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Class Action - February, 2013

338 articles

• IPhone Users Reject Apple's No-Harm Claims In Privacy Suit
• Top Plaintiffs Firms Say Amgen No License To Print Money
• Diamond Foods Escapes Suit In Del. Over Accounting Scandal
• BP Missed Macondo Warning Signs, Safety Chief Says
• Amgen Dissents Put Fraud On The Market On Thin Ice
• Mountaire Farms Puts Up $8M To Settle Don, Doff Suit
• JPMorgan Sanctioned For Destroying Docs In Sex Bias Suit
• Microsoft Wins Arbitration Bid In Tablet False Ad Suit
• BofA Unit Dodges Call Recording Class Action
• Blast Fax Class Wrongly Decertified, NJ Appeals Court Says
• Ikea Gets ZIP Code Class Trimmed, But Not Scrapped
• Toyota Gets Claims Tossed From Hybrid Brake Defect MDL
• First Horizon Can't Dodge Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• Chancery Court Becomes Top Pick For Shareholder Suits
• Martin & Jones Says Ex-Atty Can't Rejoin Smithfield Wage Row
• 9th Circ. Will Weigh Cert. In Ford Freestyle Defect Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Will Mediate $200M Sex Bias Suit
• Proxy Season Brings More 'Gotcha' Shareholder Litigation
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• IBM Cheated Calif. Hospital IT Workers Out Of OT, Suit Says
• In Backing Spy Law, High Court Raises Bar For Breach Claims
• Del. High Court Denies Investor Appeal Over $9B Freeport Deal
• Chevron Can Subpoena Bank In $19B Ecuador Pollution Saga
• Deepwater Witness Rips BP's 'Egregious' Drilling Moves
• Allianz Can't Escape RICO Claims In Annuities Class Actions
• China Influenced Vitamin C Cos.' Price-Fixing, Jury Told
• Amgen's High Court Defeat Leaves Defense Bar Reeling
• 1st Thoughts On Supreme Court's Amgen Ruling
• Justices Question Merchants' Logic In AmEx Antitrust Case
• EDS Beats Class Cert. For Workers Claiming OT Violations
• Appliance Co. Franchisee Tries To Dodge Pa. ECPA Action
• KBR, Halliburton Victorious In Toxic Burn Pit MDL
• LA Fitness Clients Lose Bid To Reinstate Pa. Membership Suit
• Secret Service Agents Win Class Cert. In Race Bias Suit
• Alcon Accused Of Selling Big Bottles To Boost Profits
• HHS Urges Court Not To Block Medicaid Cut In ACA Suit
• Fastenal Managers' Cert. Bid Falls Short In OT Pay Case
• Wholesalers Hid Data Breach From Customers, Suit Says
• HSBC Says Its Overdraft Fee Policy Is Transparent
• Hearst Blocking Efforts To Build Class, Unpaid Interns Say
• High Court Rebuffs Amgen, Lowering Bar For Investor Suits
• Citigroup Balks At $6M In Fees For Nixed Exec Pay Suit
• Deepwater Rig Safety Was Shared Duty, BP Exec Testifies
• 9th Circ. Sends BMW Financing Row Back To Federal Court
• Houston American Beats Investor Suit Over Exec Bonuses
• Old Second Strikes $7.5M Deal In Pension Investment Suit
• FINRA To Renew Fight Against Schwab's Class Action Waiver
