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Weiss v. Waterhouse Sec., Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a class action involving allegedly faulty "webBroker" accounts with a discount securities brokerage company, denial of brokerage company's motion...

In Re: Clients & Former Clients of Baron & Budd, P.C.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A petition for writ of mandamus, to require a district court to rule on motions to intervene and motions to quash regarding a subpoena in underlying...

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action suit by women employees against Wal-Mart alleging sexual discrimination under Title VII, certification of plaintiffs' class with...

In Re: The Warnaco Group

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of putative class action, which alleged that accountants to the issuer violated section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and...

Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The litigation privilege applies in all causes of action, statutory as well as common law.

Jeneski v. City of Worcester

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of suit by an employee of a city under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging deprivation of equal protection and due process is affirmed where: 1)...

ACS Sys., Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute based on underlying class action alleging plaintiff violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by sending...

McKenna v. First Horizon Home Loan Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Class certification in a class-action under the Truth In Lending Act is reversed where the district court lacked the authority to certify a class of...

Laliberte v. Pacific Mercantile Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case alleging that defendant's failure to disclose closing fees in refinance loans violated the Truth in Lending Act, orders sustaining demurrers...

First American Title Inc. Co. v. Superior Ct. (Sjobring)

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging unlawful title insurance practices, an order granting motion to a class action representative plaintiff, who is not a member of...