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• Breaking News

  • American Airlines and US Airways announce $11 billion merger
  • Another bank tries to settle excessive overdraft class action
  • AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion argument on November 9, 2010
  • Campaign Finance Suit Denied Class Action Status
  • CFPB to investigate consumer impact of arbitration
  • Chambers rates Stoll Berne as a top litigation firm
  • CIGNA Sued For Gender Discrimination in Class Action
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes rule to supervise larger participants in consumer debt collection and consumer reporting markets
  • Dell going private for $13.64 per share
  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart; Employees file opposition to Wal-Mart’s Petition for Certiorari
  • FarmVille creator Zynga sued in class action for illegally sharing Facebook user data
  • GMAC mortgage class action over alleged false foreclosure documents
  • Judge keeps bulk of Toyota consumer suit intact
  • NCLC files amicus brief in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • NELA files amicus brief in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • Ninth Circuit Affirms that “Right to Sue” Means What it Says
  • Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Standard of Review for Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • Oral argument heard in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • Pro-Corporate Interest U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Class Action Waivers
  • Seventh Circuit blasts Fifth Circuit’s Analysis for Certifying Securities Class Actions
  • Stoll Berne attorneys honored by 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers
  • Taco Bell Responds to False Advertising Class Action Suit
  • Twenty five amicus briefs filed in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • Two senators introduce bill to allow suits v. cell companies
  • U.S. Senator Goes on Record
  • U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
  • US Supreme Court accepts certiorari in CAFA case
  • US Supreme Court grants certiorari in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • US Supreme Court Limits Class Arbitrations
  • US Supreme Court rules that arbitration agreements can bar class action lawsuits
  • US Supreme Court Supports Class Actions
  • Wal-Mart asks US Supreme Court to Review Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • Wal-Mart v. Women
  • Will the Supreme Court invent a federal law to gut state consumer protection laws?

• Class Action Facts

  • Are there class action abuses?
  • Federal Judicial Center issues New Pocket Guide on Class Actions
  • How do you start a class action?
  • How much time will a class action take?
  • How will the court decide whether to certify the case as a class action?
  • Judge Posner quote
  • Larson to present at NCLC Class Action Symposium
  • New documentary “Hot Coffee” exposes falsehoods concerning tort reform
  • News Corporation: stock purchasers file securities fraud class action lawsuit
  • Study finds class actions deter financial wrongdoing
  • What are the steps in resolving a class action?
  • What does a class action cost?
  • What is a class action?
  • What types of wrongs have been the subject of class actions?

• Class Actions of Interest

  • $295 million class action antitrust settlement vacated
  • $40 million settlement in Skechers’ class action suit
  • 5th Circuit denies Katrina and Rita settlement class certification
  • A comment on AT&T v. Concepcion
  • A Third Bank Agrees to Settle to Exit Overdraft MDL
  • After Supreme Court win forcing customers to arbitrate, AT&T now sues to stop arbitration
  • AIG class action settlement relating to workers’ compensation premiums approved
  • Alaska Airlines flight attendants file class action relating to defective uniforms
  • Align Technology sued in securities fraud lawsuit
  • Alliant Law Group class actions settlement
  • Ameriprise Financial: Court approves class action settlement
  • Amway Agrees to Class Action Settlement Relating to Gift Cards
  • Another Bank Settles Overdraft Class Action
  • Anthem Blue Cross settles class action alleging unfair premium hikes
  • Antitrust class action against Apple and AT&T certified
  • AOL settles privacy class action for $5 million
  • Apple agrees to settle class action over in-app purchases aimed at kids
  • Apple settles warranty class action
  • Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft sued over digital music copyright violations
  • AT&T Blue Sky Project overtime pay class action settled
  • AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion: By No Means the End
  • AT&T settles class action lawsuit with DSL customers
  • AT&T: Motion to Move Wage & Hour Class Action to Florida denied
  • Automobile dealers file antitrust class action against Carfax
  • Avon Products faces shareholder class action in New York
