Surveys show that getting fit is one of the top 5 New Year’s resolutions. So perhaps timely that a federal court recently dismissed a proposed nationw
Continue Reading New Year’s Fitness Resolution- Drop the Fitness Tracker Class Action
choice of law
Federal Court Grants Defense Motion to Deny Class Certification
A federal court earlier this month denied class certification in a case involving allegedly defective Sonicare Diamond Clean and Healthy White powered…
Continue Reading Federal Court Grants Defense Motion to Deny Class Certification
Motion to Strike Class Allegations Granted
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC made a successful preemptive strike against class certification in a proposed class action suit over alleged suspension problems…
Continue Reading Motion to Strike Class Allegations Granted
Ninth Circuit Decertifies Consumer Fraud Class
The Ninth Circuit last week reversed the certification of a nationwide class raising consumer fraud claims against an auto maker. See Mazza, et al. v.
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Decertifies Consumer Fraud Class
Choice of Law Defeats Another Proposed Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class
A federal court recently ruled that a suit over alleged defects in an MP3 player’s display screen could not proceed as a nationwide class action. See …
Continue Reading Choice of Law Defeats Another Proposed Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class
Food Spread Class Action Certified: What Happened to Wal-mart?
A California federal judge recently denied certification of a nationwide class, but certified a statewide class of plaintiffs in a suit over allegedly…
Continue Reading Food Spread Class Action Certified: What Happened to Wal-mart?
Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Vitamin Consumer Case
A federal court late last month declined to certify a proposed class action in which plaintiffs challenged alleged claims about the weight-loss proper…
Continue Reading Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Vitamin Consumer Case
Class Certification Denied in YAZ MDL
The federal judge managing the multidistrict litigation over the birth control pill Yaz last week declined to certify a proposed national class of use…
Continue Reading Class Certification Denied in YAZ MDL
Digitek Class Action Denied in MDL
The federal judge in the multidistrict litigation concerning the heart drug Digitek has denied class certification in the MDL’s six remaining class ac…
Continue Reading Digitek Class Action Denied in MDL
State Supreme Court Rejects Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class
A recurring theme at MassTortDefense has been the risks associated with the plaintiffs’ bar growing creativity in the use of state consumer fraud acts…
Continue Reading State Supreme Court Rejects Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class