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Shaver v. Siemens Corp.

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action by former employees alleging that the employer and its retirement plans violated ERISA by refusing to provide them with permanent...

Thurman v. Bayshore Transit Management, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit alleging that various employers had violated provisions of the Labor Code that require employers to provide meal and rest periods for their...

BlackRock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Securities Law
In a New York state Article 77 proceeding brought by a bank to confirm that it had the authority to enter into a settlement under governing trust...

Beer v. US

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a class action by judges who were part of a certified class in Williams v. US, 240 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 2001), involving the question of whether...

In re Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. Sec. Litig.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a shareholders class action against a company and two of its high-ranking officers, alleging that the company issued false or misleading public...

Skilstaf, Inc. v. CVS Caremark Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
In a putative class action against retail drug stores filed by a plaintiff who had been part of a previously settled class action against a wholesale...

Ruiz v. Affinity Logistics Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California laws, the district court's judgment in favor of the...

Duran v. U.S. Bank NA

Banking Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage and hour class action brought by current and former business banking officers who claimed they were misclassified by the defendant bank as...

Gentry v. Siegel

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In bankruptcy proceedings in which former employees of the debtor filed claims for unpaid overtime wages, the district court's judgment affirming the...

Muto v. CBS Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Media Law
In a putative class action complaint brought in New York by Pennsylvania residents against the plaintiffs' former employer and the employer's pension...