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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407and Transfers Actions to District of Maryland Four (4) class action lawsuits were filed in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and New York against various defendants, including Michelin North America and American Honda Motor relating to the PAX “run-flat” tire system manufactured by Michelin and installed in certain Hondas and Acuras sold in the United States.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Transfers Actions to Western District of Washington Seven (7) class action lawsuits (5 in Washington and 2 in New York) were filed against various defendants, including Washington Mutual, “arising from alleged misrepresentations or omissions concerning WaMu’s financial condition with respect to its subprime home loan portfolio.” In re Washington Mutual, Inc., Securities, Derivative & “ERISA” Litig.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation PSLRA/SLUSA Class Actions Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of FACTA Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, and Agrees with Defense Recommendation of Eastern District of Pennsylvania as the Transferee Court Four class action lawsuits were filed against OSI Restaurant Partners (OSI) alleging violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) based on OSI’s failure to delete certain information from customer credit and debit card receipts.
Class Action Court Decisions FCRA Class Actions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiff Request, over Defense Objection, for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, but Transfers Class Actions to Eastern District of Missouri Four class action lawsuits (2 in Colorado and 1 each in Florida and Missouri), each of which were filed as putative nationwide class actions, were filed against various Aurora Dairy Corp. alleging “Aurora misled them into believing that the milk they purchased was ‘organic’ or ‘USDA organic’ when in fact the milk failed to meet organic standards.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Individual and Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, and Accepts Defense Recommendation that Lawsuits be Transferred to the Southern District of New York Four individual and class action lawsuits (two in New York, one in Tennessee and one in Texas) were filed against PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling Group (Pepsi) arising “from allegations that Pepsi misled consumers of its Aquafina bottled water into believing that the water source of Aquafina was something different from and better than tap water.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, but Rejects Defense Recommendation that Class Actions be Transferred to District of Columbia Six class action lawsuits were filed against various defendants, including Chiquita Brands International and Chiquita Fresh North America (Chiquita), as well as current and former officers and directors of Chiquita Brands. The lawsuits fell into two categories: two shareholder derivative class action suits, filed in the District of Columbia and Ohio, and four class action suits under the Alien Tort Statute, filed in the District of Columbia, Florida, New Jersey and New York.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiffs’ Request for Pretrial Coordination of 24 Class Action and Individual Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, but Concludes that Northern District of Ohio, rather than Southern District of Ohio, was Appropriate Transferee Court Twenty-four class action lawsuits were filed in 13 different districts against various defendants, including General Electric, Bayer Healthcare, Tyco and Bracco Diagnostics, “arising out of the allegation that gadolinium based contrast dyes may cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in patients with impaired renal function.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiffs’ Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, but Decides on District of Minnesota as Transferee Court from among the Nine Districts Recommended by Various Parties Twenty-seven individual and class action lawsuits, followed by 60 related “tag-along” individual and class action filings, were brought against Medtronic and others arising out of allegations that the implantation of Sprint Fidelis leads in defibrillators caused injuries.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiff’s Unopposed Request for Pretrial Coordination of 3 Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Transfers Class Actions to the District of Nebraska Three class action lawsuits (2 in Illinois and 1 in Nebraska) were filed against General Motors and Saturn Corp. asserting products liability claims based on “allegations that certain Saturn vehicles have defective metal timing chains and oiler nozzles.” In re Saturn L-Series Timing Chain Products Liab.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request, Opposed by Plaintiffs, for Pretrial Coordination of 4 Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, but Transfers Actions to Eastern District of Tennessee Four class action lawsuits, 2 in the Middle District of Tennessee and 2 in the Eastern District of Tennessee, were filed against various defendants alleging antitrust violations for failing to “compete for the purchase of raw Grade A milk produced, marketed and processed in the Southeast United States.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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