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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
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Judge Nixes Military Roadblocks for Immigrants: Kuang v. DOD
Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News, Nov. 16, 2018 - "A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that allegedly treats non-citizens in the military as “second-class recruits” and prevents them from...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Class Certification Granted in CARRP Lawsuit: Wagafe v. Trump
Wagafe v. Trump, June 21, 2017 - "The common question here is whether CARRP is lawful. The answer is “yes” or “no.” The answer to this question will not change based on facts particular to each class member, because each class...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
J-1 Au Pairs Win Class Certification in Wage Suit (Beltran v. Interexchange)
Tiffany Hu, Law360, Feb. 2, 2018 - "A Colorado federal judge on Friday partially granted class certification to more than 91,000 au pairs alleging that multiple sponsor agencies colluded to set low pay rates, finding that of the proposed classes...
LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
News Excerpts From the Aug. 1, 2016, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Class Certification Granted in Suit Over Legal Representation for Minors | On June 24, 2016, a federal judge granted a request to certify a class of children in an ongoing suit against the Attorney General for failing to providing legal representation...
California Compensation Cases Staff
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (11/28/2015)
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 80 No. 11 November 2015 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS...
Norton Rose Fulbright
over 8 years ago
Consumer Protection & Privacy
Consumer Protection and Privacy Law Blog
Norton Rose Fulbright: San Bernardino Judge Finds Homeopathic Drug Labelling Is Not False Or Misleading
By Stephanie Stroup (US) On November 25, 2014, just in time for Thanksgiving, Judge Bryan Foster in San Bernardino Superior Court tentatively entered a judgment in favor of Green Pharmaceuticals , following a week-long bench trial. The case, filed...
Norton Rose Fulbright
over 8 years ago
Consumer Protection & Privacy
Consumer Protection and Privacy Law Blog
Norton Rose Fulbright: Class Claims Certified For Hain Celestial Organic Cosmetics
By Stephanie Stroup (US) Last week, Magistrate Judge Beeler in the Northern District of California certified a class of purchasers of cosmetics marketed as “organic” by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. In so doing, Judge Beeler weighed...
Dykema
over 7 years ago
Consumer Protection & Privacy
Consumer Protection and Privacy Law Blog
Is Your Putative Consumer Class Ascertainable? The 7th Circuit Suggests It Doesn’t Really Matter at the Certification Stage
by Amy R. Jonker Class action plaintiffs have a new reason to file suit in the Seventh Circuit. In Mullins v. Direct Digital, LLC, 795 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2015), the Seventh Circuit refused to follow the Third Circuit’s imposition of a heightened...
Bryan Redding
over 8 years ago
Banking and Finance
Banking & Finance Law Blog
US Supreme Court Denies Cert in Consumers’ UCL Challenge to Bank Fees Under Federal Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court today let stand a ruling by California’s highest court that Congress has not barred a state unfair competition law (UCL) consumer class action against Bank of America N.A. predicated...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
In a case alleging that a community was exposed to airborne vinyl chloride, the Third Circuit affirmed that a class action was inappropriate since individual issues predominated
In Gates v. Rohm & Haas Co. et al , 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 17756 (3rd. Cir.: 8/25/11), Plaintiffs were residents of a primarily residential area of approximately 2,000 people and 400 homes. Defendant chemical companies owned and operated a facility...
William A.S. Magrath
over 10 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
Certifying Settlement Class Actions
Excerpt: In its much anticipated en banc opinion in Sullivan v. DB Investments, Inc. , the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's certification of two settlement classes of diamond purchasers over objections that the settlement failed to satisfy...
Mack Sperling
over 10 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
Tailors And Class Actions
If you think that tailors have nothing to do with class actions, you are wrong. Judge Jolly denied a motion for class certification last week because the proposed class was not "tailored" as was "practicable under the circumstances."...
Bajeerah LaCava
over 9 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Moldy Washer Ruling In Light of Comcast v. Behrend
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 3 granted a petition for writ of certiorari in the appeal of a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision to overturn denial of class certification in a suit over mold growth in certain...
Corporate and Securities Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Tightens Requirement for Proof of Class-Wide Damages as a Condition to Class Action Certification (Comcast v. Behrend)
by Robert N. Rapp and Matthew J. Kucharson Excerpt: In a 5-4 decision rendered on March 27, 2013, in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend , 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2544 [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis.com subscribers ], the United States...
Mack Sperling
over 7 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
Can an NC Superior Court Judge Modify Another Judge's Class Certification Order?
Is the certification of a class by an NC state court set in stone or can it be modified during the course of the litigation? The federal rule vs. the state rule There is a difference between the federal rule governing class actions ( FRCP 23 ) and...
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