Factbox: Class action cases the US top court decided this term
Chicago Tribune
RBS Citizens v. Ross: In a case involving employee wage claims, in which an appeals court ruled a class action could go ahead, the Supreme Court asked the appeals court to reconsider as a result of the Comcast decision. * Standard Fire Insurance Co. v.
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Athletes Pursue Class Action Lawsuit Against NCAA
ABC News
O'Bannon and his lawyers asked a federal court judge to turn their antitrust lawsuit into a class action, representing thousands of former and current college athletes. The lawsuit demands that the NCAA find a way to cut players in on the billions of …
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Class-Action Lawyers Lose Big At Supreme Court With American Express Case
Forbes
Class-action lawyers took a major hit to their business strategy today at the U.S. Supreme Court when a conservative majority led by Justice Antonin Scalia rejected an antitrust lawsuit against American Express American Express on behalf of thousands …
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Supreme Court Stops Class-Action Suit vs. American Express
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—An ideologically divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a class-action antitrust lawsuit that alleged that American Express Co. used its muscle in the corporate-card market to force merchants to accept the company's less desirable …
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Court rejects class-action bid in Musikfest stein case
Allentown Morning Call
A federal judge in Allentown has rejected a motion to allow a class action lawsuit in a scandal involving Musikfest beer steins. New Jersey attorney Justin Swidler had argued that hundreds of Musikfest-goers who bought Chinese-made beer steins at the …
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Supreme Court blocks class-action claim against American Express
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court blocked restaurant owners from suing American Express over high fees Thursday, the latest in a series of 5-4 rulings have barred class-action claims against big corporations. The majority agreed individual restaurant …
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Push for a Class-Action Suit Could Alter College Athletics
Wall Street Journal
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken didn't rule on whether the lawsuit, which pits former University of California Los Angeles standout Ed O'Bannon and others against the NCAA, should become a class-action suit. Ms. Wilken said that a ruling “might take …
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One more class action lawsuit filed against iGate, this time for fraud
Financial Express
For the second time in a week, iGate, the US-headquartered IT outsourcing company, faces a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of federal securities laws. The US-based law firm Rigrodsky & Long, PA announced that a securities fraud class action …
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MPVD Subs Initiate Class-Action Suit Against Time Warner Cable's RSNs
Multichannel News
Subscribers to Time Warner Cable, Charter, DirecTV and Verizon FiOS filed a class-action Los Angeles Superior Court against the MSO, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers. The four plaintiffs allege that the $3 billion that Time Warner Cable is paying for …
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