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Wurtz v. Rawlings Co.

Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of an action to enjoin defendant-insurers from obtaining reimbursement of medical benefits from plaintiffs' tort settlements is vacated and...

Opalinski v. Robert Half International Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The availability of classwide arbitration is a substantive "question of arbitrability" to be decided by a court absent clear agreement otherwise....

Cooper v. Charter Communications

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Media Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' putative class action alleging that defendant violated contractual, statutory, and common law duties by failing to provide...

Luckey v. Superior Court (Cotton on USA, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a putative class action alleging violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the trial court properly declined to...

Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging violations of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and Unfair Competition Law, the trial court's order...

Sutter Health v. Superior Court (Atkins)

Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs have failed to state a cause of action under The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, where: 1) a thief stole a health care...

Rhea v. General Atomics

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to defendant-employer's employment practice of requiring exempt employees to use their annual leave hours when they are absent from...

Galen v. Redfin Corporation

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff's class action misclassification and wage and hour claims is...

Kurtz v. Verizon New York, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff-property owners' takings and due process claims, arising out of defendant's installation of multi‐unit terminal boxes on their...

Hidalgo-Velez v. San Juan Asset Management, Inc.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a putative class action asserting both direct claims on behalf of investors and shareholder derivative claims on behalf of an investment fund,...