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• Posts for May 2012

  • May 18th, 2012 Judge allows text-spam class action to proceed against Google
  • May 17th, 2012 BP oil spill class action settlement gets preliminary approval
  • May 16th, 2012 NLRB sues 24 Hour Fitness for seeking to enforce class action ban
  • May 15th, 2012 Federal court certifies class action against BancorpSouth Bank
  • May 14th, 2012 Citibank faces class action over student loan scheme
  • May 11th, 2012 Class certification denial in New Jersey Rite Aid case reversed
  • May 10th, 2012 BP seeks approval of oil spill class action settlement
  • May 9th, 2012 Citizens Bank settles excessive overdraft class action
  • May 8th, 2012 Nutella class action settlement
  • May 7th, 2012 Overdraft class action settlement of Union Bank case preliminarily approved
  • May 3rd, 2012 Class action based on in-app purchases for free apps allowed to proceed against Apple
  • May 2nd, 2012 Overdraft class actions against Bank of Oklahoma settle
  • May 1st, 2012 Sixth Circuit sides with investors on securities fraud statute of limitations

• Posts for April 2012

  • April 27th, 2012 Securities class action filed against Groupon
  • April 25th, 2012 Class action filed against Chase Bank by customers who used convenience checks
  • April 23rd, 2012 Hartford denies obligation to defend Hulu in class action
  • April 20th, 2012 De Beers settlement attack rebuffed
  • April 17th, 2012 Retailers sued in class actions relating to honey
  • April 12th, 2012 AT&T settles class action lawsuit with DSL customers
  • April 9th, 2012 Groupon settles class action

• Posts for March 2012

  • March 29th, 2012 BancorpSouth seeks cheap settlement by cooperating in filing of copycat case in Arkansas
  • March 22nd, 2012 Discover Bank sued over bogus credit card agreements
  • March 20th, 2012 Class action filed against Discover Financial alleging repeated & harassing cell phone calls
  • March 16th, 2012 AIG class action settlement relating to workers’ compensation premiums approved
  • March 15th, 2012 Class action certified against Abercrombie & Fitch who voided gift cards
  • March 14th, 2012 Musician files class action against Warner Music for improper accounting of royalties
  • March 13th, 2012 Thomson Reuter faces copyright infringement class action in Canada
  • March 12th, 2012 Celebrity chef settles class action for $5.25 million
  • March 9th, 2012 Judge dismisses farmers’ class action against Monsanto
  • March 8th, 2012 Stoll Berne files antitrust class action against auto wire harness manufacturers
  • March 7th, 2012 Eleventh Circuit forces arbitration in SunTrust overdraft class action
  • March 5th, 2012 Motion to Compel arbitration tossed in American Debt class action
  • March 2nd, 2012 Judge Selna rejects Toyota’s attempt to force automobile buyer’s claims to arbitration

• Posts for February 2012

  • February 29th, 2012 Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase face RICO class action
  • February 27th, 2012 Second Circuit rejects class action waiver in American Express case
  • February 24th, 2012 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes rule to supervise larger participants in consumer debt collection and consumer reporting markets
  • February 23rd, 2012 State of Oregon seeks to co-lead class action against Bank of New York
  • February 22nd, 2012 BP must face shareholder claims over spill
  • February 22nd, 2012 Judge Posner quote
  • February 21st, 2012 Judge certifies securities class action against Goldman Sachs
  • February 21st, 2012 Securities class action against Bank of America certified
  • February 17th, 2012 SEC blocks attempt by Carlyle Group to include arbitration provision in stock offering
  • February 16th, 2012 FINRA and Charles Schwab lock horns over class action waivers
  • February 15th, 2012 Fishermen’s suit against Pacific Seafood gets class action status
  • February 14th, 2012 Court allows price-fixing class action to proceed against LCD manufacturers
  • February 13th, 2012 JPMorgan Chase settles excessive overdraft fee class action for $110 million
  • February 10th, 2012 Ninth Circuit holds consumers cannot bring national class actions alleging violations of California State Law
  • February 9th, 2012 Seventh Circuit reverses denial of certification in antitrust case
  • February 8th, 2012 Disabled file class action against State of Oregon
  • February 6th, 2012 Novartis Pharmaceuticals settles wage & hour class action
  • February 2nd, 2012 Intrust Bank settles overdraft fee class action for $2.7 million

