Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

– Education, desegregation of Ala. universities, settlements upheld (11th Cir.), 342
– Job bias

– Mortgages, NAACP files amended suit (C.D. Cal.), 5

RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

– Health insurance plans sued for inadequate reimbursement of care providers, claims dismissed (S.D. Fla.), 517
– Hiring illegal aliens to depress wages, Tyson Foods sued by poultry processing workers, suit dismissed (E.D. Tenn.), 155
– Light cigarettes, deceptive advertising by Philip Morris, consumer class decertified (2d Cir.), 268
– Prescription drugs, inflated average wholesale price, McKesson sued by city of San Francisco (D. Mass.), 408
– Romantic advice Web site operator sued by customer, civil RICO claims dismissed (N.D. Ill.), 291
– Taxes, fraudulent returns allegedly prepared by Jackson Hewitt franchises, taxpayer suit dismissed (N.D. Ill.), 279

RADIATION

See NUCLEAR ENERGY

RAILROADS

– Antitrust, rail freight fuel surcharges, co-lead counsel named for direct purchaser suit (D.D.C.), 246

REAL PROPERTY

– Border wall along Tex. boundary with Mexico, coalition of cities and counties sues Homeland Security Dep't (D.D.C.), 409
– Housing

See HOUSING

– Mortgages

See MORTGAGES

RECORDKEEPING

– Medical records copying firm sued for charging excessive fees, class certified (Ark.), 377
– Privacy, hospital patients sue data storage firm over theft of billing records (Utah Dist. Ct.), 494
– Terrorist screening database records, discovery granted to plaintiffs who allege wrongful detention at border stops (N.D. Ill.), 385

RECREATION

See SPORTS AND RECREATION

REMOVAL JURISDICTION

– Class Action Fairness Act

See CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT

– Federal officer removal statute, Agent Orange herbicide product liability suits properly removed (2d Cir.), 284

RESTAURANTS

– False advertising of allegedly healthier menu items, national restaurant chains sued (N.D. Tex.), 444
– Job discrimination

– – Cheesecake Factory restaurant sued for allowing male workers to sexually harass male co-workers (D. Ariz.), 574
– – McCormick & Schmick's settles racial bias suit (N.D. Cal.), 467
– – Razzoo's settles EEOC suit over alleged bias against male bartenders (N.D. Tex.), 425
– – Specialty Restaurant chain settles EEOC sexual harassment suit (C.D. Cal.), 422

– Overtime, KFC assistant managers cannot arbitrate claims after FLSA collective action was decertified (D. Minn.), 56
– Privacy, credit card data printed on receipts

– – Buffalo Wild Wings customer class certified (N.D. Ill.), 234
– – Red Lantern Inn customer class certified (N.D. Ill.), 11
– – Uncle Julio's customer class certified (N.D. Ill.), 273

– Wages, Long John Silver's workers may proceed with opt-out arbitration of FLSA claims (4th Cir.), 101

RETIREMENT

– Closure of automotive parts making facility did not illegally interfere with workers' right to benefits (E.D. Mich.), 26
– 401(k) plans

See 401(k) PLANS

– Health insurance

– – AK Steel to contribute to trust for retirees, settlement approved by court (S.D. Ohio), 197
– – Auto workers union seeks court approval of settlement with GM (E.D. Mich.), 179
– – Continental Tire unilaterally lowered caps on contributions, settlement (N.D. Ohio), In Brief, 391
– – Declaratory judgment sought by employer for its right to amend plan, court dismisses for lack of jurisdiction (7th Cir.), 544
– – Imo Industries violated agreement to provide lifetime benefits (D. Mass.), 344
– – Raytheon sued for plan amendment requiring retiree contributions to costs, class certified (D. Ariz.), 48
– – Unisys breached fiduciary duty to retirees, attorneys' fees award (E.D. Pa.), In Brief, 561

– Pensions

See PENSIONS

– Transfer of Abbott Laboratories workers to deprive them of benefits (N.D. Ill.), In Brief, 595

RHODE ISLAND

– Asbestos, Canadian residents' product liability suit dismissed for forum non conveniens (R.I.), 468

RICO

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT