Tag Archive | "class action"
Billion-dollar AT&T settlement OK’d
A federal judge in Illinois has signed off on a class action settlement with AT&T Mobility that could mean customer refunds worth approximately $1 billion.
Continue reading...Class action against AT&T reopened
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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A federal judge has taken the unusual step this week of reopening a case a month after he dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims.
Continue reading...Objections to A.G. Edwards settlement set for appeals court hearing
Monday, May 2, 2011
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Attorneys for A.G. Edwards will defend a settlement worth tens of millions of dollars Wednesday in appeals court.
Continue reading...Invisalign, dentists reach class action settlement
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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More than 22,000 dentists and orthodontists claiming the makers of Invisalign braces were unclear about their quotas for prescribers will see up to $44 million in injunctive relief, under a recent class action settlement.
Continue reading...Judge permits wage lawsuit against Papa John’s
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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A federal judge is allowing a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Papa John’s pizza chain to go forward.
Continue reading...Judge OKs class action against Enterprise
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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A federal judge has given plaintiff attorneys the green light to drive forward with an employee class action case against the Enterprise car rental company.
Continue reading...Court revives suit against Jackson Hewitt
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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An appeals court has reinstated a potential class action lawsuit against tax-preparation company Jackson Hewitt.
Continue reading...Class action challenges St. Louis red-light cameras
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against the city of St. Louis challenging the constitutionality of its red-light traffic cameras. In the lawsuit filed Dec. 21, the plaintiffs argue that the city’s ordinance is unconstitutional because the presumption that the car’s owner was the driver violates due-process protections. Russell Watters, of the civil defense [...]
Continue reading...KC area spinal center sues over junk faxes
Monday, January 4, 2010
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Staff members at a Kansas City area spinal center have poured their frustrations over insistent junk messages tying up their fax machine into a class action lawsuit. Thomas Duke, doing business as Duke Spinal Center, on Saturday in Jackson County Circuit Court filed the suit against Virtual Medical Solutions out of Wellington, Fla. The suit [...]
Continue reading...Litigation forecloses arbitration, 8th Circuit says
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a class action lawsuit against a payday lender can be litigated in federal court, despite an arbitration clause signed by the plaintiffs. The appeals court agreed with a U.S. district judge, who said last year that Advance America asked her to rule on the merits of the [...]
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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