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Riffey v. Rauner

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Held that the class-action device was not the proper one for home health care assistants to use in seeking refunds of fair-share fees they had paid to...

Brodsky v. HumanaDental Insurance Co.

Class Actions, Communications Law
Affirmed the denial of class certification in two lawsuits that were brought by unwilling recipients of faxed advertising messages. The recipients...

Edwards v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Held that employees who filed a proposed wage-hour class action were not entitled to intervene in an earlier, similar action that was being settled....

Sali v. Corona Regional Medical Center

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law, Class Actions
In an amended opinion, reversed the denial of class certification in a wage-hour lawsuit brought by registered nurses against a hospital.

Radha Geismann, M.D., P.C. v. ZocDoc, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Class Actions, Communications Law
Revived a proposed class action alleging that a company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending doctors unsolicited fax...

Kohler Co. v. Superior Court (Park-Kim)

Consumer Protection Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Held that homeowners could not bring a class action asserting a claim under California's Right to Repair Act against the manufacturer of an allegedly...

Beaton v. SpeedyPC Software

Consumer Protection Law, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law
Affirmed the certification of a class action alleging that a software company's downloadable product to improve computer speed and performance was a...

Romero v. Provide Commerce, Inc.

Class Actions, Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
Vacated an award of attorney fees but otherwise affirmed the district court's approval of a class action settlement resolving claims that an online...

Payton v. CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Affirmed the denial of class certification in an action alleging wage and hour violations, finding substantial evidence that individual questions...

King v. Great American Chicken Corp., Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Held that the district court erred in remanding a class action to state court under the Class Action Fairness Act's local-controversy exception. The...