Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

– – Job bias, building trade union discriminated against black and Hispanic members, partial settlement approved (S.D.N.Y.), 109
– – Phony “union” used by employer to qualify for state exemption from overtime rules, workers' suit alleges (C.D. Cal.), 177
– – Securities fraud, union pension fund named lead plaintiff in Radian Group suit (E.D. Pa.), 103

– Wages

See OVERTIME; WAGES AND SALARIES

LAW ENFORCEMENT

– Correctional facilities

See PRISONS AND JAILS

– Police

See POLICE

LAWYERS

See ATTORNEYS

LEAD PLAINTIFFS

– Dating service contracts allegedly void, class representative lacks standing (Cal. Ct. App.), 453
– FDCPA, debtor alleging collection letter violated Act is adequate class representative, certification granted (N.D. Ill.), 536
– Job bias, court reviewing proposed Morgan Stanley settlement asks for parties' briefs on adequacy of representative (N.D. Cal.), 21; preliminary approval of settlement, 154
– Kickbacks from Milberg Weiss law firm to class representatives

See CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

– Product liability, hormone replacement drugs, plaintiff is inadequate class representative, certification denied (S.D. Cal.), 184
– Securities fraud

– – AIG litigation, plaintiff cannot amend complaint to add claims over writedowns of losses in credit default swap portfolio (S.D.N.Y.), 615
– – Individual investor with largest financial interest named class representative over institutional investor (N.D. Cal.), 190
– – Initial public offerings, aftermarket purchaser claims dismissed for failure to identify class representatives (S.D.N.Y.), 425
– – Jones Soda and Dendreon Corp. suits (W.D. Wash.), In Brief, 195
– – Monster Worldwide sued for stock option backdating scheme, proposed class representative rejected (S.D.N.Y.), 672
– – Research analyst reports, Merrill Lynch broker cannot intervene as class representative (S.D.N.Y.), 542
– – Sallie Mae sued for false and misleading statements, investment adviser named to represent class (S.D.N.Y.), 633
– – Union pension fund named class representative in Radian Group suit (E.D. Pa.), 103

LEAVE

– Military leave, employee benefits not credited to pilots while serving on, American Airlines settles DOJ suit (N.D. Tex.), 347
– Pregnancy Discrimination Act, women entitled to full service credit for pre-Act leaves, solicitor general invited to file brief (U.S.), 62

LEGISLATION, FEDERAL

– Ed. Note: This heading covers bills with assigned numbers. For information on measures not yet assigned numbers, see specific subject headings.
– House

– – HR 4008, Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act to bar liability for merchants who truncate card numbers, but disclose card expiration dates, House passes bill, 431; president signs, 476
– – HR 5463, Securities fraud, bill to require plaintiffs' lawyer to pay attorneys' fees of prevailing defendant, introduced, 212

LIMITATIONS PERIODS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

LOANS

– Arbitration clauses

– – Ban on consumer class actions is unconscionable (N.C.), 102
– – Payday loans, trial court must reconsider unconscionability of mandatory arbitration clause (N.C. Ct. App.), 386

– Mortgages

See MORTGAGES

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

See STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LOUISIANA

– Price fixing by insurers, La. attorney general's parens patriae suit properly removed to federal court (5th Cir.), 627
– Tobacco industry to fund smoking cessation program (La. Civ. Dist. Ct.), 602
– Toxic torts, emotional distress, residents living above tainted landfill site (La. Ct. App.), In Brief, 195