All Entries in the "Class Actions" Category
Walmart Gender Bias Class Action Can Proceed
Think Walmart had a bad Monday?
Over 1 million women found out today that their class action lawsuit for gender discrimination is moving forward against Walmart.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made the ruling in a 6-5 vote. Read the opinion.
Here’s the opinion summary:
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs allege that Wal-Mart, Inc., discriminates against
women in [...]
Toyota Acceleration Lawsuits Combined in California
Judges announced that the Toyota lawsuits related to Toyota’s acceleration issue will be consolidated in a federal court in Santa Ana, California near Toyota’s U.S. sales headquarters.
So far a combination of over 200 consumer and potential class action shareholder lawsuits have been filed, over 50 of which are individual lawsuits claiming personal injury or death [...]
Immediate Expansion of Toyota Recalls sought by Class Action Lawsuit
The law firm of McCuneWright, LLP has filed for a preliminary injunction in United States District Court, Central District of California seeking an immediate order requiring Toyota to expand the Sudden Unintended Acceleration recalls.
McCuneWright, which filed the first and leading class action lawsuit against Toyota to force the automaker to remedy the sudden unintended acceleration [...]
Amended Class Action filed for Toyota for Accelerator Issue
Stanley M. Chesley from the Cincinnati, Ohio-based law firm of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A. today amended a major class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp. and other Toyota affiliates. The case is based on the sudden acceleration defect in millions of Toyota automobiles that has caused injuries and deaths.
Toyota Class Actions being filed for Accelerator Issue
Attorneys at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. filed a lawsuit in Colorado Federal Court this week against Toyota Motor Corporation, alleging that Toyota has known for several years about the unexpected acceleration problems that recently led Toyota to temporarily stop selling and recall many of its most popular models in the United States. [...]
Judge Gives Citysearch Class Action Green Light
From MediaPost:
Dealing a blow to IAC, a federal judge has decided that disgruntled online marketers can proceed with a class-action click-fraud lawsuit against the company.
U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles ruled that the search marketers could be certified as a class because their complaints against IAC stemmed from the same type of [...]
Class Action Lawsuit filed against Carter’s Inc.
Sarraf Gentile LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed against Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE: CRI) and certain of its officers and directors on behalf of those who purchased Carter’s common stock between April 27, 2004 and November 10, 2009 (the “Class Period”). The complaint alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The complaint [...]
Court Sustains Claims Against Countrywide
Court rejects nearly every argument by Countrywide in multidistrict litigation challenging the lender’s subprime mortgage marketing and lending practices
NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC announced today that Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the federal district court for the Southern District of California (San Diego) has denied [...]
Tobacco Ads Class Action Proceeds
The state supreme court of California ruled on Monday, by a 4-3 decision, that consumers can sue as a group over ads they contend misled them.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
“This gives the consumers rights to protect themselves from fraudulent advertising,” said Mark Robinson, a lawyer for the smokers who sued tobacco companies in 1997.
The ruling [...]
Florida Class Action Certified Against Hess Corporation
Cameron D. Moyer, Esq. and James Staack, Esq. announce that on February 19, 2009, the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Pinellas County, Florida, certified a class action against Hess Corporation in the case entitled Grillasca and Mayzik v. Hess Corp. Case number: 07-11610-CI-21.