• Posts for January 2012

  • January 31st, 2012 Two classes certified in overtime class action against RBS
  • January 27th, 2012 Class action settlement of Babies ‘R’ Us antitrust case
  • January 26th, 2012 US Supreme Court denies certiorari in Applebee case
  • January 25th, 2012 Securities class action filed against Netflix
  • January 24th, 2012 Judge certifies home equity creditline classaction against Washington Mutual
  • January 23rd, 2012 US Supreme Court favors corporations over consumers again
  • January 20th, 2012 Oregon Judge certifies class action against Quantum
  • January 20th, 2012 Montana farmers file class action against Pricewaterhouse and JPMorgan Chase relating to MF Global Accounts
  • January 19th, 2012 De Beers settlement will have impact on indirect purchaser antitrust claims
  • January 18th, 2012 GMAC Mortgage sued in illegal late fee class action
  • January 17th, 2012 Class action against Whirlpool, Lowes and Sears regarding Maytag washing machines
  • January 13th, 2012 Diamond Foods settles false advertising class action
  • January 12th, 2012 BP faces class action in Oregon over illegal debit card fees
  • January 11th, 2012 Third Circuit upholds $295 million settlement in De Beers antitrust class action
  • January 10th, 2012 Bank of America settles discrimination suit brought by US Dept of Justice
  • January 9th, 2012 Eighth bank settles overdraft class action
  • January 6th, 2012 Court allows class action against Facebook Inc. to proceed
  • January 5th, 2012 E*Trade Financial to settle class action for $79 million
  • January 4th, 2012 Customers file class action lawsuit against Delta
  • January 3rd, 2012 Overdraft fee class action filed against Citibank

• Posts for December 2011

  • December 30th, 2011 Harris Bank settles excessive overdraft fee class action
  • December 30th, 2011 Bank of America settles mortgage securities class action
  • December 29th, 2011 Wells Fargo’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in overdraft fees class action denied
  • December 28th, 2011 Ninth Circuit revives overtime class action lawsuit against Oracle
  • December 27th, 2011 JPMorgan Chase faces class action over illegal kickbacks
  • December 23rd, 2011 Capital One faces Fair Credit Reporting Act class action
  • December 22nd, 2011 Capital One faces class action over transfer balance program
  • December 20th, 2011 Great Western Bank settles overdraft fee class action
  • December 16th, 2011 Lehman Brothers’ underwriters reach class action settlement
  • December 13th, 2011 Bank of America settles credit score class action for $9.95 million
  • December 8th, 2011 Bank of Oklahoma settles overdraft fee class actions
  • December 2nd, 2011 Privacy Class Actions Filed Against Facebook
  • December 1st, 2011 Another Bank Settles Overdraft Class Action

• Posts for November 2011

  • November 30th, 2011 Oracle Employee Overtime Pay & Meal Allowance Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved By Court
  • November 29th, 2011 Class Action filed against Bank of America for Forced Place Flood Insurance
  • November 28th, 2011 Class Action Settlement Funds To Be Distributed In Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation & Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
  • November 23rd, 2011 If You Rented Online DVDs from Netflix, A Class Action And A Settlement With Wal-Mart May Affect You
  • November 22nd, 2011 UPS Customers balk at $4 million fee in overcharge settlement
  • November 17th, 2011 Union Bank Checks Out Of Overdraft Fee MDL For $35M
  • November 16th, 2011 Federal judge OKs Bank of America’s $410 million settlement
  • November 16th, 2011 A Third Bank Agrees to Settle to Exit Overdraft MDL
  • November 11th, 2011 Foreclosed homeowners file RICO class action against Wells Fargo and its law firm
  • November 10th, 2011 Dukes v. Wal-Mart going state by state
  • November 7th, 2011 Class action against UPS for improperly measured packages settled

• Posts for October 2011

  • October 28th, 2011 Trial set for economic damages claims in Toyota class action
  • October 27th, 2011 Sex discrimination suit against Ruth’s Chris Steak House amended to be a class action
  • October 26th, 2011 Magistrate rules two class action claims against Debt Care must be arbitrated; but not the claims against co-defendant Global Client Solutions
  • October 21st, 2011 Philips Electronics class action settlement gets initial okay
  • October 20th, 2011 Delphi Automotive sued over alleged price-fixing conspiracy
  • October 19th, 2011 Judge approves settlement of overtime class action against JP Morgan Chase
  • October 14th, 2011 Two senators introduce bill to allow suits v. cell companies
  • October 13th, 2011 Study finds class actions deter financial wrongdoing
  • October 12th, 2011 Groupon sued in overtime class action
  • October 11th, 2011 Class action filed against Black Swan Film Studio
  • October 10th, 2011 Costco: Ninth Circuit remands gender discrimination class action
  • October 7th, 2011 Judge orders class notice to be mailed in Chase credit card class action
  • October 6th, 2011 Second Circuit upholds hybrid class and collective actions
  • October 5th, 2011 Chase credit card promotional check or balance transfer offer class action lawsuit settlement
  • October 3rd, 2011 AT&T: Motion to Move Wage & Hour Class Action to Florida denied

