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Class Action - December, 2018

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• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Winner's Playbook
• Kaiser Settles Calif. Suit Over Alleged 'Patient Dumping'
• High Court's Tibble Opinion Matters Now More Than Ever
• Class Attys Get $75M Payday In Ford Air Bag Settlement
• 6th Circ. Vacates Deportation Halt For Iraqi Nationals
• NJ FedEx Drivers Denied Cert. In Misclassification Suit
• CVS Unit's Doubled $1.3M FCRA Deal 'Odd,' Judge Says
• Stericycle Reaches $45M Settlement In Securities Suit
• Trump Fraud Accusers Can Stay Anonymous, Judge Says
• Join Suits Over HIV Drugs In Calif., Patients Urge JPML
• Orlando Utility Sued Over Coal Plant Property Damage
• Goldman Must Share Some Proof Of 'Boys' Club' In Bias Suit
• Condé Nast Wants Insurer To Cover $13.8M Settlement Costs
• Worker Wants Papa John's No-Poach Suits Consolidated
• Belk Team Managers Get OK On Class OT Deal
• Invalid PAGA Waiver Dooms PennyMac's OT Arbitration Bid
• Purdue Says Texas Can't Slip Out From Opioid MDL
• Newfield Shareholder Sues To Block $5.5B Encana Deal
• FedEx Paying $2.1M To End OT Underpayment Suit In NY
• No Pause For EEOC Award Process In Ford Harassment Suit
• Witness Collusion Accusations Fly In Airline Price-Fixing Suit
• Starbucks Looks To Dump White Chocolate Energy Drink Spat
• Broadway Theater Wants ADA Suit Over Outside Food Tossed
• Investor Suit Against Apparel Retailer J.Jill Doesn't Fit: Judge
• Dental Supply Co. Was In On Price-Fixing, Investors Say
• Dealers Want Final OK On Reynolds' $29.5M Antitrust Deal
• Ex-Conagra Workers Say They Were Stiffed On Benefits
• Tropicana Accused Of False Probiotics Claims In NY Suit
• Museums Beat 'Art Bastard's $100M Antitrust Suit, For Now
• Ohio Opioid MDL Bellwether Survives Drug Co. Attacks
• 18 Firms Ask 9th Circ. For Cut Of $175M Fees In VW MDL
• HIG, Bain Escape 6 Of 8 Claims In Surgery Center Buy
• Del. Chancery Strikes Charters' Fed. Court Provisions
• $480M Wells Fargo Investor Deal OK'd, Attys Get $96M
• Mercedes-Benz Can't Escape Moldy HVAC Systems Suit
• EQT Gets Final OK For $2.8M Wage-And-Hour Deal
• The Top Antitrust Cases Of 2018
• Ex-NFLers Face Skeptical 9th Circ. In Career-Killer Drug Suit
• Generic-Drug Cos. Want AGs To Shut Up About Price-Fixing
• Retailers Chop Chicken Of The Sea From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• Rice Energy's $2.9M Wage Settlement Gets Final Nod
• Direct Capacitor Buyers Cut $120M Deal In Price-Fix Suit
• Lyft Wins Bid to Force Arbitration In Driver Classification Suit
• Thornton, Lieff Dig In Against Ex-Judge In $75M Fee Fight
• Entwistle & Cappucci To Lead Tribune Stock-Drop Suit
• United Airlines Tries To Cancel Travel Insurance Kickback Suit
• 3 D&O Questions Regarding Event-Driven Securities Litigation
• Mass. Judge To Hear Expert In $1.75M Acacia Atty Fee Fight
• Postmate Workers Must Arbitrate Independent Contractor Row
• Red Hat Shareholder Sues To Stop $34B IBM Sale
• EpiPen MDL Gets Special Master To Deal With Disputed Docs
• Kraft Gets 'All Natural' Sour Cream False Ad Suit Tossed
• Riders Accusing Uber Drivers Of Rape Agree To End Suit
