As students depart their college campuses for summer break, the NCAA has no such reprieve on the horizon. Over the past few weeks, the NCAA has settled questions pertaining to backpay for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) use...more
6/5/2024
/ Alston v NCAA ,
Class Action ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Compensation ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Settlement ,
State Law Claims ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
In Merrimon v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America, 2014 WL 2960024 (1st Cir. July 2, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit became the third circuit court to approve an insurance company’s use of a retained...more
7/22/2014
/ Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Money Judgment ,
Popular ,
Retained Asset Accounts ,
Reversal ,
Self-Dealing
A New York Federal court has certified a class action against Ann Taylor LOFT for violations of the Truth in Lending Act (see Opinion & Order in Kelen v. World Financial Network National Bank, Case No. 12-CIV-5024).
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A California federal court has rejected a proposed settlement to a class action over alleged material omissions in Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan documentation (Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary...more
In a case with interesting implications for class action practitioners, the Seventh Circuit recently ruled against plaintiff Addison Automatics (Addison) in its attempt to dodge federal court jurisdiction (see Addison...more
In a decisive victory for Google and several co-defendants, a Delaware federal court dismissed the claims of a putative class of individuals who alleged that they were injured by Google’s practice of circumventing certain...more
10/16/2013
/ Advertising ,
Clapper v. Amnesty International ,
Class Action ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Cookies ,
Google ,
Internet ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SCOTUS ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Unfair Competition ,
Wiretapping
In a victory for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a federal district court judge has refused to certify a Rule 23(b)(3) class in a lawsuit for violation of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1747 et...more
In a significant decision for companies that engage in electronic marketing, a New Jersey federal judge certified a 23(b)(3) class claiming violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”; 47 U.S.C. §...more