• Vitamin C Maker Sought To Conceal Price-Fixing, Jury Hears
• Lakers Fan Sent 1st Text, Team Says In Bid To Nix TCPA Suit
• Wagner & Jones Blasts Fidelity's DQ Bid In Wage Case
• AmEx Opens Door For Justices To Build On Concepcion
• BNY Mellon Says It Can't Be Blamed For Fund's Madoff Losses
• Wal-Mart Faces Another Regional Sex Bias Class Action
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $9.5M Facebook Privacy Settlement
• Google Must Hand Over Emails In Poaching Suit, Judge Hears
• Japan Auto Parts Co. Dropped From Toyota Acceleration Suits
• Anheuser-Busch Waters Down Its Beers, Consumers Say
• 6th Circ. Reverses Approval of Encore Unit's $5M FDCPA Deal
• The Next Big Thing In Securities Litigation
• Judge Trims Kraft, Cadbury False Ad Class Action
• Cabot Dodges False Ad Suit Over Yogurt Additives
• A Game-Changer For Cy Pres Funds In Class Settlements
• Eli Lilly Can't Escape Class Action Over Cymbalta Labeling
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• Expedia, Others Can Shield Antitrust Docs In Booking MDL
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• BioClinica Shareholders Can't Stop $123M PE Takeover Bid
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• BP Deserves Lion's Share Of Deepwater Blame, DOJ Argues
• Historic Antitrust Trial Against Chinese Vitamin-C Cos. Opens
• 3rd Circ. Ups Settlement Bar In Quashing Toys R Us Deal
• CRT Cos. Say 9th Circ.'s AT&T LCD Case Doesn't Apply
• Texas Dodges Sales-Tax Refunds For Rebated Office Goods
• CVS Must Pay Up In Fight Over $34M OT Settlement
• Wells Fargo Hit With Mortgage Penalties Class Action
• AT&T Urges Calif. Court To Toss IT Workers' Overtime Suit
• Navy Contractor Campbell Ewald Dodges TCPA Suit
• Atty Defends Facebook Posts Dissing McDonald's Settlement
• Chicago Title Says Homeowners Must Prove Co. Duped Them
• Investors Win Class Cert. In Madoff Feeder Fund Action
• NLRB Tells 5th Circ. Becker's Validity Not An Issue In DR Horton
• VW Squashes Beetle Transmission Defect Suit
• Apple Says IPhone App Privacy Suit Shows No Injury
• $73M Settlement for Conseco Insureds Gains Approval
• Continental Flies Clear Of Suit Over Cashless Cabins
• Boeing Dreamliner Case Wasn't Fraudulent, 7th Circ. Told
• Procter & Gamble Settles Crest Toothpaste False Ad Suit
• Apple Settles Suit Over Kids' App Game Buys
• Frito-Lay Defends 'All Natural' Snack Labels In Calif. Court
• Tata To Pay $30M Over Workers' Tax Refund Theft Claims
• NetSpend Investor Claims $1.4B Buyout Favors PE Backers
• Firms End Battle Royal Over $4M Pfizer Settlement Fees
• Schwab Wins One For The Broker, Threatening Class Actions
• Calif. County Urges New Municipality Class In Libor MDL
• Texas High Court Lets Oil Royalty Class Cert. Bid Proceed
• Mid-Continent Win In Katrina Spill Fight Upheld By 5th Circ.
• College Planning Co. Can Take TCPA Suit To 3rd Circ.
