In this edition of Class Action Roundup, we feature decisions from the third quarter of 2016, covering everything from pizza delivery and Uber drivers to payday lenders, canned tuna manufacturers, and even...more
1/18/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Security ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Faxes ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
TCPA ,
Uber ,
Young Lawyers
Where the (Class) Action Is -
This issue of Roundup wraps up 2015 with another slate of interesting cases spanning industries and subject matter. The running theme of ascertainability is now stretching into antitrust...more
4/20/2016
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Banking Sector ,
Chemical Spills ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Private Nuisance ,
RICO ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Smart Car ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour ,
Yahoo! ,
Young Lawyers
The big news this quarter is the U.S. Supreme Court’s acceptance of Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, an employment case likely to have major ramifications across the whole spectrum of class action litigation. The Court is set...more
9/17/2015
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Bank of America ,
Boeing ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Daubert Hearing ,
Disparate Impact ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equifax ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FDCPA ,
GNC ,
H-2A ,
Kraft ,
Levi Strauss ,
Limitation Periods ,
Misrepresentation ,
Morgan Stanley ,
NFL ,
Quicken Loans ,
Race Discrimination ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
SLUSA ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Sustainability ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Uber ,
Unilever ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wells Fargo ,
Yahoo!