all - Opinion Summaries

Shaulis v. Nordstrom, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
Affirming the dismissal of a case brought by a Nordstrom customer who purchased a fifty dollar sweater whose tag said 'compare at' a price of more...

Mulder v. Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Class Actions, Civil Procedure
Affirming the dismissal of claims brought against Kohl's by a customer whose items displayed a 'comparison price' that allegedly were not based on...

Lehman v. Nelson

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
Affirming and reversing in part a case involving amendments to a pension plan that resulted in an additional $1 per hour charged to employees in...

Williams v. Super. Ct.

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Civil Procedure
Reversing the denial of discovery motions in a lawsuit relating the Labor Code Private Attorneys and General Act of 2004 (PAGA), holding that PAGA...

Espejo v. The Copley Press Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Affirming in part and reversing in part appeals and cross-appeals of decisions relating to a class action lawsuit by newspaper home delivery carriers...

In re Petrobras Securities

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law, Commercial Law
Affirming the district court's ruling that a class of securities litigants was entitled to the presumption of reliance, but vacating and remanding a...

Taha v. County of Bucks

Class Actions, Government Law, Civil Rights
Affirming the grant of class action certification in a case involving the disclosure of inmates' personal information in which the District Court's...

Blanyer v. Geneva Products, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
Affirming the dismissal of a putative class action claim that was found to be barred by the statute of limitations in a case brought by former...

Halley v. Honeywell International Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Environmental Law, Attorney's Fees
Affirming the class certification, settlement approval, and award of attorney's fees in a class action suit relating to the chromium contamination of...

California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a case where members of a securities class-action opted out of a settlement and filed an untimely claim of their own, it was held that the timely...