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Chancellor Probes Age Claim In Suit Over $283M NCI Merger
• IPass Keeping Investors In Dark On Tech Merger, Suit Says
• Expedia Overcharges Tax On Hotel Bookings, Suit Says
• Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal
• TD Ameritrade Clients Too Disparate For Class Fraud Suit
• CenturyLink 401(k) Plan Participants Fight To Keep Suit Alive
• Kinder Morgan Unit Faces $5M Suit Over Chemical Spill
• Class Objector Loses Bid To Unseal Target's Supplement Deal
• Highland Capital Says Mutual Fund Suit Meritless
• Jury Clears Ramen Noodle Makers In Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Union Fees Refund Appeal
• Panasonic, Others To Pay $33M To Indirect Resistor Buyers
• Telecom Servicer Dycom Faces 2nd Suit Over Permitting Woes
• AT&T Points To 9th Circ. Decision In Bid To Toss 401(k) Suit
• NJ Car Dealer Can't Force Arbitration Of 'Hidden Fee' Suit
• Retailers Level Fresh Claims In AmEx Anti-Steering MDL
• $2.4M Settlement Reached In J&J 'Natural' Baby Wash Suit
• The State Of Pharma Class Certification After Asacol
• Attys In $29M Och-Ziff Securities Settlement Seek $8.6M Fees
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• The Continuing Shift Of Merger Litigation To Federal Courts
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Lawyer Suing Avvo Seeks To Distinguish Suit From Failures
• 2 Judges Rule Against Weyerhaeuser In Formaldehyde Suits
• Facebook Data Suit Paused To Allow Chancery Records Trial
• Quest Can't Ditch TCPA Suit Over Debt Collection Call
• NYC Art Museums Antitrust Suit Lacks Specifics, Judge Says
• Schwab Can't Ditch ERISA Duty Claims, Participants Say
• Jackson Lewis Picks Up Employment Atty In Los Angeles
• Kia, Hyundai Defect Causes Cars To 'Erupt In Flames': Suit
• Fordham Prof. Seeks $575K Fee For Goldman Pay Objections
• Unilever Wins Suit Over Safety Of St. Ives Face Scrub
• $11.5M Deal OK'd To Cut Mushroom Co. From Antitrust MDL
• AT&T Retailer Says Firm Owes $1M After Exiting Labor Suit
• Calif. Panel Nixes Allstate, Farmers Inspectors' Cert. Bid
• Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Episode Is Old News
• Russell, Spalding Neverflat Buyer Spar Over Ball Quality Suit
• Ex-Linkwell Execs Face Sanctions For Deposition No-Shows
• Health Care Co. Hid $1B Tax Debt Before Merger: Investors
• Consumers Slam Challenge To Cert. In Tribe-Linked Loan Suit
• Merck Tells High Court FDA OK In Rejecting Fosamax Warning
• VW Faulty-Engine Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $8.5M Fees
• Apparel Retailer J. Jill Says Investor Suit Lacks Substance
• GE Must Face Bulk Of ERISA Suit
• GE Says US Is No Place For Fukushima Meltdown Suit
• Divers Get $50M Settlement Over Defective Scuba Computers
• Ripe For High Court: Article III Standing In Data Breach Cases
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• TCPA Suit Over Hotel Booking Text Messages Tossed
• Rent-A-Center's $11M Deal With Investors Gets Initial OK
• EpiPen MDL Attys Scolded For 'Mindless Bickering'
• Packers Fan Can't Wear Team Garb On Bears' Sidelines
• PayPal Dodges Stock-Drop Suit Over Data Breach
• $4.9M State Street Settlement Gets Initial OK From Judge
