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Dixon v. Shamrock Fin. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action involving defendant's unlawful access to credit reports for solicitation purposes in violation of the FCRA, grant of defendant's...

Jonites v. Exelon Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
In a suit alleging that defendant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by the way it implemented its on-call program and also by forcing plaintiffs...

McLaughlin v. Am. Tobacco Co.

Class Actions, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In an action challenging the district court's certification of a class consisting of cigarette smokers who were allegedly deceived into believing that...

Boylan v. Tribune Co.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Securities Law
In consolidated securities and ERISA class actions arising out of fraud at two of defendant's subsidiary publications, dismissal of both suits is...

In Re: New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, International Trade, Transportation
In a multi-district consumer class action alleging conspiracy by automobile manufacturers to illegally block lower-priced imports from Canada to...

In the Matter of the Philadelphia Stock Exch., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action challenging the lower court's approval of a settlement to a shareholder class action, the Court of Chancery's judgment is affirmed where...

O'Brien v. Camisasca Auto. Mfg., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a putative class action lawsuit alleging defendants' violation of Unfair Competition Law (UCL), False Advertising Law (FAL), and Consumers Legal...

Pierce v. County of Orange

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
In a class action brought by pretrial detainees in Orange County's jail facilities raising numerous constitutional, federal, and state law claims, a...

Friedman v. Market Street Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An order certifying a class of persons represented by named plaintiffs, in which the stated common question of law was whether defendant violated...

Sullivan v. Greenwood Credit Union

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a putative class action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) challenging the legality of an unsolicited letter to consumers about the...