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25 May 2010, 10:15 am by Mark Tabakman
I have handled a number of wage-hour class actions where the plaintiffs allege federal (i.e. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 8:07 pm
Class Action Alleging Violations of Federal Securities Laws based on Oil Company’s “Proved Reserves” Estimates in Public Offering Documents Warranted Dismissal because Cautionary Language Warned Reasonable Investor of Risk of Lower Reserves Texas Federal Court Holds Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Cano Petroleum (an independent oil and natural gas company) and individual officers and directors of Cano, as well as defendants… [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 9:13 pm
Trial Court Properly Granted Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Class Action Challenging Infertility Treatment Benefits because California Law Requires only that Blue Cross “Offer” such Coverage on Terms Negotiated with Employer, not that the Insurance Benefits Provide “Full” Coverage for Infertility Treatments California Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Blue Cross of California alleging for… [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:02 am
Defense attorneys removed the lawsuits to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), asserting that the lawsuits fell within CAFA’s “mass action” provision “which allows the removal of cases joining the claims of at least 100 plaintiffs that otherwise meet CAFA’s jurisdictional requirements. [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 12:16 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The litigation exposure, or market capitalization losses, amounts to $12.35 billion, or about 6% of total U.S. securities class actions Rule 10b-5 exposure.[5]   About 38% of securities class actions, or 5 of 13, against non-U.S. issuers also rely on short-seller research. [read post]
26 Sep 2009, 3:35 am
In the world of wage and hour class action litigation, employers are increasingly seeking to use the "on-duty" meal break exemption as a waiver defense to the action. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 8:09 pm
District Court did not Err in Dismissing Class Action Complaint Against Dredging Contractors seeking Monetary and Injunctive Relief for Damages Caused by Hurricane Katrina because Defendants Acted Pursuant to Government Contracts under Act of Congress and were Entitled to Government-Contractor Immunity Fifth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against the federal government and thirty-two others (the Contractor Defendants) “who dredged the… [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 2:41 am by Andrew Trask
In years past, when I was a budding class-action nerd at O'Melveny & Myers, I used to look forward to the ABA's annual convention on class actions. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 12:13 pm by Eric Goldman
Dec. 14, 2021)   The post New York Court Is the Wrong Venue for UK GDPR Class Action–Finch v. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 9:10 am by Mark Tabakman
In a recent case, a federal judge in New York has allowed a class action to proceed for thousands of employees who allege that they were misclassified as exempt by an accounting firm. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 4:00 am by Kimberly A. Kralowec
  What's more, the high court depublished three appellate cases that favored the defense in early 2013. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 2:23 am
Their defense brief included a list of various federal and state laws that represent substantive policy choices curbing class action remedies or ruling out class action claims in specific contexts. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 6:59 am by Rebecca Tushnet
The other class action complaints: Forest moved to dismiss the Missouri state law claim brought by non-Missouri plaintiffs on choice of law grounds. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 5:09 am
The appellate court held further that the trial court properly granted summary judgment as to all of the claims in the class action except for the class action’s UCL claim predicated on section 351. [read post]
1 May 2016, 7:06 pm by Jarod Bona
Defense attorneys are increasingly turning to class certification as a primary battle point to get their clients out of federal antitrust class actions. [read post]