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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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."...

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...

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...

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...