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New Jersey Law Journal

Eastman v. First Data Corporation

The petition for permission to appeal the order denying class certification is dismissed as untimely.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

U.S. Judge Gives Tentative Approval to Ticket-Padding Class-Action Settlement

Concertgoers who paid extra fees at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., will get up to $38 million in free and reduced admission under a settlement given preliminary approval.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Class Action Waivers Validated in NLRB Loss

A decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans upheld the use of class or collective action waivers in arbitration agreements.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

GMOs in Whole Foods Cornflakes? Customers Sue, Seek Class Status

The day before Thanksgiving, two plaintiffs sued Whole Foods Markets Inc. and some of its subsidiaries in federal court in Houston. In their complaint, the plaintiffs allege, "[T]esting by an independent laboratory found that more than 50% of Whole Foods' 365 Everyday Value Corn Flakes were genetically modified."
2 minute read

The Recorder

Martinez v. Joe's Crab Shack Holdings

By | December 04, 2013
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Barry v. S.E.B. Service of New York

Security Guards' 'Travel Time,' Other FLSA Claims Granted Conditional Certification
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

In re: LightInTheBox Holding Securities Litig.

Lead Plaintiff's Appointment in Consolidated Suit Against Chinese Online Retailer Explained
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption of Reliance May Be Overruled

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Halliburton Co.'s second petition for writ of certiorari in the Erica P. John Fund v. Halliburton, No. 13-317, securities litigation, this time to consider whether to "overrule or substantially modify the holding of Basic v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988), to the extent it allows a presumption of classwide reliance under the fraud-on-the-market theory," and, if the court does not overrule Basic, to decide whether a defendant "may rebut the presumption and prevent class certification by introducing evidence that the alleged misrepresentations did not distort the market price of its stock."
7 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Tosses Antitrust Claims Over Apple's Cut on App Sales

Yvonne Gonzales Rogers said would-be consumer class can't proceed as direct customers.
2 minute read

Law.com

Under Fire, Two BP Objectors' Lawyers Withdraw Appeal

By | November 27, 2013
Attorneys Ted Frank and Darrell Palmer have withdrawn their appeals of two settlements with BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill after several of their former clients accused them of misconduct.
2 minute read

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