all - Opinion Summaries

Marshall v. James B. Nutter & Company

Banking Law, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an action alleging that defendant was liable as a civil coconspirator under the Maryland Finder's Fee Act for fees...

Petry v. Prosperity Mortgage Company

Banking Law, Class Actions
Judgment in favor of defendants in a class action alleging that the fees that defendant-lender charged at the closing of the purchase of plaintiffs'...

Dilts v. Penske Logistics, LLC

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Dismissal of claims brought by a certified class of drivers alleging violations of California's meal and rest break laws is reversed and remanded,...

Merrimon v. Unum Life Insurance Company

Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law
In a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), arising out of defendant-insurer's redemption of claims on...

Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action brought by four plaintiff-newspaper carriers alleging that defendant illegally treats them as independent contractors, rather than...

Pricewaterhousecoopers, L.L.P. v. Jitendra Bhatia

Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs, who were individual and institutional investors in so-called Madoff feeder funds, against defendants who managed...

Tourgeman v. Collins Financial Services, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a class action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is reversed and remanded, where: 1)...

Davis v. Nordstrom, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Contracts
The district court's order denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of an employee's claims that were brought as a putative class...

Johnmohammadi v. Bloomingdale's, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order granting defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, and dismissing without...

Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a putative class action against defendant-company and one of its executives, alleging that they made misrepresentations designed to inflate...