By B. Colby Hamilton | August 9, 2017
The grass may be greener, but is it thicker? Plaintiffs in a class action against grass seed and lawn care company Scotts Co. may get to put that question to the test after Southern District Judge Vincent Briccetti denied enough of the defendant's dismissals to allow the case to proceed.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | August 9, 2017
An $8.3 million agreement would resolve complaints over unsolicited text messages triggered by sweepstakes entries.
By Ross Todd | August 9, 2017
A federal judge in Oakland approved the settlement Facebook reached in a case accusing it of inappropriately scanning users' private messages, despite the concerns of a class action watchdog group.
By Ross Todd | August 9, 2017
Plaintiffs filed suit in 2008 accusing the search giant of inappropriately placing ads on error pages and so-called "parked domains."
By Ross Todd | August 8, 2017
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila approved the deal in the long-running case accusing Google of overcharging for ads placed on error pages and parked domains.
By P.j. D'Annunzio | August 8, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a nascent class action against vitamin and nutritional supplement chain GNC alleging the company's website violated New Jersey state consumer law.
By John Council | August 8, 2017
In a major win for employers, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down a National Labor Relations Board ruling forcing the Convergys Corporation to stop requiring its job applicants to sign class action waivers that prevent them from suing the company.
By Ben Hancock | August 8, 2017
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco waved through the deal after attorneys fixed "deficiencies" in an earlier $28.5 million settlement.
By Michael Hoenig | August 8, 2017
In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: The preemptive effect of valid arbitration agreements to preclude lawsuits in court, even class actions via arbitration clause class action waivers, has been reinforced by the U.S. Supreme Court time and again in recent years. But, what if there is an arbitration clause in the contract and the provision is silent about class arbitration? Is it an issue the arbitrator can decide or is viability of class arbitration an issue for a court to decide? That question was decided by the Eighth Circuit on July 28 as an issue of first impression in that circuit.
By Ross Todd | August 7, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling that supported customers' reading of an ambiguously worded product pricing clause in an agreement governing online grocery sales.
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