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Judge Nixes Most of Investor Class Action over BP Spill

Sullivan & Cromwell continued to chip away at BP's potential liability to investors this week, scuttling the larger of two proposed classes in securities litigation related to the Gulf Coast oil spill.
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National Law Journal

Wells Fargo Sued Over Access to Credit Reports

A Pennsylvania woman has filed a class action against Wells Fargo Bank N.A., alleging it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by accessing the credit reports of consumers without a permissible purpose or authorization.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Conditional Deal Reached in Class Action Over Nutritional Supplement

Walgreens, Wal-Mart and nutritional supplement maker Perrigo have reached a conditional settlement with consumers who filed a class action alleging the companies misled them on the joint-healing power of glucosamine and chondroitin.
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Law.com

Hagens Berman Accuses Google of Bilking Ad Partners

The suit, which echoes allegations from an anonymous online poster, marks the second time Seattle plaintiffs lawyer Steve Berman has sued Google this month.
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Law.com

BP Takes Fight Over Settlement Terms to Supreme Court

BP PLC will take its bid to enforce its interpretation of the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill settlement to the U.S. Supreme Court. The move, announced on Wednesday, came on the heels of the refusal by the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rehear panel decisions in a pair of appeals over the settlement.
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National Law Journal

Alabama Hospital Sued in Patient Records Theft

Two former patients claim an Alabama hospital was negligent in protecting their sensitive personal information, in a proposed class action with a twist: Unlike other data security breach complaints, this one involves the al-leged theft of paper records, not online ones.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court Strikes Decertification of Rite Aid Class

An appeals court has reversed decertification of a class of Rite Aid cashiers who alleged they were denied the right to sit down in violation of a California wage order.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Class Actions And the Plight Of The Consumer Plaintiff

There has existed for some time a tension between two provisions commonly found in consumer contracts of adhesion; i.e., the requirement that all claims be resolved by arbitration and the prohibition against any claims being pursued in a class action.
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National Law Journal

Sandy Mass Tort Won't Involve Class Actions, Lawyers Say

Nearly 2,000 lawsuits are pending against insurers over Hurricane Sandy damage, but class actions likely will play at best a small role, plaintiffs and defense attorneys agreed.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Ahold Reaches $297 Million Deal to Exit RICO Class Action

After fending off a last-ditch U.S. Supreme Court appeal in April, plaintiffs in a rare class action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act inked a $297 million deal with U.S. Foods Inc. and its former parent, the Dutch retail conglomerate Royal Ahold.
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