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Regents of the Univ. of California v. Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging that defendants-banks entered into transactions that allowed Enron to misstate its financial condition, to...

McAtee v. Capital One, F.S.B.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
A decision remanding a class action removed under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) to state court is affirmed where CAFA and its removal...

Bellikoff v. Eaton Vance Corp.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In putative class action involving investors in defendant's mutual funds, court's grant of motions for reconsideration but adhering to prior decision,...

Alan v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action brought against Honda involving timing belts which allegedly required costly periodic repairs, dismissal of an appeal from an order...

Yi v. Sterling Collision Ctrs., Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where a system of compensation...

Progressive W. Ins. Co. v. Preciado

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract action brought by insurer against insured wherein insured cross-claimed "on behalf of the general public" alleging unfair...

Lowdermilk v. US Bank Nat'l Assoc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), when the plaintiff has pled damages less than the jurisdictional amount, in order to remove the...

Citizens Ins. Co. of Am. v. Daccach

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Securities Law
On appeal from certification of a worldwide class in an action alleging petitioners sold securities from Texas to nonresidents without complying with...

Amalgamated Transit Union v. Superior Ct. (First Transit, Inc.)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
An individual-s statutory right to sue in a representative capacity, conferred under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 and under...