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
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Federal Court Grants Defense Motion to Deny Class Certification
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A federal court earlier this month denied class certification in a case involving allegedly defective Sonicare Diamond Clean and Healthy White powered…
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Motion to Strike Class Allegations Granted
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Mercedes-Benz USA LLC made a successful preemptive strike against class certification in a proposed class action suit over alleged suspension problems…
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Ninth Circuit Decertifies Consumer Fraud Class
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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.
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Choice of Law Defeats Another Proposed Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class
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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 …
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Food Spread Class Action Certified: What Happened to Wal-mart?
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A California federal judge recently denied certification of a nationwide class, but certified a statewide class of plaintiffs in a suit over allegedly…
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Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Vitamin Consumer Case
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A federal court late last month declined to certify a proposed class action in which plaintiffs challenged alleged claims about the weight-loss proper…
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Class Certification Denied in YAZ MDL
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The federal judge managing the multidistrict litigation over the birth control pill Yaz last week declined to certify a proposed national class of use…
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Digitek Class Action Denied in MDL
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The federal judge in the multidistrict litigation concerning the heart drug Digitek has denied class certification in the MDL’s six remaining class ac…
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State Supreme Court Rejects Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class
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A recurring theme at MassTortDefense has been the risks associated with the plaintiffs’ bar growing creativity in the use of state consumer fraud acts…
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