A federal court in Massachusetts federal court recently denied class certification to consumers who claimed their wood-plastic composite decks were de
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Long-lasting Lipstick Class Kissed Off
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A federal court has rejected a proposed class of plaintiffs who alleged that they purchased deceptively labeled lipstick and foundation, in part becau…
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TCPA Class Rejected on Defendant’s Motion
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Readers may know that there is a fair amount of litigation alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. What’s interesting about this …
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Federal Court Rejects Copycat Class Action
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A California federal court declined to certify a putative class of consumers in a suit accusing defendant of marketing defective dryers. See Martin M…
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Another Plaintiff Fails to Obtain Class Certification for Claims About Products Not Actually Purchased
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We’ve posted before about the curious phenomenon of plaintiffs suing about the labeling on a product they never even purchased. Recently class certifi…
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Class Denied in Credit Card Claim
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A federal court in California last week denied certification of a proposed class of Nike store customers. Gormley v. Nike Inc., No. C-11-893-SI, (N.D.
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Class Certification Denied in Plant Explosion Case
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A Massachusetts federal court last week declined to certify a class in a suit against chemical company Ashland Inc., in a dispute over a factory explo…
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Ninth Circuit Applies Dukes
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The Ninth Circuit issued an interesting class action decision applying several of the key aspects of the recent Supreme Court decision in Wal–Ma…
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Class Certification Denied in Microwave Popcorn Litigation
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A federal court has denied class certification in a proposed consumer fraud class action arising from the sale of microwave popcorn with artificial bu…
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Class Action Motion Rejected in Human Tissue MDL
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We have posted before about the interesting Human Tissue litigation. The multidistrict litigation consolidated hundreds of cases filed either by plain…
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