  • BancorpSouth seeks cheap settlement by cooperating in filing of copycat case in Arkansas
  • Bank of America – Countrywide suit removed to Federal Court
  • Bank of America agrees to pay $500 million to settle mortgage backed securities class action
  • Bank of America loses bid to dismiss HAMP class action
  • Bank of America settles class action alleging useless credit protection service
  • Bank of America settles credit score class action for $9.95 million
  • Bank of America settles discrimination suit brought by US Dept of Justice
  • Bank of America Settles Excessive Overdraft Class Action for $410 million
  • Bank of America settles mortgage securities class action
  • Bank of America settles securities class action regarding acquisition of Merrill Lynch
  • Bank of America: Investor group challenges $8.5 billion settlement
  • Bank of Hawaii settles overdraft fee class action lawsuit
  • Bank of Oklahoma overdraft class action receives final approval
  • Bank of Oklahoma settles overdraft fee class actions
  • Bank’s attempt to avoid CAFA jurisdiction in overdraft class action rejected
  • Bayer CropScience settles LibertyLink genetically modified rice class action lawsuit for $750 million
  • Bayer settles Yasmin related class action
  • Bear Stearns settles securities class action for $275 million
  • Beebe Medical Center to pay over $100 million to settle sex abuse class action
  • Beer drinkers file class action against Anheuser-Busch for watering down beer
  • Black Entertainment Television and Viacom settle copyright class action
  • Blog writer files class action against Huffington Post for failure to pay for content contributed to blog
  • Book publishers and Apple sued over e-book pricing
  • BP faces class action in Oregon over illegal debit card fees
  • BP must face shareholder claims over spill
  • BP oil spill class action settlement gets preliminary approval
  • BP seeks approval of oil spill class action settlement
  • BP settlement has blow-out provision
  • British Airways settles price fixing class action for $89.5 million
  • Capital One faces class action over transfer balance program
  • Chase announces settlement of check loan class action
  • Chase Bank settles credit card payment protection product class action
  • Chase credit card promotional check or balance transfer offer class action lawsuit settlement
  • Chase settles check loan class action for $100 million
  • Chinese drywall class action settlement
  • Chinese vitamin C manufacturer settles antitrust class action
  • Cigarette smokers lose unjust enrichment class action against Philip Morris
  • Cigna fights class certification over autism coverage at 3rd Circuit
  • Citibank faces class action over student loan scheme
  • Citigroup agrees to pay $730 million to settle securities fraud class action
  • Citigroup settles securities fraud lawsuit arising out of CDO’s
  • CitiMortgage sued over foreclosures of servicemembers’ homes
  • Citizens Bank settles excessive overdraft class action
  • Class action accuses Dial of being dirty
  • Class action against California Culinary Academy settled
  • Class action against Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles certified
  • Class action against student loan servicers settled
  • Class action against UPS for improperly measured packages settled
  • Class action against Whirlpool, Lowes and Sears regarding Maytag washing machines
  • Class Action Alleges Amazon Fraudulently Collects, Shares Users’ Personal Information
  • Class Action alleges Taco Bell is using false advertising when it calls its food ‘beef’
  • Class action based on in-app purchases for free apps allowed to proceed against Apple
  • Class action certified against Abercrombie & Fitch who voided gift cards
  • Class action certified against Anaheim Angels for violation of ADA
  • Class Action certified against Netflix and Wal-Mart
  • Class action certified regarding Stop & Frisk by New York Police
  • Class action complaint alleges price fixing by human egg donor services
  • Class action filed against American Airlines for losing bags, and refusing to refund baggage fees
  • Class Action filed against Bank of America for Forced Place Flood Insurance
  • Class action filed against Chase Bank by customers who used convenience checks
  • Class action filed against Coventry over sale to Aetna
  • Class action filed against Discover Financial alleging repeated & harassing cell phone calls
  • Class action filed against General Mills over GMO’s in Nature Valley snacks
  • Class action filed against JPMorgan Chase
  • Class action filed against JPMorgan Chase relating to bet on derivative contracts
  • Class Action Filed Against L.A. Fitness Over Improper Charges
  • Class Action Filed Against Pennsylvania Governor For Ending Health Care Program
  • Class action filed against Sony for privacy breach
  • Class action filed on behalf of cruise ship passengers
  • Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Coach for Attempt to Bar “Second Hand” Online Sales of Coach Products
