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Gillespie v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the defendant's...

Lindsey v. Detroit Entm't, LLC

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law
In a civil rights action brought by individuals who were detained by defendant-casino operator's employees for picking up allegedly abandoned tokens...

Farmers Group, Inc. v. Lubin

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of Insurance Code class actions brought by the attorney general on behalf of insurance buyers, the typicality, adequacy, and other...

Berenson v. Nat'l Fin. Servs. LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action suit involving interest earned on funds while delayed in transfer between brokerage accounts, defendants' interlocutory...

Preston v. Tenet Healthsystem Mem. Med. Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action involving claims for injuries and deaths allegedly caused by defects and unreasonably dangerous conditions at defendants' medical...

Levy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
Orders sustaining demurrer to complaint and granting defendant's motions to strike class action and to dismiss one plaintiff on the grounds of forum...

Seastrom v. Neways, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
In action for violation of California's unfair competition law, denial of class certification to all purchasers an illegally-sold version of the...

West v. AK Steel Corp.

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action lawsuit brought under ERISA by early retirees in a company's pension plan who elected to receive their pension benefits under the...

Sanford v. MemberWorks, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action alleging violations of 39 U.S.C. section 3009 and related state law claims arising from plaintiff's purchase of a set of fitness tapes by...

Fireside Bank v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a class action brought against a bank arising out of certain debt collection attempts, a court of appeals' judgment denying bank's challenge to a...