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BOULWARE v. CROSSLAND MORTGAGE CORP.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act section 8(b) is a prohibition on kickbacks, rather than a broad price control provision applicable to any...

ABRAMS v. BAKER HUGHES INC.

Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of a securities fraud class action claim, under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, was proper where plaintiffs failed to...

MORSE v. MCWHORTER

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
Post-judgment amendment of a complaint, by a proposed class of common stockholders for securities violations, is allowable where the non-movant would...

VIZCAINO v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
No abuse of discretion in awarding attorney's fees of 28% of a settlement fund to class counsel, in an action between defendant and its freelance...

ABBOTT LAB. v. CVS PHARMACY, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Claim by appellant, a retail chain that opted out of a class action against manufacturers and wholesalers of prescription drugs, was not blocked by a...

IN RE: LORAZEPAM & CLORAZEPATE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Challenges to class certification do not warrant interlocutory review pursuant to FRCP 23(f), where appellant failed to show that certification of the...

ALCATEL PLAINTIFFS GROUP v. TCHURUK

Class Actions, Securities Law
Claims in a putative class action, while surviving the heightened pleading standards required by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, failed...

IN THE MATTER OF BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Because Indiana's choice-of-law rule selects the 50 states and multiple territories where tire and vehicle buyers live, and not the place of the...

MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (KARGES)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In order to establish liability for a nondisclosure under either California's Unfair Competition Law or Consumer Legal Remedies Act, plaintiffs need...

BRANNAM v. HUNTINGTON MORTGAGE CO.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Document processing fee assessed by defendant mortgage company was deemed "bona fide" under exception to Truth In Lending Act disclosure requirement,...