• Posts for September 2011

  • September 30th, 2011 A comment on AT&T v. Concepcion
  • September 28th, 2011 Court strips defendants of defense that exotic dancers are independent contractors
  • September 26th, 2011 If class actions are certified, banks may pay more to resolve mortgage backed securities class actions
  • September 23rd, 2011 Groupon faces employee suit over overtime
  • September 22nd, 2011 Court denies motion to compel arbitration in DirecTV case
  • September 20th, 2011 Wal-Mart antitrust class action settlement gets preliminary okay
  • September 15th, 2011 Bank of America – Countrywide suit removed to Federal Court
  • September 13th, 2011 Third Circuit affirms certification of Antitrust Class Action; Hydrogen Peroxide requirements held to be satisfied
  • September 9th, 2011 Cigarette smokers lose unjust enrichment class action against Philip Morris
  • September 7th, 2011 Ameriprise Financial: Court approves class action settlement

• Posts for August 2011

  • August 31st, 2011 Ninth Circuit denies request for appeal by Chase in credit card class action
  • August 29th, 2011 Wal-Mart Judge issues order extending statute of limitations for individual claims
  • August 26th, 2011 After Supreme Court win forcing customers to arbitrate, AT&T now sues to stop arbitration
  • August 25th, 2011 Book publishers and Apple sued over e-book pricing
  • August 24th, 2011 Wells Fargo settles “Pick-a-Pay” loan class action for $627 million
  • August 23rd, 2011 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demand that Wells Fargo repurchase delinquent loans
  • August 19th, 2011 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demand that Bank of America buy back delinquent loans
  • August 18th, 2011 Alliant Law Group class actions settlement
  • August 17th, 2011 Former service technician at Reddy Ice Corp. sues for overtime pay
  • August 17th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms support of “fraud on the market” theory in securities class actions
  • August 16th, 2011 News Corporation: stock purchasers file securities fraud class action lawsuit
  • August 15th, 2011 Cargill settles wage and hour class action
  • August 12th, 2011 Chambers rates Stoll Berne as a top litigation firm
  • August 11th, 2011 NELA files class action amicus brief in Rite-Aid class action
  • August 10th, 2011 Bank of Hawaii settles overdraft fee class action lawsuit
  • August 9th, 2011 Starbucks sued in class action by baristas
  • August 8th, 2011 JP Morgan Chase settles overtime class action
  • August 5th, 2011 CitiMortgage sued over foreclosures of servicemembers’ homes
  • August 4th, 2011 Purchasers of Du Pont’s Imprelis® Herbicide file class action lawsuit for damage to trees
  • August 3rd, 2011 Dollar Tree stores assistant store managers file wage and hour class action lawsuit
  • August 2nd, 2011 JP Morgan Chase attempt to exit MDL nixed

• Posts for July 2011

  • July 29th, 2011 Rite Aid announces that it continues to defend FLSA violations suits
  • July 28th, 2011 Bank of America loses bid to dismiss HAMP class action
  • July 26th, 2011 First class action certified against Union Bank in excessive overdraft cases against banks
  • July 26th, 2011 New documentary “Hot Coffee” exposes falsehoods concerning tort reform
  • July 25th, 2011 National Football League retired players file class action
  • July 22nd, 2011 Goldman Sachs can’t compel arbitration in discrimination suit
  • July 22nd, 2011 Bank of America: Investor group challenges $8.5 billion settlement
  • July 21st, 2011 Avon Products faces shareholder class action in New York
  • July 20th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari in another case involving arbitrations
  • July 19th, 2011 Supreme Court sides with investors
  • July 18th, 2011 Bayer CropScience settles LibertyLink genetically modified rice class action lawsuit for $750 million
  • July 15th, 2011 Disparate impact class action certified, despite U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Wal-Mart
  • July 14th, 2011 Stoll Berne attorneys honored by 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers
  • July 14th, 2011 Washington Mutual settles investor class action lawsuit
  • July 12th, 2011 Class action certified against Anaheim Angels for violation of ADA
  • July 7th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court holds federal court cannot enjoin state court from certifying a class action
  • July 5th, 2011 Wal-Mart decision may affect Costco class action
  • July 1st, 2011 Merrill Lynch to face class action over mortgage-backed securities

