Supreme Court limits Wal-Mart sex bias case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of female employees in a decision that makes it harder to mount large-scale...
View ArticleWoman sues Honda in unlikely place: small claims
TORRANCE, Calif. — A woman who expected her Civic Hybrid to be her dream car wants Honda to pay for not delivering the 50 mpg it promised. But rather than joining other owners in a class-action...
View ArticleSecond Circuit — Arbitration — Class Action: In re: American Express...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Arbitration — Class Action Waivers — Enforceability In re: American Express Merchants’ Litigation 06-1871-cv Judges Pooler and Sack Background: The case was...
View ArticleSecond Circuit — Class Action: Hecht v. United Collection Bureau Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Class Action Constructive Notice — Single Advertisement Hecht v. United Collection Bureau Inc. 11-1327 Judges Walker, Straub and Pooler Background: The...
View Article$9.5M deal in Facebook class action ‘adequate’
A $9.5 million settlement of a consumer class action against Facebook was sufficiently adequate to be approved, even if it represented only a fraction of what some class members claimed they could...
View ArticleWal-Mart faces new class action
Temporary workers at Wal-Mart have filed a new class action against the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in Illinois federal court, alleges that the company violated wage and overtime laws by requiring...
View ArticleDoes ‘Daubert’ apply to class action certification?
If the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wanted to decide whether the Daubert standard for admitting expert testimony at trial also applies at the class action certification stage, they picked a...
View ArticleSecond Circuit: Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System v....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Class Action – Standing – Securities Fraud Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System v. Morgan Stanley 13-2095-cv(L) Judges Winter, Leval...
View ArticleLawmakers take another look at class actions
Changes in the way courts handle class action lawsuits has opened the door to overbroad actions in which no one is injured, according to some federal lawmakers, while others claim they are important to...
View ArticleSecond Circuit – Class Action: In re Kingate Management Limited Litigation
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Class Action – State Law Claims – Preclusion In re Kingate Management Limited Litigation 11-1397-cv Judges Katsman, Leval and Hall Background: The...
View ArticlePatients exposed to shared injections denied class action
Class action status is being rejected for more than 1,900 Olean General Hospital patients who were notified in January 2013 the insulin injection pens used on them may have also been used on other...
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