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Maracich v. Spears

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action brought by plaintiffs, South Carolina residents, against defendant attorneys for violating the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of...

Vargas v. SAI Monrovia B, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The trial court's order granting defendants' motion to compel arbitration and to strike the class action allegations is reversed, where: 1) the...

Brown v. Superior Court (Morgan Tire & Auto, LLC)

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to compel individual arbitration as to plaintiff's claims under the Labor Code Private Attorneys...

Harris v. Amgen, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an ERISA class action brought by current and former employees of defendants is reversed, where: 1) a presumption of prudence did not...

State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition v. Rowland

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for defendant-state officials dismissing plaintiffs' federal constitutional law claims is reversed and remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs have...

Schlessinger v. Valspar Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In response to the certified questions: 1) General Business Law section 395-a, which (with certain exceptions) forbids the termination before...

Guidotti v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court's order denying defendants' motion to compel arbitration in putative class action in which plaintiff alleged that defendants...

Leyva v. Medline Industries Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order denying class certification in action brought by plaintiff-employees alleging defendant-employer violated California's...

Bluford v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's denial of class certification in a wage and hour action is reversed, where: 1) insufficient evidence supports the trial court's...

Massachusetts Retirement Systems v. CVS Caremark Corporation

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a putative class action for securities fraud against defendant and certain of its current and former employees, is vacated and remanded,...