  • Class Action Lawsuit Over Deaths at Hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina settles
  • Class Action Settlement Funds To Be Distributed In Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation & Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
  • Class action settlement of Babies ‘R’ Us antitrust case
  • Class certification denial in New Jersey Rite Aid case reversed
  • Class notices going out in iPod class action
  • Clearwire investor files class action to block $2 billion Sprint buyout
  • Comcast Oregon Late Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
  • Commerce Bank settles excessive overdraft case for $18.3 million
  • Compass Bank settles excessive overdraft class action for $11.5 million
  • Connecticut Federal Judge rejects motion to compel arbitration of antitrust claim
  • Consumer files nationwide class action against Debt Care USA
  • Corporations join antitrust class action against railroads
  • Court allows class action against Facebook Inc. to proceed
  • Court allows price-fixing class action to proceed against LCD manufacturers
  • Court approves of representative testimony in FLSA Collective Actions
  • Court denies motion to compel arbitration in DirecTV case
  • Court grants final approval of settlement of Bank of the West excessive overdraft case
  • Court grants final approval to excessive overdraft class action settlement against JPMorgan Chase
  • Court preliminarily approves excessive overdraft settlement with PNC Bank
  • Court strips defendants of defense that exotic dancers are independent contractors
  • Customers file class action lawsuit against Delta
  • De Beers settlement attack rebuffed
  • De Beers settlement will have impact on indirect purchaser antitrust claims
  • Dell private buy-out prompts class action
  • Delphi Automotive sued over alleged price-fixing conspiracy
  • Diamond Foods settles false advertising class action
  • Disabled file class action against State of Oregon
  • Discover Bank sued over bogus credit card agreements
  • Discovery halts in consolidated securities suit against Northwest Pipe
  • Disparate impact class action certified, despite U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Wal-Mart
  • Diversity Ordered for Class Action Counsel
  • E*Trade Financial to settle class action for $79 million
  • E*Trade securities class action settles for $79 million
  • Eighth bank settles overdraft class action
  • Elderly apartment residents in Des Moines seek class action status for bedbug lawsuit
  • Eleventh Circuit affirms class certification in General Mills false advertising class action lawsuit
  • Eleventh Circuit forces arbitration in SunTrust overdraft class action
  • Eleventh Circuit reverses course and restores intent of CAFA
  • Employees sue Sears Roebuck for failing to pay minimum wages and overtime pay
  • Excessive overdraft class action against M&I Misley Bank settles
  • Facebook faces seven more class actions
  • Facebook proposes new settlement in sponsored story class action
  • Facebook settles class action by allowing users to avoid having their photos appear in advertisements
  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demand that Bank of America buy back delinquent loans
  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demand that Wells Fargo repurchase delinquent loans
  • Fannie Mae and KPMG settle securities fraud class action
  • Federal Court certifies a national class action against PNC Bank involving excessive overdraft fees
  • Federal court certifies class action against BancorpSouth Bank
  • Federal judge OKs Bank of America’s $410 million settlement
  • Federal judge rules consumers claims against Debt Care must go to arbitration
  • FedEx Customer Files Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Residential Delivery Surcharges for Commercial Deliveries
  • Filipino teachers file class action alleging they were forced into indentured servitude
  • FINRA and Charles Schwab lock horns over class action waivers
  • First class action certified against Union Bank in excessive overdraft cases against banks
  • Fishermen’s suit against Pacific Seafood gets class action status
  • Forced place flood insurance class action against Bank of America can proceed
  • Forced place insurance class actions are multiplying
  • Foreclosed homeowners file RICO class action against Wells Fargo and its law firm
  • Former brokerage client files class action against JPMorgan
  • General Mills settles YoPlus yogurt class action lawsuit for $8.5 million
  • GMAC Mortgage sued in illegal late fee class action
  • Goldman Sachs can’t compel arbitration in discrimination suit
  • Goldman Sachs settles mortgage backed derivative class action
  • Google faces class action over stock reclassification
  • Great Western Bank settles overdraft fee class action
  • Groupon settles class action
  • Hard Rock Cafe servers and bartenders sue for minimum wage