• Posts for June 2011

  • June 30th, 2011 JPMorgan Chase named in forced place insurance class action lawsuit
  • June 29th, 2011 Native American class action lawsuit settled for $3.4 billion
  • June 28th, 2011 Anthem Blue Cross settles class action alleging unfair premium hikes
  • June 27th, 2011 Interview on OPB
  • June 24th, 2011 Best Buy agrees to settlement of employment discrimination class action
  • June 21st, 2011 Online grocery purchasers file class action against Safeway.com
  • June 20th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes

• Posts for May 2011

  • May 24th, 2011 Judge preliminarily approves $410 million settlement in excessive overdraft fee class action
  • May 20th, 2011 Class action against California Culinary Academy settled
  • May 18th, 2011 Court approves of representative testimony in FLSA Collective Actions
  • May 16th, 2011 Class action filed against Sony for privacy breach
  • May 11th, 2011 Justice Scalia ignores text of Federal Arbitration Act
  • May 9th, 2011 Black Entertainment Television and Viacom settle copyright class action
  • May 6th, 2011 AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion: By No Means the End
  • May 6th, 2011 McDonald’s not happy about Happy Meal class action
  • May 5th, 2011 Class action complaint alleges price fixing by human egg donor services
  • May 4th, 2011 Employees sue Sears Roebuck for failing to pay minimum wages and overtime pay
  • May 2nd, 2011 Blog writer files class action against Huffington Post for failure to pay for content contributed to blog

• Posts for April 2011

  • April 29th, 2011 Kentucky tobacco farmers file class action against purchaser for breach of contract
  • April 27th, 2011 US Supreme Court rules that arbitration agreements can bar class action lawsuits
  • April 27th, 2011 Eleventh Circuit affirms class certification in General Mills false advertising class action lawsuit
  • April 25th, 2011 Taco Bell class action complaint withdrawn
  • April 21st, 2011 AT&T Blue Sky Project overtime pay class action settled
  • April 19th, 2011 Chase Bank settles credit card payment protection product class action
  • April 14th, 2011 Vestas sued in securities class action
  • April 14th, 2011 Consumer files nationwide class action against Debt Care USA
  • April 12th, 2011 Wal-Mart v. Women

• Posts for March 2011

  • March 30th, 2011 Class Action Lawsuit Over Deaths at Hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina settles
  • March 28th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court Rules Anti-Retaliation Provisions Of FLSA Apply to Oral Complaints
  • March 25th, 2011 Homeowners File Class Action Lawsuit Against JPMorgan Chase
  • March 23rd, 2011 Nationwide Sex Descrimination Hiring Class Action Filed Against John Deere Landscapes, Inc.
  • March 21st, 2011 Class Action Filed Against L.A. Fitness Over Improper Charges
  • March 18th, 2011 Class Action Filed Against Pennsylvania Governor For Ending Health Care Program
  • March 16th, 2011 NFL Players File Federal Antitrust Class Action Against The NFL
  • March 14th, 2011 Premera and Lifewise Settle Overtime Class Action
  • March 11th, 2011 Amway Agrees to Class Action Settlement Relating to Gift Cards
  • March 9th, 2011 Class Action Alleges Amazon Fraudulently Collects, Shares Users’ Personal Information
  • March 7th, 2011 CIGNA Sued For Gender Discrimination in Class Action
  • March 4th, 2011 Wells Fargo In More Trouble About Overdraft Fees In Garnishments
  • March 2nd, 2011 On-Line Scam results in Class Action

• Posts for February 2011

  • February 28th, 2011 Taco Bell Responds to False Advertising Class Action Suit
  • February 24th, 2011 FedEx Customer Files Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Residential Delivery Surcharges for Commercial Deliveries
  • February 21st, 2011 Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Coach for Attempt to Bar “Second Hand” Online Sales of Coach Products
  • February 18th, 2011 National Football League Super Bowl XLV Ticket & Seat Class Action Lawsuit Complaint
  • February 16th, 2011 Comcast Oregon Late Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
  • February 14th, 2011 Tenth Circuit Holds Withdrawal of Class Settlement Approval Not Appealable
  • February 11th, 2011 Bank of America Settles Excessive Overdraft Class Action for $410 million
  • February 9th, 2011 Wal-Mart Files Opening Merits Brief in U.S. Supreme Court
  • February 7th, 2011 Human Resources Manager of Toshiba Files Gender Discrimination Class Action
  • February 4th, 2011 Stoll Berne Posts YouTube Video on Class Actions
  • February 4th, 2011 Ticketmaster settles class-action lawsuit over fees
  • February 2nd, 2011 Class Action alleges Taco Bell is using false advertising when it calls its food ‘beef’