• 6th Circ. Resurrects Vitamin C Labeling Suit Against P&G
• Convicted Milberg Weiss Partner Admits To DUI Offense
• JPMorgan OT Arbitration Not Barred By NLRB's DR Horton
• Google, TeleTech Secretly Record Calls, Customers Claim
• Apple Targeted Over Frequent IPad Releases In Brazil
• Rawlings Must Face Athletic Bracelet False Ad Action
• Grocers Oppose $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Settlement
• Merck, Pa. Reach $8.25M Settlement Over Vioxx Disclosures
• BNY Mellon To Pay MedCap Investors $114M Over Ponzi Plot
• 9th Circ. Juicy Juice Ruling Could Curb Food Labeling Suits
• Landlord Dodges Damages Over Breach Of Tenant Deal
• How They Won It: Weil's Paper Trail To India Saves Satyam
• Schwab Can Force Clients To Arbitrate, FINRA Panel Rules
• Shunning Settlement, BP Bets Trial Can Curb Deepwater Costs
• Vitamin-C Co.'s Bid To Duck Antitrust Suit Came Too Late
• TrynEx Can't Ward Off Class Cert. In Junk Fax Suit
• Greenberg Forum Shopping In $200M Sex Bias Suit: Ex-Partner
• Hartford Faces $18M Coverage Suit Over Junk Fax Deal
• Maine Residents Say Medicaid Cuts Breach ACA
• US Steel's Sobriety Testing Doesn't Violate ADA, Judge Says
• CORRECTED: Verifications To Pay $3.8M To Settle Background Check Claims
• Costco Faces Class Action Over Contaminated Crab Spread
• Urethane Buyers Win $400M Jury Verdict In Price-Fixing MDL
• Divestiture Sinks Antitrust Suit, Dun & Bradstreet Says
• Grads Duped By NY Law School's Employment Stats Push On
• Vitamin C Antitrust Case Puts US-China Ties On Trial
• Lockheed Pays $19M To End Investors' Info Systems Biz Suit
• Boies Schiller Wants Chiquita Plaintiff-Poaching Suit Tossed
• Madison-Kipp, Insurers Want Out Of Toxic Vapor Suit
• Wal-Mart Beats Ex-Dukes Members' Bias Class Claims
• BP, Others Resolve Calif. City's MTBE Case For $3.5M
• GE Escapes Class Cert. In Technician's OT Case
• Ranbaxy Attacks Recall Demand In Glass Particles Action
• Merrill Lynch Dodges Class Cert. In Call-Recording Suit
• Sedgwick Absorbs Brown Eassa, Adds 8 Partners In Calif.
• Continental Exits Class Action Over 9/11 WTC Damage
• Calif. Judge Pares Honda Power Window Defect Class Action
• Unpaid Intern Hits Modeling Agency With $50M Wage Suit
• High Court To Shine Spotlight On DOL's FLSA Flip-Flopping
• FBI Investigates Suspicious Trading At Heinz
• Time Warner Antitrust Case Tossed Too Soon, 2nd Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Nixes $35M Toys R Us Antitrust Deal As Unfair
• Ralphs Escapes Privacy Class Action Over Rewards Club
• Transocean's $1B Deepwater Civil Deal Wins Approval
• Google Investor Can't Revive Suit Over Online Drug Sales
• High Court Won't Hear Title Insurer Price-Fixing Case
• Dynegy Judge Says Ch. 11 Releases Don't Bar Investor Claims
• Fidelity Says Misconduct In OT Suit Is Law Firm's 'Style'
• CVS Denies Underfunding $34M OT Settlement
• Wells Fargo Breached Trustee Duties, MedCap Investors Say
• Calif. Class Certified In Arthritis Drink False Ad Suit
• BP Wins $3.5B Cut Of US Claims Ahead Of Deepwater Trial
• Novartis Beats Osteoporosis Drug Injury Suit
• Freeport Investors' Records Appeal OK'd In Suit Over $9B Deal
• Toshiba Reaches $14M Deal In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• Revival Of BofA Seating Suit A Pain In Butt For Cos.
• Gaming Co. Settles Meal Break Allegations With Testers
• Jacksonville Fire Dept. Accused Of Racial Bias In Hiring
• Ex-NCAA Players Take Page From NFL Concussion Suit
• Merrill Lynch To Pay $12M To Settle OT Suit
• Valeant Pays $12M To Settle Wellbutrin Antitrust Claims
• Santander Unit Accused Of Secretly Recording Phone Calls
• AATI Didn't Need Other Bids In $259M Skyworks Sale: Judge
• Calif. High Court Snubs Challenge To Worker Time Rounding
• Conspiracy Claims Nixed In Wells Fargo Kickback Actions
• Roche Escapes 40 Accutane MDL Suits Due To Lack Of Expert
• FDA Gets Dozens Of Complaints After Ranbaxy Recall
• Aryeh V. Canon: Impact On Calif.'s Unfair Competition Law
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• No Touch Up On 'Natural' Beauty By Calif. Court
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• The Rationale Behind Del.'s 'Pink Slime' Ruling
• Insurer Says $650M TCPA Coverage Row Belongs In Ill.
