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Williams v. Rohm & Haas Pension Plan

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit charging that defendant violated ERISA by failing to include a cost-of-living adjustment in plaintiff's lump sum distribution from a pension...

Estrada v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In class action brought by drivers against defendant-FedEx regarding work-related expenses, a finding that the drivers are employees, the order...

Clark v. First Union Sec., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Trial court ruling that the putative class and class action causes of action brought by plaintiffs were to be heard in the trial court and not in...

Kuhn v. Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
Following entry of an order enjoining plaintiffs from obtaining certain discovery from defendant and from prosecuting certain claims in a state court...

Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace, & Agric. Implement Workers of Am. v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In challenges brought by objecting retirees of Ford and GM to a settlement between their union and the companies of a class action ERISA dispute over...

Catalyst Strategic Design, Inc. v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law
In class action suit alleging that defendants violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by faxing an unsolicited advertisement to...

Dupuy v. McEwan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a suit challenging a range of practices by the Illinois child-welfare agency that plaintiffs claim infringe parental rights protected by the due...

Cole v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts
In a suit over defective side-impact airbags, certification of a nationwide class is reversed and remanded with instructions to deny the...

Ruiz v. Holiday Universal, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
In a suit alleging that the terms of a health club membership contract violated Massachusetts consumer protection law, dismissal for failure to state...

Ticconi v. Blue Shield of Cal. Life & Health Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Insurance Law
In suit alleging violation of the Unfair Competition Law by defendant health insurance company, denial of motion to certify a class under Proposition...