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Eddins v. Redstone

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
In a class action alleging antitrust and price discrimination violations under California law involving revenue-sharing agreements between movie...

Goldman v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Grant of defendants' motions to dismiss is affirmed in a putative class action against insurers where defendants did not breach insurance contracts by...

BMG Direct Mktg. v. Peake

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
Class of music club members who paid defendant allegedly illegal late fees for failing to timely pay for products in accordance with the terms of a...

Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In a class action for violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and for unjust enrichment, an interstate forum...

Cobell v. Norton

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Indian Law, Remedies
In a class action regarding agency management of the government's Individual Indian Money trust fund, the district court abused its discretion when it...

Feder v. Elec. Data Sys. Corp.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Government Contracts, Securities Law
Class certification in a securities class action is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in finding the state of New Jersey to be an...

In re Universal Service Fund Telephone Billing Practice Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Defendant's interlocutory appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration and stay in a multi-district...

IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
During a continuous workday, any walking time that occurs after the beginning of the employee-s first principal activity, such as the donning of...

Violette v. P.A. Days, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(a) applies only to situations where parties must compute deadlines based on the passage of a fixed number of days...

Dejulius v. N.E. Health Care Employeesbon

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The notice program under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 is sufficient, and due process is satisfied even where Plaintiffs, shareholders holding shares under their...