• Infogroup Shareholders Win Class Cert. In $463M Buyout Row
• Court Urged Not To Stay $200M Greenberg Sex Bias Suit
• Record $688M Merck Settlement May Not Be Contagious
• Rakoff Departs From Katz Ruling In $2B Madoff Fight
• SEC Can't Block Discovery In Suit Over $7B Stanford Fraud
• Polsinelli Hires 25-Year Bankruptcy Vet From K&L Gates
• Akin Gump's Wal-Mart Bias Memo Not Privileged, Dukes Says
• Home Depot Harvests Website Visitors' Data, Suit Claims
• LA Fitness Dodges Consumer Fraud Suit Over Contract Waiver
• Reckitt Kept Addiction Drugs Off Market: Antitrust Suit
• Nortel's $28M Deal Over Disabled Worker Benefits OK'd
• Samsung Appeal Shot Down In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• Expect More Questionable EEOC Practices In 2013
• Instagram Says User Policy Doesn't Abuse Photo Uploaders
• MRI V. National Imaging May Signal New Litigation Trend
• Merck To Pay $688M To Settle Investor Suits Over Vytorin
• BP Spars With Gov't Over Potential $21B Deepwater Fines
• LG, Samsung, Others Say LCD Price-Fixing Suit Is Time-Barred
• Mortgage Co. Execs Sued Over Robosigning Defense Fees
• Facebook Shakes 4 Derivative Suits Over IPO
• Visa, MasterCard Beat ATM Price-Fixing Actions
• Wholesale Grocery Antitrust Claims Revived By 8th Circ.
• $16B Virgin Media Sale Fleeces Investors, Suit Says
• Principal's ERISA Deal Bars Class Cert. Appeal: 8th Circ.
• Philly Says $54M Sheriff Sale Claims Too Varied For Cert.
• Chase Customers Sue Over Failed Same-Day Card Payments
• Travelers' Suit Dropped From Neurontin MDL
• Sony Says Lingering Flaws Should Sink Data Breach Suit
• Tug-Of-War Over Attys' Fees In LCD Case Takes New Turn
• Panel Centers NECC Meningitis Cases In Mass., Not Minn.
• Ticket Purchases Put Southwest Customers At Risk: Suit
• Judge Dislikes Atty's Facebook Post On McDonald's Halal Deal
• Mortgage Officers Get Class Cert. In PNC Bank OT Suit
• JPML Combines 9 Plavix Injury, FCA Actions In NJ
• Fifth Third Bank Hit With Excessive Interest Class Action
• Nintendo Urges Arbitration For Faulty Wii Controller Suit
• 4 Big Changes Coming To UK Private Antitrust Enforcement
• Individual Claims Retained Under DuPont Herbicide Settlement
• FNB To Pay $3M In Overdraft Fee Class Action Settlement
• Online And Off Song-Beverly: Some Relief For Retailers
• Primary Jurisdiction May Be Useful In Food Labeling Cases
• AIG Investor Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive Fed Derivative Suit
• Acme Packet Investor Challenges $1.7B Oracle Deal
• Insurer Can't Fend Off Class Cert. In Spam-Texting Suit
• Nestle Lied About Juicy Juice Benefits, 9th Circ. Hears
• Dewey Can't Escape WARN Act Class Action
• Fannie, Freddie Escape Fla. County's Excise Tax Suit
• Mass Tort Reforms Prompt Fewer Filings, Philly Judge Reports
• CVS Can't Arbitrate Patient Info Dispute, 5th Circ. Says
• Flexible Flyer Workers' WARN Act Suit Crashes In 5th Circ.