  • Harris Bank settles excessive overdraft class action for $9.4 million
  • Harris Bank settles excessive overdraft fee class action
  • Hartford agrees to pay $72.5 million dollar settlement in RICO case
  • Hartford denies obligation to defend Hulu in class action
  • Hertz sued in class action for overcharging customers
  • Hewlett-Packard sued in securities fraud class action
  • Homeowners File Class Action Lawsuit Against JPMorgan Chase
  • If class actions are certified, banks may pay more to resolve mortgage backed securities class actions
  • If You Rented Online DVDs from Netflix, A Class Action And A Settlement With Wal-Mart May Affect You
  • Instagram sued in class action over change in terms
  • Interview on OPB
  • Intrust Bank settles overdraft fee class action for $2.7 million
  • Investors file securities fraud class action against Facebook
  • iPad Users file class action lawsuit over alleged discontinuance of AT&T’s unlimited data plan
  • JP Morgan Chase attempt to exit MDL nixed
  • JPMorgan Chase faces class action over illegal kickbacks
  • JPMorgan Chase named in forced place insurance class action lawsuit
  • JPMorgan Chase settles excessive overdraft fee class action for $110 million
  • JPMorgan Chase sued in class action for unlawful debt collection
  • JPMorgan excessive overdraft settlement preliminarily approved
  • JPMorgan to obtain identities of confidential witnesses in securities class action
  • Judge allows text-spam class action to proceed against Google
  • Judge approves $40 million class action settlement with Lehman Brothers
  • Judge approves five settlements in Chinese drywall class actions
  • Judge certifies home equity creditline classaction against Washington Mutual
  • Judge certifies injunctive class action in AriZona Beverages “All Natural” class action
  • Judge certifies securities class action against Goldman Sachs
  • Judge Chesney preliminarily approves Chase check loan class action settlement
  • Judge denies Allscripts motion to dismiss doctor’s class action
  • Judge dismisses farmers’ class action against Monsanto
  • Judge dismisses Schwab suit to halt FINRA action
  • Judge grants preliminary approval to second attempt by Facebook to settle privacy class action
  • Judge orders class notice to be mailed in Chase credit card class action
  • Judge orders Wells Fargo to pay $203 million in overdraft fee class action
  • Judge preliminarily approves $410 million settlement in excessive overdraft fee class action
  • Judge rejects Toshiba’s argument that Illinois Brick bars retailers case in LCD flat panel antitrust litigation
  • Judge Selna rejects Toyota’s attempt to force automobile buyer’s claims to arbitration
  • Justice Scalia ignores text of Federal Arbitration Act
  • Kansas jury holds Dow Chemical liable for $400 million in antitrust class action
  • Kashi sued for mislabeling
  • Kellogg settles mislabeling class action for Frosted Mini-Wheats
  • Kentucky tobacco farmers file class action against purchaser for breach of contract
  • Law firms agree to pay $77.5 million to settle Ponzi scheme class action
  • Lehman Brothers’ underwriters reach class action settlement
  • Lexis Nexis settles class action for releasing information to debt collectors
  • LIBOR antitrust complaints filed against banks
  • Living Social settles class action
  • Lockheed pays $19 million to settle securities fraud class action
  • Longwei Petroleum accused of securities fraud
  • Magistrate rules two class action claims against Debt Care must be arbitrated; but not the claims against co-defendant Global Client Solutions
  • Masco Corp. settles price-fixing class action for $75 million
  • Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth says new FINRA rule re class actions gives brokers green light to steal
  • Match.com subscribers file class action alleging use of bogus profiles
  • McDonald’s not happy about Happy Meal class action
  • Merck settles Vioxx class action
  • Merck to pay $688 million to settle securities class action
  • Merrill Lynch to face class action over mortgage-backed securities
  • Microsoft user agreements now ban class actions
  • Montana farmers file class action against Pricewaterhouse and JPMorgan Chase relating to MF Global Accounts
  • Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s settle ratings class action
  • Motion to Compel arbitration tossed in American Debt class action
  • Musician files class action against Warner Music for improper accounting of royalties
  • National Football League retired players file class action
  • National Football League Super Bowl XLV Ticket & Seat Class Action Lawsuit Complaint
  • Nationwide class action brought by pizza delivery drivers against Domino’s Pizza certified
  • Nationwide class action filed against Oxy Beverage for false health benefit claims
  • Nationwide Mutual has widespread data breach
  • Nationwide Sex Descrimination Hiring Class Action Filed Against John Deere Landscapes, Inc.