• Posts for January 2011

  • January 31st, 2011 Toyota Settles Class Action Regarding Prius Headlights
  • January 28th, 2011 Students’ Lawsuit Seeking Refund of Wrongful Tuition Hikes Is Certified as a Class Action
  • January 24th, 2011 Elderly apartment residents in Des Moines seek class action status for bedbug lawsuit
  • January 21st, 2011 Hard Rock Cafe servers and bartenders sue for minimum wage
  • January 20th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court to consider securities class action
  • January 19th, 2011 5th Circuit denies Katrina and Rita settlement class certification
  • January 18th, 2011 Match.com subscribers file class action alleging use of bogus profiles
  • January 14th, 2011 Federal Judicial Center issues New Pocket Guide on Class Actions
  • January 12th, 2011 PIMCO agrees to settle class action for $92 million
  • January 10th, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court docket for this term focused on class actions
  • January 5th, 2011 Class Action certified against Netflix and Wal-Mart

• Posts for December 2010

  • December 15th, 2010 Hartford agrees to pay $72.5 million dollar settlement in RICO case
  • December 6th, 2010 US Supreme Court grants certiorari in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
  • December 6th, 2010 Class action accuses Dial of being dirty
  • December 3rd, 2010 Another bank tries to settle excessive overdraft class action
  • December 1st, 2010 FarmVille creator Zynga sued in class action for illegally sharing Facebook user data

• Posts for November 2010

  • November 29th, 2010 Judge keeps bulk of Toyota consumer suit intact
  • November 19th, 2010 Oral argument heard in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • November 8th, 2010 Twenty five amicus briefs filed in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • November 8th, 2010 AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion argument on November 9, 2010
  • November 5th, 2010 NELA files amicus brief in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • November 3rd, 2010 NCLC files amicus brief in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion

• Posts for October 2010

  • October 27th, 2010 Eleventh Circuit reverses course and restores intent of CAFA
  • October 26th, 2010 Dukes v. Wal-Mart; Employees file opposition to Wal-Mart’s Petition for Certiorari
  • October 15th, 2010 Eleventh Circuit creates confusion with CAFA decision
  • October 13th, 2010 Residents of San Bruno, California file class action suit against PGE
  • October 8th, 2010 GMAC mortgage class action over alleged false foreclosure documents
  • October 5th, 2010 Diversity Ordered for Class Action Counsel

• Posts for September 2010

  • September 28th, 2010 Campaign Finance Suit Denied Class Action Status
  • September 24th, 2010 Ninth Circuit Affirms that “Right to Sue” Means What it Says
  • September 16th, 2010 Seventh Circuit blasts Fifth Circuit’s Analysis for Certifying Securities Class Actions
  • September 14th, 2010 Will the Supreme Court invent a federal law to gut state consumer protection laws?
  • September 10th, 2010 U.S. Senator Goes on Record
  • September 8th, 2010 Wal-Mart asks US Supreme Court to Review Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart

• Posts for August 2010

  • August 30th, 2010 Pro-Corporate Interest U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Class Action Waivers
  • August 23rd, 2010 Filipino teachers file class action alleging they were forced into indentured servitude
  • August 16th, 2010 Antitrust class action against Apple and AT&T certified
  • August 11th, 2010 Judge orders Wells Fargo to pay $203 million in overdraft fee class action
  • August 10th, 2010 Federal pleading standards in employment class actions
  • August 9th, 2010 iPad Users file class action lawsuit over alleged discontinuance of AT&T’s unlimited data plan
  • August 5th, 2010 Plaintiff’s lawyers in Toyota class action file consolidated complaint

• Posts for July 2010

  • July 30th, 2010 $295 million class action antitrust settlement vacated
  • July 28th, 2010 Class action filed against American Airlines for losing bags, and refusing to refund baggage fees
  • July 26th, 2010 Are there class action abuses?
  • July 22nd, 2010 How will the court decide whether to certify the case as a class action?
  • July 20th, 2010 What are the steps in resolving a class action?
  • July 16th, 2010 US Supreme Court Limits Class Arbitrations
  • July 14th, 2010 How much time will a class action take?
  • July 12th, 2010 What does a class action cost?
  • July 8th, 2010 How do you start a class action?
  • July 6th, 2010 What types of wrongs have been the subject of class actions?
  • July 2nd, 2010 Nationwide class action brought by pizza delivery drivers against Domino’s Pizza certified
  • July 1st, 2010 What is a class action?

• Posts for June 2010

  • June 24th, 2010 US Supreme Court Supports Class Actions
  • June 17th, 2010 Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Standard of Review for Class Certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart