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Rueli v. Baystate Health, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action, brought by unionized nurses against their employer for unpaid wages and overtime pay in state court and removed to federal court,...

Morris v. Ernst & Young

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute resolution and arbitration action, arising from a bar on concerted legal claims contained in the employment contracts of defendant Ernst...

OFI Asset Management v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Class Actions, Securities Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a securities class action lawsuit, arising after a failed merger between Cooper Tire & Rubber and Apollo Tyres, the district court's dismissal of...

McLean v. State of California

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
In a labor and employment action, brought by a retired deputy attorney general against her former employer for failing to promptly pay final wages as...

Polo v. Innoventions Int'l LLC

Health Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a civil procedure appeal, arising after plaintiff's putative class action against defendant for false advertising in the sale DiabeStevia was...

Georges v. United Nations

Class Actions, International Law
In a putative class action, seeking to hold defendant UN officials responsible for plaintiffs' injuries resulting from the UN's role in Haiti's...

Harnish v. Widener University School of Law

Class Actions, Education Law
In a suit alleging that a law school defrauded a putative class of law students by publishing misleading statistics about its graduates' employment,...

Laffitte v. Robert Half International, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fee appeal arising from a wage and hour class action, the trial court's award of a $6.3 million fee to class counsel is affirmed...

Roberts v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.

Insurance Law, Class Actions, Health Law, Elder Law
In a class action for unfair competition, unjust enrichment and financial elder abuse, brought by a plaintiff enrolled in a private health plan...

Preap v. Johnson

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Class Actions, Habeas Corpus
In a class action habeas petition brought by criminal aliens subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. section 1226(c), the district court's class...