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Bruns v. E-Commerce Exch.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law
In an action involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, dismissal by trial court for lack of prosecution, CCP section 583.310, is...

City of Pontiac Gen. Emps. Ret. Sys. v. MBIA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action dispute alleging securities fraud, SEC Rule 10b, decision by District Court dismissing proposed class action as barred by the...

Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
In a petition for writ of mandate, brought by plaintiffs to recertify a class of individuals who purchased whirlpool bathtubs from defendants, the...

Tien v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action asserting wage-related claims brought by hourly employees, alleging that employer-health care provider did not pay legally mandated...

Landmen Partners, Inc. v. The Blackstone Group, L.P.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a putative securities class action, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a...

Plumbers' Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a suit seeking redress for losses suffered when plaintiffs acquired trust certificates representing mortgage-backed securities, district court's...

Gilman v. Schwarzenegger

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an action by eight California life-term prisoners who represent a class of similarly situated California prisoners, alleging that Proposition 9,...

Plumber's Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a putative class action against eight trusts, the "depositor" that organized them, the trusts' underwriters and five officers of the depositor,...

Doe v. Obama

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the federal funding of research involving embryonic stem cells, district court's dismissal of the suit for lack of...

City of Dearborn Heights Act 345 Police & Fire Retirement Sys. v. Inter-Local Pension Fund GCC/IBT

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' securities fraud class action under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities Exchange Commission...