  • Native American class action lawsuit settled for $3.4 billion
  • New Balance settles toning shoes class action
  • New documentary “Hot Coffee” exposes falsehoods concerning tort reform
  • New Euribor price fixing case filed
  • News Corp. settles derivative lawsuit for $139 million
  • NFL Players File Federal Antitrust Class Action Against The NFL
  • Ninth Circuit denies request for appeal by Chase in credit card class action
  • Ninth Circuit holds consumers cannot bring national class actions alleging violations of California State Law
  • Ninth Circuit reverses District Court finding against Wells Fargo in excessive overdraft class action
  • No more class actions against stockbrokers, but collective actions okay in arbitration?
  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals settles wage & hour class action
  • Nutella class action settlement
  • NY Times reports that municipalities are filing suits against LIBOR banks
  • On-Line Scam results in Class Action
  • Online grocery purchasers file class action against Safeway.com
  • OPERF named one of lead plaintiffs in JPMorgan Chase case
  • Oregon Judge certifies class action against Quantum
  • Oregon Public Employees Retirement System seeks to be lead plaintiff in class action against Chesapeake Energy
  • Organic dairy settles deceptive marketing class action for $7.5 million
  • Overdraft class action settlement of Union Bank case preliminarily approved
  • Overdraft class actions against Bank of Oklahoma settle
  • Overdraft fee class action filed against Citibank
  • Papa Johns sued in class action alleging unsolicited text messaging
  • Pfizer agrees to pay $67.5 million to settle a shareholder class action
  • Philips Electronics class action settlement gets initial okay
  • PIMCO agrees to settle class action for $92 million
  • Plaintiff’s brief in U.S. Supreme Court case debunks Amgen’s arguments
  • Plaintiff’s lawyers in Toyota class action file consolidated complaint
  • PNC Bank settles excessive overdrafts class action for $90 million
  • Precertification stipulations cannot be used to avoid removal to federal court under CAFA
  • Premera and Lifewise Settle Overtime Class Action
  • Privacy Class Actions Filed Against Facebook
  • Public Justice speaks out about mandatory arbitration
  • Purchasers of Du Pont’s Imprelis® Herbicide file class action lawsuit for damage to trees
  • Rental car class action settled
  • Residents of San Bruno, California file class action suit against PGE
  • Retailers sued in class actions relating to honey
  • Retired NFL players settle class action
  • Rite Aid announces that it continues to defend FLSA violations suits
  • Rite Aid settles overtime class actions
  • SEC blocks attempt by Carlyle Group to include arbitration provision in stock offering
  • SEC Commissioner Aguilar urges end to mandatory arbitration clauses in brokerage agreements
  • Second Circuit allows Google to appeal class certification in author’s case
  • Second Circuit denies Home Depot’s attempt to expedite appeal process of VISA settlement
  • Second Circuit rejects class action waiver in American Express case
  • Second Circuit squelches Title VII exception to mandatory arbitration
  • Second Circuit upholds hybrid class and collective actions
  • Securities class action against Bank of America certified
  • Securities class action against BP allowed to proceed
  • Securities class action filed against Cirrus
  • Securities class action filed against Groupon
  • Securities class action filed against Netflix
  • Securities crowd funding mayhem soon to begin
  • Securities fraud class action filed against Autoliv arising out of antitrust violations
  • Securities fraud class action filed against Barclays
  • Seventh Circuit reverses denial of certification in antitrust case
  • Seventh Circuit reverses denial of class certification in washing machine class action
  • Sixth Circuit sides with investors on securities fraud statute of limitations
  • Skechers obtains final approval of $40 million class action settlement
  • Southwest Airlines settles drink coupon class action
  • Starbucks sued in class action by baristas
  • State of Oregon seeks to co-lead class action against Bank of New York
  • Stoll Berne files antitrust class action against auto wire harness manufacturers
  • Stoll Berne Posts YouTube Video on Class Actions
  • Students’ Lawsuit Seeking Refund of Wrongful Tuition Hikes Is Certified as a Class Action
  • SunPower reaches $19.7 million class action settlement
  • Supreme Court reverses class certification in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend in 5-4 decision
  • Supreme Court sides with investors
  • Susquehanna Bank settles excessive overdraft fee class action
  • Taco Bell class action complaint withdrawn