• Asus Customers Take 2nd Shot At $2M Tablet Defect Settlement
• Yahoo Illegally Gave User Data To Grand Jury, 9th Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Urged Not To Halt Antitrust Suit Over GSK Drug
• Credit Card Late Fees Violate Constitution, 9th Circ. Hears
• Banks Ask 5th Circ. To Revive Heartland Data Breach Claims
• Authors Defend Class Cert. In Google Books Copyright Suit
• Lead Co. Urges 8th Circ. To Trigger Enviro Suit Coverage
• Debt Collector Illegally Records Phone Calls, Suit Says
• Ener1 To Pay $4M To Settle Suit Over Failed Car Investment
• Marine Sues Continental For Stiffing Pilots Over Military Leave
• Gentiva Board Escapes Medicare Fraud Derivative Suit
• Drugmaker Paid Women Less Than Men, $100M Bias Suit Says
• Argentine Firm Loses Bid For Cut Of $410M BofA Deal
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Pa. Suit Claims Wal-Mart Denied Asst. Managers Overtime
• $3B Alterra Sale Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Investor Looks To Halt $129M Fla. Casino Deal
• Chinese Vitamin-C Maker Can't Escape Cartel Claims
• Conn. Cities Win Class Cert. In Fannie, Freddie Tax Row
• Sonar Capital Dodges Insider Trading Class Action
• US Airways Says Federal Law Preempts Workers' OT Claims
• SeaWorld Splashed With ZIP Code Collection Suit
• Google Dodges Class Action Over Vulnerable Android Apps
• Wells Fargo Puts Up $13M To End Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• Judge Shuts Door On LG Fridge Labeling Suit
• AmerisourceBergen Sued Over CEO's Hefty Stock Payout
• United Pays $1M To Settle Flight Attendants' Paycheck Suit
• HHS Improperly Let Ariz. Medicaid Copays Rise, Judge Says
• Buy.com Faces $500M Suit Over Phone Number Collection
• $13M Settlement Beats Out Rival Plan In Del. Fund Case
• Judge OKs $1B In Chinese Drywall Settlements
• Dukes Doesn't Doom $400M KPMG Sex Bias Action
• Sirius XM Hit With Class Action Over Improper Fees
• 7th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For FLSA Class Cert.
• 7th Circ. Thrashes 'Tax Cheats' Who Brought UBS Fraud Suit
• Morgan Stanley Workers Win Cert. In OT Collective Action
• Pfizer Notes Doctor Decisions In Appeal Of $142M RICO Award
• Breg Wins Bellwether Trial In Calif. Pain Pump Suits
• NJ Legislature Passes Bills To Loosen Corporate Regs
• Edwards Wildman Looks To High Court To Duck RICO Suit
• Midas Can't Duck Class Claims It Denied Managers Breaks
• NY AG Appeals Toss Of Objection To $115M AIG Fraud Deal
• Papa John's Insurers Want Off Hook For Text-Spamming Suits
• The Ongoing Impact Of Del. Courts On US M&A
• Fla. 'Pass-On' Defense OK'd In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Blood Bank's Deal With Clients In Data Theft Suit OK'd
• Ex-Puda Coal Directors Can't Dodge Suit Over Asset Sale
• Commonwealth Investor Suit Says Execs Hid Financial Woes
• Disney, Analysts Ordered Back To Drawing Board In OT Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Wants $200M Sex Bias Suit Put On Hold
• Auto Parts Cos. Score Eagle Eyes Exhibits In Antitrust Case
• JPML Sends Lithium Ion Battery Price-Fixing MDL To Calif.
• Marriott Hit With Bias Class Action By Blind Worker
• YPF Accused Of Keeping Quiet On Nationalization Risk
• $24B Dell Go-Private Deal Unfair To Investors, Suit Says
• Wells Fargo Slams Lax FLSA Class Standards In 5th Circ.
• Patient Data Suit Must Be Arbitrated, CVS Tells 5th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Lets National Union Avoid $6.3M Coverage Payout
• Forest Labs Wants Class Nixed In $100M Gender Bias Suit
• Copano Investor Targets $5B Kinder Morgan Merger
• DR Horton Doesn't Apply In JPMorgan Wage Action: Judge
• CVS Workers Granted Class Cert. In FLSA Overtime Suit
• Hyundai, Kia Deceptive Mileage Suits Joined In Calif.
