Pay Caused Stock Plunge: Suit
• The End Of The Amateur Athlete
• Case Study: Turek V. General Mills
• Gerson Strikes Deal With Research Associates On OT Pay
• BofA Forced Excessive Policies On Homeowners: Suit
• SC Wants In On Protest Of $5M Epson LCD Antitrust Deal
• Universal Wants AIG Unit To Cover $15M Chet Baker Deal
• JPMorgan Sold Insurance Without Customer Consent: Suit
• Clear Channel Says Dukes Bars Classes In Antitrust MDL
• BMW Faulty Engine Settlement Gets Preliminary Nod
• Calif. Top Court Mulls Meal Break Standard In Brinker Suit
• Media Consultant Sent Unsolicited Anti-Smoking Texts: Suit
• 9th Circ. Keeps Investor Class Intact In Anemia Drug Fight
• HBO, Warner Bros., Others Targeted In OT Action
• Brinker Settles Mass. Claims In Tips Action For $1.3M
• BP, Others Want Gov't Reports Cut From Deepwater MDL
• Savient Investor Asks 2nd Circ. To Reopen Fraud Case
• Ex-Sales Associate Hits Skechers With Overtime Action
• The 2nd Circ. Stance In Citigroup ERISA Litigation
• Wells Fargo Reaches $37M Deal In Bid-Rigging MDL
• Toshiba Fails To Escape LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Madoff Investors Hit JPMorgan With $19B Class Action
• 9th Circ. Reopens West, Kaplan Bar Prep Collusion Case
• Chase Settles Credit Agency Fraud Case For $5M
• CVS, Managers Approach Settlement Of OT Denial Claims
• UPS Customers Balk At $4M Fee In Overcharge Settlement
• 9th Circ. To Rehear Genocide Insurance Case En Banc
• 8th Circ. Shuts Down Neb. Water Appropriations Fight
• BP Can't Talk Blowout Preventer At Trial: MDL Plaintiffs
• Coconut Water False Ad Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Auditor PKF New York Can't Skirt $132M China Expert Suit
• Accountants Target HSBC In Overtime Action
• Broker Will Pay $5M To Settle Ponzi Investment Claims
• Supreme Court Denies Sprint Termination Fees Fight
• CFTC Says Silver Market Probe Still Going Strong
• Skechers' Class Damages Cap Suit Rejected By High Court
• Case Study: Anderson V. Hannaford Brothers
• LCD Cos. Can't Nix Production Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Chamber Backs KPMG In OT Action Discovery Row
• La. Must Follow Deadlines For Deepwater Docs: Judge
• Top Legal Talent Take Center Stage In MF Global Suits
• Lawyer Targeting MF Global Sees Massive Case In Store
• BNY Forex Rate Scheme Cost Investors Millions: Suit
• Qwest Strikes Deal In Call Center Workers' FLSA Suit
• Tenants Can't Sue Over Missing Tax Forms: 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Loan Officers Target PNC Bank In OT Class Action
• Apple Sued Over IPhones' Signal Strength
• Taylor Bean Gets Go-Ahead For $15M WARN Action Deal
• Regions Gets Subpoenas Axed In Action Over AmSouth Buy
• Ex-Worker Sues Bain Capital Over Samsonite Factory Deal
• Hospital Workers Ask 1st Circ. To Reverse OT Ruling
• Calif. High Court To Hear Long-Awaited Meal Break Case
• Union Bank Checks Out Of Overdraft Fee MDL For $35M
• NCAA Tries To Bounce NBA Star Russell's Antitrust Claims
• Bifurcation: An Effective Defense Tool In Class Actions
• Providing A Seat And Time To Eat To Calif. Employees
• Ark. Court Puts 3-Year Cap On Bus Drivers' Wage Action
• AmEx Offers $50M To End Currency Fee Claims: Atty
• Judge Nixes Last 2 Wrongful Death Suits In Digitek MDL
• Door Maker Milgard Strikes $5M Deal In OT Action
• Investor Sues MF Global Execs For Alleged Deception
• NY Court Keeps $25M MetLife Tax Break Action Alive
• Beef Co. Faces Heat For Discovery Misdeeds In Wage Suit
• Avon Workers Say Wage Suit Belongs Back In State Court
• 9th Circ. Revives Shuttle Driver FLSA Action
• Ameriprise Must Arbitrate Despite $100M Deal: 2nd Circ.
• SunTrust Wants Sanctions For Attys In 'Fabricated' Suit
• Morgan Stanley Can't Shake Asian Investors' CDO Suit
• Has Janus Pulled The Plug On Group Pleading?
• Hollister Defeats Class Cert. Bid In Gift Card Suit
• Zurich Owes Federal $1.5M In Coverage Suit Fees: 2nd Circ.
• Costco's Joint Health Supplement Claims Bogus: Suit
• US Bank Forced Excessive Policies On Homeowners: Suit
• Comcast Can't Disconnect Part Of Installers' Wage Action
• JPMorgan's Agreement With FDIC Staves Off Mortgage Suit
• The Vanishing Civil Trial Lawyer
• Mets Owners Near Deal Over Madoff Losses In 401(k) Plans
• Last-Ditch Effort To Stop OceanFreight Merger Capsizes
• Loan Officers Say Fifth Third Bank Shorted Them On OT
• Visa, MasterCard, Banks Call Card-Fee MDL Groundless
• Shareholders Sue To Block $6.2B Oil Services Merger
• Holiday Inn Stiffed Guests Over Cancellations: Suit
• Coal Mine Co. Says EEOC Race Bias Suit Lacks Facts
• Apollo Seeks To Exit Suit Over Discount Club Fraud
• Allstate Off Hook For Share Of $35M Bond Losses
• Chuck D Sues UMG Over Digital Royalties
• State Street Nixed From Waste Co. Workers' ERISA Suit
• Artist's Estate Sues Slew Of Galleries Over Royalties
• Judge Tosses American Eagle Pilots' Bargaining Action
• Sandoz Settles Iowa, NY Drug Price Inflation Claims
• Ex-AWA Pilots Win Class Cert. In US Airways Merger Feud
• Adolor Investor Challenges Cubist's $415M Takeover Bid
• Saving With Settlement Classes
• Mercedes-Benz Defect Action Runs Out Of Gas
• AXA Rosenberg Settles Coding Error Class Action For $65M
• Judge Won't Bag Action Over Safeway's Online Prices
• JPMorgan Strikes $1.2M Deal In Home Appraisers' OT Suit
• UMass Hospitals Are 1 Employer, Workers Tell 1st Circ.
• W.Va. Strippers Sue Club Over Tips, Dance Fees
• UMG Can't Shake Rick James, Rob Zombie Royalties Claims
• Citigroup Faces New ERISA Suit Over Stock Drop
• 7th Circ. Quashes Rose Acre's Antitrust MDL Coverage Suit
• 24 Hour Fitness OT Class Action Sent To Arbitration
• Lensmaker Transitions Can't Shake Antitrust MDL
• La. Tries To Fend Off Sanctions Threat In Deepwater MDL
• EBay Wants Recurring Fee Class Action Tossed
• Halliburton Hit With Class Action Over Nuclear Waste
• Calif. Gas Station Managers To Reap $4.75M OT Payout
• Judge Scraps Wackenhut Guards' ERISA Case
• General Mills Faces Class Action Over Kix 'All-Natural' Ads
• Ogletree Adds Ex-Husch Blackwell Partner In St. Louis
• Defining Director Duties: Southern Peru And Openlane