• Airport Food, Retail Workers Win $2.2M In Class Action
• Louis Berger Hit With OT Suit Over Post-Maria Recovery
• 4 Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2018
• Lyft Driver Says He Can Sue Because He Declined Arbitration
• Rite Aid Asks 3rd Circ. To Keep Nix Of Background Check Suit
• $385M Fitbit Insider Trading Suit Kept Alive In Chancery
• African Workers Denied Cert. In Gov't Contractor Bias Suit
• Sanofi Fires Back Against Mylan In Its Bid To Exit EpiPen MDL
• Edelson Looking For Bandas Misconduct In Firms' Docs
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Auto Groups Side With VW In 9th Circ. Emissions Dispute
• The Biggest Transportation Rulings Of 2018
• The Latest On Article III Standing In False Ad Class Actions
• Judge Denies Firm's Bid To Cut Kickback Claims In Report
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Levi & Korsinsky To Lead Glencore Investor's FCPA Suit
• 7th Circ. Partly Revives SkyWest Flight Attendant Pay Scrap
• Costco Execs Face Stock-Drop Suit Over Internal Controls
• Moldy Mercedes-Benz HVAC Systems 'Foul,' Suit Claims
• $250M State Farm Deal OK'd Amid Objector's Threat To Appeal
• Allstate Underpaid Auto Crash Injury Benefits, Suit Says
• Nissan 'Breached No Warranty,' Wants Floorboard Suit Nixed
• 'Contradictory' Collection Letter Class Certified In NJ
• Bojangles' Investor Seeks More Details On Chain's Acquisition
• Consumers Win Cert. In Cruise Co. TCPA Suit
• NYC Cab Drivers Settle Suit Claiming Uber Is Their Employer
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Direct Buyers Win Cert. In Lamictal Antitrust Suit
• Eletrobras Investors Get OK For $15M Bribery Settlement
• 'Put Up Or Shut Up' In Fraud Suit, Fiat Chrysler Tells Investors
• TGI Fridays Beats Class Cert. Bid In Vacation Pay Suit
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2018
• Ford Transmission Case Belongs In Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• CVS-Only HIV, AIDS Drugs Aren't Discriminatory, Judge Says
• Tenaris, Execs Sued By Investors Over Bribery Scandal
• BCBS Must Face Per Se Antitrust Test, 11th Circ. Rules
• Centerplate Customer Takes 2nd Swing At Receipt Privacy Suit
• No 'God-Given Right' To Discovery In Antitrust MDL, CDK Says
• ARRIS Stockholder Seeks To Halt $7.4B CommScope Buy
• Wis. Painters Entitled To Damages In Underpaid OT Row
• VW Banks On Federal Shield To Beat States' Emissions Suits
• 'SuperStarch' Maker Settles Suit Over Performance Claims
• Pa. Law Firm Hit With Debt Collection Suit By Consumers
• Charter Looks To Nix TCPA Suit Over Unwanted Calls
• USOC Says Time, Safe Sport Act Bar Ex-Gymnast's Abuse Suit
• Chase Says Workers Reneged On Deal To End Seating Suit
• FanDuel's Hidden Arbitration Pact Preserves MDL, Users Say
• Google Tracking Class Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Fla. Hotel Escapes ADA Suit After Disabled Woman Pulls Out
• Investor Seeks Halt Of $1.9B Apptio-Vista Deal For More Info
• Packers Fan Seeks To Sport Team Jersey On Bears' Sidelines
• Edward Jones Agrees To Pay $3M To Settle 401(k) Fee Suit
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Which Class Action Question Will Justices Decide?
