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Bell v. Ascendant Solutions, Inc.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud suit, denial of class certification is affirmed where plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that common issues predominate.

Sutton v. St. Jude Med.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff has standing to seek medical testing and monitoring made necessary by the implantation of a medical device that has not yet malfunctioned or...

In re: Dow Corning Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action settlement for injuries resulting from allegedly faulty breast implants, a clause requiring payment of $100 per day to each...

Shotz v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Funds and financial benefits that Congress provided to the airline industry in response to the September 11 terrorist acts did not constitute "federal...

In Re: Schering-Plough Corp. ERISA Litig.

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in ruling that former employees, who were participants in a defined contribution plan, may not prosecute a derivative action...

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

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
In a class action suit for breach of contract and statutory consumer fraud, judgement in favor of plaintiff reversed where: 1) because of the various...

Broder v. Cablevision Sys. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Dismissal of plaintiff's putative class action, alleging a violation of the uniform rate requirement of 47 U.S.C. section 543(d), is affirmed where...

In Re: Cmty. Bank of N. Virginia

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action alleging an illegal home equity lending scheme, a settlement order is vacated where the "settlement only" class was never properly...

Hourly Employees v. Erie Forge & Steel, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court did not err in concluding that plaintiff-employees are bound by a stipulation resolving a pending Application to Modify Retiree...

Schorsch v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
An amendment to class definitions does not commence a new suit for purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act.