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Cundiff v. Verizon California, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corp. Governance, Remedies
Following judgment in favor of plaintiffs in a class action consumer protection suit against defendant-Verizon California alleging unfair business...

Teamsters Local 445 Freigh Div. Pension Fund v. Bombardier, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative securities class action claim, denial of plaintiff-Teamsters' motion for class certification is affirmed where: 1) district court...

Arreola v. Godinez

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class-action suit by an inmate challenging a jail's policy of denying crutches to injured inmates in certain areas of the jail, denial...

Mizzaro v. Home Depot, Inc.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action claim brought under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, dismissal of amended complaint for failure to state a claim is...

Ley v. Visteon Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
In an action brought by individuals who purchased or otherwise acquired Visteon securities during a period between 2000 and 2005, grant of defendants'...

Estate of Marion Landers v. Leavitt

Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a putative class action brought by Medicare participants challenging denial of coverage for post-hospitalization care in skilled nursing...

In re Heritage Bond Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a challenge to the scope of bar orders issued in securities class action settlements, bar orders forbidding all suits by non-settling defendant...

In Re: Salomon Analyst Metromedia Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a claim by plaintiffs alleging securities fraud against research analysts, grant of class certification is vacated and remanded where the district...

Freedom Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order prohibiting petitioner, doing business as The Orange County Register, from reporting on trial testimony of witnesses in a case in which it is...

Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action alleging that petitioner-Hewlett Packard's Pavilions series notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect, petition for writ of...