  • TD bank settles excess overdraft class action
  • TD Bank settles excessive overdraft class action
  • Tenth Circuit Holds Withdrawal of Class Settlement Approval Not Appealable
  • Third Circuit affirms certification of Antitrust Class Action; Hydrogen Peroxide requirements held to be satisfied
  • Third Circuit upholds $295 million settlement in De Beers antitrust class action
  • Thomson Reuter faces copyright infringement class action in Canada
  • Three publishers settle in e-book price fixing case
  • Ticketmaster settles class-action lawsuit over fees
  • Toll Brothers settles shareholder class action
  • Toyota agrees to settle shareholder class action for $25.5 million
  • Toyota Settles Class Action Regarding Prius Headlights
  • Toyota settles unintended acceleration case for $1.1 billion
  • Toyota settles unintended acceleration economic claim for $1.1 billion
  • Toyota unintended acceleration class notices being mailed out
  • Travel websites and hotels named defendants in antitrust class action
  • Trial set for economic damages claims in Toyota class action
  • Two classes certified in overtime class action against RBS
  • U.S. Bank settles excessive overdraft class action for $55 million
  • U.S. Supreme Court docket for this term focused on class actions
  • U.S. Supreme Court decides non-issue
  • U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari in another case involving arbitrations
  • U.S. Supreme Court holds federal court cannot enjoin state court from certifying a class action
  • U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms support of “fraud on the market” theory in securities class actions
  • U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules Anti-Retaliation Provisions Of FLSA Apply to Oral Complaints
  • U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of investors
  • U.S. Supreme Court to consider securities class action
  • Union Bank Checks Out Of Overdraft Fee MDL For $35M
  • Union bank excessive overdraft class action settlement receives final approval
  • UPS Customers balk at $4 million fee in overcharge settlement
  • US Bank agrees to settle excessive overdraft fee class action for $55 million
  • US Supreme Court denies certiorari in Applebee case
  • US Supreme Court favors corporations over consumers again
  • US Supreme Court grants certiorari in antitrust suit seeking class certification
  • US Supreme Court to consider fairness of arbitration in In re American Express Merchants Case
  • US Supreme Court to review appeal of class certification
  • USG sued in price fixing class action relating to drywall
  • Utah Highway Patrol sued in class action for wrongful arrests
  • Vestas sued in securities class action
  • Virtual pet class action against Google wiped out by arbitration clause
  • Visa and MasterCard settle antitrust class action regarding processing fees
  • Vitamin Shoppe sued in securities fraud class action
  • Wal-Mart antitrust class action settlement gets preliminary okay
  • Wal-Mart decision may affect Costco class action
  • Wal-Mart Files Opening Merits Brief in U.S. Supreme Court
  • Wal-Mart included as defendant in class action by temporary warehouse workers
  • Washington Mutual settles investor class action lawsuit
  • Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase face RICO class action
  • Wells Fargo faces class action over “dual tracking” practice
  • Wells Fargo In More Trouble About Overdraft Fees In Garnishments
  • Wells Fargo may be liable under UTPA in excessive overdraft cases
  • Wells Fargo not making loan modifications in accord with settlement
  • Wells Fargo puts up $13 million to end kickback class action
  • Wells Fargo settles “Pick-a-Pay” loan class action for $627 million
  • Wells Fargo’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in overdraft fees class action denied
  • Yahoo sued for sending unsolicited text message
  • Youmail sued for violating Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  • Zillow sued in securities fraud class action

• Employment Class Action

  • ACS agrees to pay $4.5 million to settle employee class action
  • AT&T Blue Sky Project overtime pay class action settled
  • AT&T: Motion to Move Wage & Hour Class Action to Florida denied
  • Best Buy agrees to settlement of employment discrimination class action
  • Blog writer files class action against Huffington Post for failure to pay for content contributed to blog
  • Capital One faces Fair Credit Reporting Act class action
  • Cargill settles wage and hour class action
  • Celebrity chef settles class action for $5.25 million
  • CIGNA Sued For Gender Discrimination in Class Action
  • Class action against Fox by interns may be expanded
  • Class action against Perkins Coie blocked by arbitration clause
  • Class action filed against Black Swan Film Studio