• Calif. High Court OKs Meal Break Waiver For Health Workers
• Fiat Presses Supreme Court To Undo Car-Hacking Cert. Order
• 2nd Circ. Gives Goldman 2nd Shot At Class Cert. Appeal
• Final Parties In Aussie Benchmark Suit Want Dismissals Redo
• CareFirst Agrees To Pay $3.6M For Lactation Benefits Claims
• Ex-OptimisCorp Figures Fight Axing From Chancery Suit
• Judge Knocks Cambridge Analytica Exec's Ch. 7 Escape Bid
• VW Slams Bondholder's Bid To Redo Emissions Fraud Suit
• Club Owner Asks 11th Circ. To Reverse Strippers' FLSA Win
• General Mills Escapes Suit Over Trans Fat Use
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe USC Coverage In Abuse Suits
• Pioneer, 401(k) Participants Reach Deal To End ERISA Suit
• ImmunoCellular Investors Seek OK Of $1.1M Stock Hype Deal
• 'Whole Grain' Cheez-It Label Suit Sent Back To Fed. Court
• Pa. Judge Won't Stay Derivative UHS Overbilling Claims
• GNC Investors Can't Revive Securities Suit In 3rd Circ.
• 3M Fire Suppressant MDL Will Be Heard In South Carolina
• Endo Must Face Stock-Drop Claims In Opioid Safety Suit
• Most Claims Stick In ConAgra Cooking Spray Label Suit
• MVP: Gibson Dunn's Christopher Chorba
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• Ret. Judge Tapped To Probe NFL Settlement Fraud Allegations
• State Farm Deal Objector Slams Conduct Of Class Counsel
• Shire Must Cough Up Some Docs In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Deutsche Bank, Investors Seek Quick Wins In RMBS Suits
• Co. Can't Duck Claims $17M 'Tokens' Were Unregistered Stock
• Chancery OKs $92.5M Deal To End $4.4B Starz Merger Suit
• 2nd Circ. Gives IBM Workers A Second Chance At ERISA Row
• Acosta Sales Unit Agrees To $3M Deal To End OT Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Temps' Pa. Law Claims In Commute Pay Suit
• Sweet Ending For Chocolatier As Box-Size Suit Is Tossed
• J&J To Face Bulk Of Buyers' Claims In Remicade Antitrust Suit
• Home Depot Can't Keep Drywall Suit Out Of Antitrust MDL
• FINA Has Stranglehold On Swimming Competitions, Suit Says
• Scotts To Pay Up To $85M Over Pesticide-Tainted Bird Seed
• Best Buy Investors Fight To Keep Stock-Drop Suit Alive
• Wilson, Buyers Go To Bat For Louisville Slugger Settlement
• Justices Flush Kimberly-Clark's Appeal In Wipes Case
• Credit Union Faces Customer Suit Over Overdraft Fees
• Pharmas Say FTC Pushing Subpoena Limits In AndroGel Row
• Move Montgomery McCracken Malpractice Row To NY: Judge
• Investor Says PDC Energy's Board Ignored Enviro Laws
• Drivers Fight To Save VW Faulty-Engine Deal Amid Objections
• MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
• Kellogg's Breakfast Bars Contain Pesticide, Buyers Say
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2018
• Judge Favors Spector Roseman To Lead Stock Drop Suit
• Attys Get $503M In Fees For Syngenta GMO Corn Settlement
• Thrift Preemption No Help For Chase In Calif. Suit: Judge
• Atty Asks To Stay In NFL Suit Despite Disciplinary Charges
• 2 Firms Nab Lead In 'Channel-Stuffing' Derivative Suits
• 2nd Magistrate To Weigh $2.4M Fee Bid In $294K ERISA Suit
• Education Corp. Faces WARN Suit After Campus Shutdowns
• VW Tells 9th Circ. Counties' Emissions Claims Preempted
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Hear Appeal Of $300M Fees In Forex Deal
• Facebook Health Site Tracking Legal, 9th Circ. Says
• Amazon Wage Suit Survives, But Class Claims Are Nixed
• Customer Service Reps Sue Verizon Over Unpaid Work Hours
• Impax Says Investors' Drug Price-Fixing Suit Still Fails
• Colo. Sheriff Can't Hold Detainees For ICE, Judge Rules
• NJ Justices To Review $6.3M Jury Award For Kia Brake Class
• BCBS Mass. Gets Wilderness Therapy Coverage Row Trimmed
• Ohio Mineral Owners Say Oil & Gas Drillers Dug Too Deep
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Settle ADA Suit Over 49ers' Stadium
• Merck, Glenmark Can't Shake Zetia Pay-For-Delay MDL
• Marriott Database Still Vulnerable To Hackers, Suit Claims
• Bulk Of TD Bank Investors' Fraud Claims Survive Bid To Toss
• ​​​​​​​Dominion Must Produce Docs In Dealer Data Antitrust MDL
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Containerboard Price-Fixing Claims
• Synergy Pharma Looks To Ditch Suit Over Side Effects, Loan
• Cook Medical Slashes 3rd Bellwether Suit In Vein Filter MDL
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Franklin Templeton, Workers Agree To Settle ERISA Suit
• Will High Court Avoid Deadlock In Lorenzo?