• Banks Aren't Cops, Peregrine Judge Told
• Investors Seek Del. High Court's Input On Records Requests
• Global Payments Data Theft Suit Should Be Nixed, Judge Says
• NLRB Class Waiver Ban Comes Before 5th Circ.
• Apple Win In Calif. High Court Puts Privacy Law In Limbo
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Antidepressant Marketing MDL
• Farmers Insurance Hit With Class Action Over Skimpy Payouts
• WMS Faces Investor Suit Over $1.5B Scientific Games Deal
• Insurers May Have Edge In Sandy Basement-Definition Fight
• NFL Says Consumer Can't Bring Suit Over Reebok Deal
• Class Cert. Rejected in Chase Flood Insurance Kickback Suit
• Prudential Dodges Class Cert. In 'Death Spiral' Insurance Suit
• BP Faces $34B In Deepwater Claims From State, Local Gov'ts
• Hilton Head RE Brokers' Group Settles Antitrust Claims
• Brinker Doesn't Aid Verizon Wage Class, Calif. Court Says
• Merck Loses Final Bellwether Trial In Fosamax MDL
• 1st Circ. Revives Investors' Feraheme Risks Class Action
• Marriott's Ritz-Carlton Pays $2M To End OT Class Action
• Ferragamo, PC Mall Misused Credit Card Info, Shoppers Say
• Exploiting Calif.'s 'All Natural' Food Craze
• Life Partners Investors Unlikely To Win Class Cert.: Judge
• JPMorgan Asks 6th Circ. To Back Class Waiver In Antitrust Suit
• Goldman Execs Hid 'Structured Exits' Scheme, Investor Says
• DirectSat OT Class Had No Plan For Trial, 7th Circ. Says
• Brokers Challenge Forced In-House Trading Before 9th Circ.
• US Says Starr Can't Rep 2 Classes In AIG Bailout Suit
• AmEx Beats Subpoena Over $7B Interchange Antitrust Deal
• UPS Wants 7th Circ. To Review EEOC's ADA Class Claims
• Kenneth Cole Blasts Challenge To $149M Go-Private Deal
• Kaiser Billing Class Wins Cert. In Emergency Services Suit
• General Mills Pays $8.5M To Settle Yogurt False Ad Suit
• 8th Circ. Cites Dukes In Nixing Domino's Drivers Class
• Zicam Maker Pays $4.5M To Snuff Stock Fraud Suit
• Apple Can Collect Personal Info Online: Calif. High Court
• BofA Board Dodges Investor Suit Over Foreclosure Practices
• ERISA Class To Have Its Day Against Bloomberg, BNA Merger
• UnitedHealth Collective Action Waiver Doesn't Violate FLSA
• Justices Told Filed-Rate Doctrine Killed KeySpan Antitrust Suit
• Challenging Ex Parte Communications With Physicians
• How 1st Circ. Infused Del. Law Decision With Realism
• Chevron, FedEx Investors Want Full Trial On Forum Bylaws
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Elan, Pfizer Investor Row
• Comcast Sued By Business-Class Customers Over Fees
• J&J Unit Beats TCPA Junk Fax Class Action
• Apple Faces Revamped Claims That Apps Grab User Data
• FLSA Class Nixed In ManorCare Meal Break Suit
• Hipster App Steals Phones' Contact Lists, Suit Claims
• Mercedes Skirts False Ad Suit Over Parking Cameras, Radios
• Greenberg Traurig, Female Partners Square Off In Sex Bias Suit
• Attys in Bayer GM Rice MDL Demand State Claim Firms Pay Up
• 5th Circ. Poised To Weigh NLRB Class Waiver Ban
• National Beef Workers Win Class Cert. In Unpaid Wage Suit
• Chase, Debt Collectors Hit With False Debt Class Action
• New Year Brings New Rules To Del. Trial Practice
• Inside The Circuit Split Over FAA Section 7