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STEPHENSON v. DOW CHEM. CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Plaintiff's whose injuries manifested themselves after the closure of a class action settlement fund set up for their injuries are not bound by res...

IN RE: VISA CHECK/MASTERMONEY ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Class action certification is appropriate against credit card companies where merchants alleged undue tying of credit and debit card acceptances,...

GALLAGHER v. ABBOTT LABS.

Class Actions, Securities Law
Because there is no absolute duty to disclose information material to stock prices as soon as news comes into a company's possession, securities class...

LEWIS & ELLIS, INC. v. GEN. AM. LIFE INS. CO.

Class Actions
Evidence that claims processing center received opt-out letters two days after the postmark deadline from out of state processing center will support...

TRAVEL NETWORK, LTD. v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Class Actions
Settling parties may not claim that class action included parties that did not receive payment under the settlement agreement where settling parties...

ROBINSON v. METRO-NORTH COMMUTER R.R. CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2), a bright-line bar to (b)(2) class treatment of all claims for compensatory damages and other non-incidental damages is...

IN THE MATTER OF: MEXICO MONEY TRANSFER LITIG.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
A federal district court exercises the judicial power of the nation so if all the parties are US residents, then all class members and defendants live...

CRAWFORD v. F. HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE, LTD.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action, the individual member's claims for punitive damages, restitution and attorney's fees may not be aggregated in order to meet the...

THAYER v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions
Defendant's willingness to concede liability and enter into settlement negotiations soon after counsel filed complaints defeats a lodestar multiplier...

THIESSEN v. GEN. ELEC. CAPITAL CORP.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Under 29 USC 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, a court may use the ad hoc approach in determining whether plaintiffs in an ADEA action...