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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Class Action Plaintiffs, and Agrees to Transfers Class Actions to Middle District of Tennessee Five class actions were filed in five different federal district courts against Nissan North America and others alleging that defendants “violated the Federal Odometer Act by similarly altering the odometers in Nissan and Infiniti vehicles to inflate the mileage driven.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Motion for Pretrial Coordination of Individual and Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Individual and Class Action Plaintiffs and Supported by Some Responding Individual and Class Action Plaintiffs, and Transfers Actions to Southern District of New York Eighteen (18) individual and class action lawsuits were filed (1 in New Jersey and 17 in New York) against Merrill Lynch and other defendants “arising from Merrill Lynch’s conduct and representations regarding its investments in collateralized debt obligations secured by subprime mortgage debt.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiffs Motions for Pretrial Coordination of Individual and Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Other Individual and Class Action Plaintiffs and by Responding Defendants, and Transfers Individual and Class Action Lawsuits to Middle District of Pennsylvania Twenty (20) individual and class action lawsuits were filed in seven (7) different federal district courts against several defendants alleging federal antitrust violations arising out of the allegation that the defendants “conspired to fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize the price of chocolate confectionary products in the United States at supracompetitive levels.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Plaintiff Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by any Class Action Defendants, and Transfers Class Actions to Northern District of California Two class actions – one in California and one in Pennsylvania – were filed against Oilily and others alleging violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). In re Oilily Fair & Acc. Cred. Trans.
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, Unopposed by Class Action Plaintiffs, and Transfers Actions to Eastern District of Pennsylvania Two class actions – one in New Jersey and one in Pennsylvania – were filed against Orleans Homebuilders and OHB Homes alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; specifically, the class action complaints allege “that defendants avoided paying overtime to employees classified as ‘community sales managers,’ ‘sales assistants,’ or ‘sales associates.
Class Action Court Decisions Employment Law Class Actions 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 Refuses Request to Transfer to District of Columbia and Selects Instead Western District of Washington as Appropriate Transferee Court Two class action lawsuits were filed against the United States Postal Service (USPS) – one in Washington and one in Illinois. Each class action complaint purported to be brought on behalf of a nationwide class.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Motion, Unopposed by Most Class Action Plaintiffs, for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Centralizes Class Actions in Western District of Washington Seven (7) class action lawsuits – five in Washington and two in New York – were filed against defendants Washington Mutual alleging “misrepresentations or omissions concerning WaMu’s financial condition with respect to its subprime home loan portfolio.” In re Washington Mutual, Inc.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Motion, Unopposed by Any Class Action Plaintiff, for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Centralizes Class Actions in Southern District of New York Four class action lawsuits – two in New York, one in Tennessee and one in Texas – were filed against defendants PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling Group alleging that defendants “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 Plaintiff Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 over Defense Objection Two class action lawsuits – one in Illinois and one in Pennsylvania – were filed in against defendants Texas Roadhouse Holdings LLC and Texas Roadhouse, Inc., for violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), alleging that defendants printed information on credit card and debit card customer receipts that FACTA required be excluded therefrom.
Class Action Court Decisions FCRA Class Actions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Discriminatory Lending Practices, but Agrees with California Plaintiffs that Northern District of California is Appropriate Transferee Court Four class action lawsuits (3 in California and 1 in Illinois) were filed against Wells Fargo alleging discriminatory pricing in its mortgage loan products. In re Wells Fargo Mortgage Lending Prac. Litig., ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (Jud.
Class Action Court Decisions Multidistrict Litigation Uncategorized
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