But Action News Investigates has found one case in which consumers joining a class action case could actually hurt themselves. Matthew Mitchell started having problems with his Subaru Crosstrek just months after he bought it. The oil and check engine lights were coming on constantly.
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Endo International plc (“Endo” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ENDP) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-03912, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities …
The recent settlements in the California Uber litigation demonstrate the perils of mandatory arbitration for our entire framework for regulating employment. Unfortunately, media coverage of the Uber controversies has not highlighted the damage that arbitration agreements have wrought to the individual workers involved and to our employment laws generally. But it is now more clear than ever that …
Lawyers for companies trying to fend off costly class action lawsuits are rethinking longstanding legal strategies after businesses lost two key U.S. Supreme Court cases as well as their staunchest supporter on the bench. At the start of the court’s term in October, the business community had reason to believe the justices would further pare back class action litigation after rulings …
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review of a class action lawsuit settlement in Schulman v. LexisNexis, et al. CCAF argued previously at a lower court that the settlement was unfair to the class and that the class attorneys were seeking excessive fees. Today’s petition for …
A class action lawsuit against food and beverage company Mondelez International claiming some of its packaging contains non-functional slack fill is just the latest example of customers suing over what they see as deceptive marketing, a consumer advocate says. “We have seen great number of cases being brought in regard to non-functional slack fill,” Bonnie Patten, …
An ongoing class action lawsuit against the makers of the wildly popular health tracking device known as Fitbit alleges the heart rate monitor on several models is off by a noticeable amount.
Attorneys who paid scientists at California State Polytechnic University say their findings show …
Airlines have frequent flyer programs, restaurants and coffee shops have customer loyalty programs, and plaintiff’s class action firms have repeat class action plaintiffs. These frequent class plaintiffs are either unlucky or they go looking for trouble. See Beyond Systems, Inc. v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 777 F.3d 712, 714 (2015) (noting that email spam litigation accounted for 90% of plaintiff’s …
Illinois resident Yvonne Averhart was one of many who filed a class action lawsuit against SuperValu Inc. last month, alleging that the company represents that its grated Parmesan cheese product is composed of 100 percent cheese when it actually consists of a mixture of cheese and non-cheese filler substance derived from wood …
BIRMINGHAM RETIREMENT AND RELIEF SYSTEM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. S.A.C. CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., et al., Defendants. No. 13 Civ. 2459 (VM) (KNF) ECF CASE. REVISED COURT ORDERED DATE DEADLINES FOR REQUESTS FOR EXCLUSIONS, OBJECTIONS, CLAIM FORM FILING AND HEARING DATE. SUMMARY NOTICE OF (I) PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION AND PLAN OF ALLOCATION; (II) SETTLEMENT …