  • ConocoPhillips agrees to pay $15.5m to resolve meal break class action
  • Costco: Ninth Circuit remands gender discrimination class action
  • Court approves of representative testimony in FLSA Collective Actions
  • Coyote Ugly overtime class action getting ugly
  • Dewey and LeBoeuf faces class action over layoffs
  • Disparate impact class action certified, despite U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Wal-Mart
  • Dollar Tree stores assistant store managers file wage and hour class action lawsuit
  • Drug maker paid men more than women according to class action lawsuit
  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart going state by state
  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart; Employees file opposition to Wal-Mart’s Petition for Certiorari
  • Employees sue Sears Roebuck for failing to pay minimum wages and overtime pay
  • Federal judges file class action saying Congress violated constitution when it blocked salary increases
  • Federal pleading standards in employment class actions
  • Filipino teachers file class action alleging they were forced into indentured servitude
  • First Circuit tells Starbucks ‘No Means No’
  • Former service technician at Reddy Ice Corp. sues for overtime pay
  • Geek Squad workers file wage and hour class action against Best Buy
  • GEICO misclassified security investigators as exempt from overtime
  • Gender bias class action certified against Costco
  • Goldman Sachs can’t compel arbitration in discrimination suit
  • Groupon faces employee suit over overtime
  • Groupon sued in overtime class action
  • Hewlett-Packard sued in employment class action
  • Human Resources Manager of Toshiba Files Gender Discrimination Class Action
  • Interview on OPB
  • JP Morgan Chase settles overtime class action
  • Judge allows sex discrimination action against KPMG to proceed
  • Judge approves settlement of overtime class action against JP Morgan Chase
  • Law firm faces class action over unlawful wage deductions
  • Loan officers overtime class action certified against PNC Bank
  • Major Panera Bread franchisee settles discrimination class action
  • Merrill Lynch settles overtime class action
  • Models file class action against modeling agents
  • Nationwide class action brought by pizza delivery drivers against Domino’s Pizza certified
  • Nationwide Sex Descrimination Hiring Class Action Filed Against John Deere Landscapes, Inc.
  • NELA files class action amicus brief in Rite-Aid class action
  • Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Standard of Review for Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • Ninth Circuit revives overtime class action lawsuit against Oracle
  • NLRB sues 24 Hour Fitness for seeking to enforce class action ban
  • Oracle Employee Overtime Pay & Meal Allowance Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved By Court
  • Overtime class certified against Morgan Stanley
  • Premera and Lifewise Settle Overtime Class Action
  • Rite Aid announces that it continues to defend FLSA violations suits
  • Rite Aid Corp. settles assistant store manager overtime class action
  • Sex discrimination suit against Ruth’s Chris Steak House amended to be a class action
  • Sterling Savings Bank sued for FLSA violations
  • U.S. Supreme Court docket for this term focused on class actions
  • U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
  • Unpaid intern files class action
  • US Supreme Court grants certiorari in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • Wal-Mart asks US Supreme Court to Review Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • Wal-Mart decision may affect Costco class action
  • Wal-Mart Files Opening Merits Brief in U.S. Supreme Court
  • Wal-Mart gender discrimination class action filed in Tennessee
  • Wal-Mart Judge issues order extending statute of limitations for individual claims
  • Wal-Mart v. Women
  • Warehouse workers petition to add Wal-Mart as defendants in wage theft lawsuit
  • Wet Seal pays $7.5 million to settle discrimination claims

• Groundbreaking Decisions

  • AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion: By No Means the End
  • Eleventh Circuit creates confusion with CAFA decision
  • Florida Supreme Court to determine whether an arbitration clause can be held invalid
  • Jake Zamansky recently wrote the following article in Forbes Magazine
  • Justice Scalia ignores text of Federal Arbitration Act
  • U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
  • U.S. Supreme Court to tackle requirements for fraud-on-the-market theory in securities class actions

• Whistleblower

  • IRS whistleblower receives $104 million award
  • SEC pays first whistleblower bounty under Dodd-Frank
  • Whistleblower recovers $3.5 million
  • Whistleblower suit against Omnicare settled