Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

WAGES AND SALARIES

– Attorneys not disqualified from representing television reality show workers in wage suits (Cal. Ct. App.), 461
– Discharged workers' final wages not timely paid, retailer settles suit (Cal. Super. Ct.), 469
– Drywall construction contractor sued for wage and hour violations (Wash. Super. Ct.), 670
– Executive compensation

– – Backdating stock options

See STOCK OPTION BACKDATING

– – Proxy statements allegedly misleading, investor suit preempted by SLUSA (2d Cir.), 592

– FLSA

See FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA)

– Government employees

See GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Hospitals' conspiracy to suppress nurses' wages, class certified (N.D.N.Y.), 672
– Large-scale class suits discussed by ABA conferees, 698
– Living wage ordinance violated by city contractor (Cal. Ct. App.), 514
– Meal and rest breaks

– – Brew pubs settle suit over missed breaks (Cal. Super. Ct.), 344
– – Brinker Restaurant workers' class certification vacated (Cal. Ct. App.), 619
– – Dialysis nurses sue Sutter Health (Cal. Super. Ct.), 175
– – Electrical workers cannot use FLSA collective action to seek pay for working during lunch breaks (7th Cir.), 287
– – Nurses sue Catholic Healthcare West over unpaid missed breaks (Cal. Super. Ct.), 133
– – White Cap delivery drivers class certified (Cal. Super. Ct.), 48

– Minimum wages

– – Blueberry harvesters class denied certification (W.D. Mich.), 9
– – Tomato grower sued, Mexican workers class certified (M.D. Fla.), 624

– National origin bias, Hispanic grocery workers may seek class certification (9th Cir.), 621
– “On-call” time, electric utility workers not entitled to pay for (7th Cir.), 287
– Overtime

See OVERTIME

– Paychecks drawn on out-of-state banks subject to holds or fees to cash, Regis Corp. violated state law (N.D. Cal.), 24
– Prevailing wages

– – Construction firm's demurrer judgment to class certification reversed (Cal. Ct. App.), 235
– – Nurses may sue recruitment firm for failure to pay (Cal. Ct. App.), 93

– Protective gear, compensation for donning and doffing time

– – Gold 'n Plump poultry processing workers, settlement approved (D. Minn.), 197
– – Tyson Foods workers cannot intervene in FLSA suit (11th Cir.), 252

– Removal of Servisair workers' wage and hour claims, remand to state court denied (N.D. Cal.), 730
– RICO, hiring illegal aliens to depress wages, Tyson Foods sued by poultry processing workers, suit dismissed (E.D. Tenn.), 155
– Temporary employment agency raided for harboring illegal aliens is sued for wage and hour violations (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 575
– Tips

– – Minn. coffee shop and adult club workers challenge forced tip-sharing policies (Minn. Dist. Ct., D. Minn.), 669
– – Skycaps illegally deprived of tips after American Airlines began $2 per bag service charge (D. Mass.), 300; second lawsuit filed (D. Mass.), 407; American ends no-tipping ban, skycaps to seek class certification, 459
– – Starbucks baristas to be paid for amounts they were forced to share with supervisors (Cal. Super. Ct.), 247

– Wal-Mart sued for wage and hour violations

– – Minn. workers awarded damages (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 549
– – Terminated workers sue for unpaid wages and accrued leave, class certified (N.D. Cal.), 180

WASHINGTON

– Consumer protection, AT&T long distance service contracts, ban on class actions is unconscionable (Wash.), 722
– Drugs, dosage restrictions for pain medication adopted by state agencies, patients sue (E.D. Wash.), 573; motion to dismiss filed, 772
– Wage and hour violations, drywall construction contractor sued (Wash. Super. Ct.), 670

WASHINGTON, D.C.

See DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WATER POLLUTION

– Amazon region

– – Ecuadorian Amazon damaged by Chevron oil activities, court-ordered damages assessment report to be released, 336
– – Peruvian villagers' suit against Occidental Petroleum dismissed for forum non conveniens (C.D. Cal.), 341

– Dow Chemical sued for contaminating nearby property, class certified (Mich. Ct. App.), 95
– Drinking water tainted by MTBE gasoline additive, court decision allowing claims under commingled product theory not immediately appealable (S.D.N.Y.), 559
– Exxon Valdez oil spill, punitive damages award was excessive (U.S., vac), 512
– Fish supply reduced due to pollutant release, commercial fishermen's recovery of economic losses, question certified to state supreme court (Fla. Ct. App.), 788
– Vinyl chloride in wastewater from manufacturing plant, court approves settlement of residents' claims (E.D. Pa.), 199

WEST VIRGINIA

– Antitrust, tying of credit cards and debit cards, Visa and MasterCard settle suit, 106
– Toxic torts, DuPont found negligent for creating industrial waste site (W. Va., rev sought), 541

WISCONSIN

– Attorneys' fees, contingent fee award to class counsel, expert need not testify as to reasonableness (Wis. Ct. App.), 100

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY

See EXPERT WITNESSES