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Morgan v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a consumer class action against defendant AT&T Wireless Services (AT&T) based on its marketing and sale of premium cell phones that...

Moulton v. US Steel Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action lawsuit by the neighbors of a steel mill owned by United States Steel Corporation, district court's approval of a settlement is...

Powers v. Pottery Barn, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a consumer class action case against Pottery Barn, trial court ruling sustaining defendant's demurrer is reversed as the Song-Beverly Credit Card...

Segal v. Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff-trust accounts beneficiary's class action against bank and its holding company on state-law claims of breach...

Cho v. Seagate Tech. Holdings, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a class action lawsuit against a manufacturer for falsely overstating in advertising and packaging the storage capacity of computer disc drives...

Horizon Asset Mgmt. Inc. v. H&R Block Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a putative consolidated class action against H&R Block, Inc. (Block), and individual corporate officers and directors of Block involving...

Harper v. Sheriff of Cook County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's certification of a class action lawsuit involving challenges to the constitutionality of certain intake procedures at a county jail...

In re: Ins. Brokerage Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In class action cases claiming a vast conspiracy between some of the nation's largest insurance brokers and insurance carriers involving bid rigging...

Coffey v. Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action based on defendants' alleged contamination of plaintiffs' property through operation of a zinc smelter, the district court's order...

Nat'l Ass'n of Chain Drug Stores v. First DataBank, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
On appeal from class action settlements involving actions brought by purchasers of pharmaceutical drugs against publishers of drug pricing data, the...