• Class Cert. Evidence Standard Likely Headed To High Court
• MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's John Browne
• Uber Is Impeding Arbitrations By Refusing To Pay, Drivers Say
• State Dept. Can Still Count Relatives Toward EB-5 Visa Cap
• Walmart's Revised $65M PAGA Seating Deal Gets Green Light
• Detox Chain Ginned Up Biz With Spam Texts, Suit Says
• Female KPMG Workers Want Redo On Class Cert. Denial
• Lack Of Actual Data Breach Sinks Mercy Health Security Row
• Raydon Sued Over Employee Plan's $60.5M Share Buy
• Sherman Act Cut From Clot Drug Suit, State Claims Survive
• 8th Circ. Upholds Homeowners' Cert. In Row With State Farm
• Ex-Insight Global Employee's Suit Over Firing Remains Intact
• Genocea Beats Investor Claims It Hid Truth About Herpes Drug
• Investor Attys In Santander Accounting Row Deal Seek $3.2M
• Builder Stuck With Trimmed Fraud Suit Over Illinois Homes
• AmTrust Says Switching Auditors Doesn't Equal Fraud
• Consumers Get $73M In Latest Auto Parts MDL Settlement
• Janus Doesn't Change Outcome Of Union Fee Suit: 7th Circ.
• 3 Firms Must Evenly Split $11.3M Fees In Century 21 Suit
• VW Worker Urges Court To Block Alleged Age Discrimination
• 'Opioid Babies' Denied MDL Separate From Ohio Gov't Suits
• REIT Blasts Investor's 'Meritless' Bid To Block Merger
• Hyundai Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Sonata Brake Defect Suit
• Calif. Law At Issue As Qualcomm Fights Giant Class Cert.
• Shareholder Sues SendGrid Over $2B Twilio Deal
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• It's Harder To Withdraw From MDLs — For Good Reason
• EU Approves Class Action Rules Amid Calls For Safeguards
• Rams Fans Ink Deal Worth Up To $24M Over Move To LA
• Greenberg Traurig Wants Part Of Stanford Ponzi Claim Axed
• Swanky NY Club Made Women, Not Men, Share Tips: Suit
• KPMG Ruling Casts Skeptical Light On Dukes Decision
• PG&E Caused Worst Fire In Calif. History, Suit Says
• Cboe Investors Just Want Names In VIX Manipulation MDL
• Cambridge Analytica Exec's Bid To Avoid Ch. 7 Slammed
• 8th Circ. Won't Rethink Tribes' Nixed Child Welfare Claims
• Texas Says Opioid MDL Won't Let It Stop Deceptive Marketing
• Consumer Class Certified In Contact Lens Price-Fix Row
• Ohio Agency Head Wants Refugee License Bias Suit Tossed
• Prospect CharterCare Looks To Ax Suit Over Retirement Plan
• Valero Wins Bid To Decertify Gas Buyers In Pricing Suit
• Health Co. Coughs Up $1.75M To End EEOC Pregnancy Suit
• Hospital Plan Rips 'Overreaching' $2.4M Fee Bid In ERISA Suit
• Tesla Faces Securities Suit Over $1.8B Bond Offering
• Foreign Banks Challenge Jurisdiction In Forex Rig Suit
• Zales Didn't Honor Jewelry Repair Plans, Consumers Say
• Arbitration In Bankruptcy Isn't Dead After Anderson
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• 'I Am Not Co-Plaintiff Counsel,' Judge Scolds At Walmart Trial
• Rent-A-Center Investors Seek OK On $11M Stock Drop Deal
• Objector Atty Targeted With RICO Suit Says Edelson Set Trap
• TerraVia Says Investors' Stock-Drop Action Baseless
• Debt Collector Can't Head Off Class Cert. In Student Loan Suit
• Tribes Can't Seek Info On Fed Contracts, IHS In Opioid MDL
• Cellphone Users Get Cert. In Pizza Hut TCPA Suit
• Amazon Can't Duck Bias Claims Over Job Ads, Judge Hears
• Derivative Suit Over Allstate Claims Surge Put On Hold
• Attys In Water Treatment Antitrust Deal Nab $5.6M Fees, Costs
• Royal Caribbean Destroyed Storm Video, Audio: Passengers
• Navient Says Student Loan Forgiveness Suit Is Preempted
• MetLife Shorted Benefits With 1971 Mortality Rates, Suit Says
• 4 Firms Vie To Lead Adient Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• Met Opera Wants Out Of ADA Suit Over Outside-Food Rules
• Nissan Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Engine Defect Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Shook Hardy Kicked Off Monster Energy False-Ad Suit
• Pa. Cos. Face Greater Risks Related To Workers' Personal Info
• 9th Circ. Gives EBay, Sotheby's Attys' Fees In Royalties Row
• Attys Score $20M From $61M Dish TCPA Verdict
• Justices Eye Scope Of Liability In SEC Copy-Paste Case
• Knight Truck Drivers Get Cert. In $25M Calif. Break Suit
• Chancery OKs $18M Ameritrade Class Deal In Scottrade Suit
• Marriott Hit With Multiple Suits After Massive Data Breach
• US Bank Gets Fees Claims Stayed In Royal Park RMBS Suit
• NCAA Says Athletes' Antitrust Closings 'Smuggle In' Evidence
• Google Says Users Lack Standing In High Court Privacy Row
• CSC Holdings Can't Put A Stop To Customer's TCPA Suit
• Ramen Noodle Buyers Seek Sanctions In Price-Fixing Trial
• Novan Can Duck Claims It Misled Investors, Magistrate Says
• VW Slams Investors' Antitrust Stock-Drop Suit
• GreatBanc, Homebuilder Sued Over Employee Stock Deals
• EB-5 Visa Applicants Win Class Cert. Over USCIS Restrictions
• Walmart, 3 Pharma Cos. Sued Over Tainted Combo Drug
• 2nd Circ. Says Olive Oil Co.'s Truffle Scent Didn't Dupe Buyers
• TD Bank Soaks US Customers With Multiple Fees, Suit Says
• EpiPen Maker Slams Sanofi's Bid To Exit Antitrust MDL
• Insurer Wants Out Of Coverage For Hertz's Toll-Pass Partner
• Shell, Jiffy Lube Hit With No-Poach Antitrust Suit
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Extreme Networks Reaches $7M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• High Court OKs SG To Argue In Merck's Fosamax Appeal
• Borrowers Seek Cert. In $18.4M Tribal Lender Suit
• BB&T Ready To Shell Out $24M To End Suit Over 401(k) Plan
• $182.5M Euribor Deal Won't Get OK'd Without Atty Fee Info
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Security Co. Strikes $2.5M Deal In JFK Worker Wage Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• VW Defeats Drivers' Bid To Revive Suspension Defect Claims
• Practitioner's Guide To Stratified Random Sampling: Part 2
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018