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• Bloomberg

  Consumers May See New Limits on Mandatory Arbitration Bloomberg Class-Action Suits Companies have portrayed arbitration as a tool to avoid frivolous but expensive-to-defend class-action lawsuits that only benefit trial lawyers. Consumer groups charge it limits redress, especially in cases where the individual ...

• iPod owners may be involved in a class action law suit Daily 49er By Anthony Garza Cal State Long Beach students who own one of Apple's popular iPod gadgets might not know it, but they are currently involved in a class-action lawsuit against Apple. Customers who purchased an iPod between September 12, 2006 and March ...

• The Pharmaceutical Industry Scores A Major Victory: Court Of Appeal Refuses To ... Mondaq News Alerts (registration) After learning about these advisories, she filed a motion with the Superior Court seeking authorization to institute a class against the respondents. The proposed class action claimed reimbursement of the price paid for the medicines, compensation for ...

• More administrative agency actions on arbitration Lexology (registration) A few months ago I posted about actions that FINRA and the NLRB were taking in support of allowing class arbitration, and those agencies have recently taken additional actions that help consumers or employees with relatively low dollar claims. and more »

• Facebook faces $15bn class-action suit ITWeb As Facebook celebrated going public on Friday with one of the biggest IPOs in history, the world's largest social network was also slapped with a $15 billion class-action suit. The suit, filed in California, combines a total of 21 cases from across the ... and more »

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  Lawsuit claims Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Hair Serum is ignitable ABC Action News Garnier Fructis Shine Anti-Frizz Serum, a popular styling product among women, is catching heat because the product can reportedly cause hair to catch fire, one class action suit alleges. The suit, filed Thursday, states that the products two main ...

• TechWeekEurope UK

  Lawsuit Seeks $15bn For Facebook Privacy Violations TechWeekEurope UK A class action lawsuit filed against Facebook in California is seeking a whopping $15 billion (£9.4bn) in damages for privacy violations tied to the tracking of web users. The suit, which was filed by law firm Stewarts Law US, combines 21 privacy ... and more »

• Validity of FINRA prohibition of class action waivers: update Lexology (registration) ... (FINRA) concerning FINRA attempt to prohibit financial industry participants from adding mutual class action waivers into agreements with their customers. On May 11, 2012, the Court entered an Order dismissing Schwab's lawsuit with prejudice.

• Runway settlement headed for collapse Sun-Sentinel Mikes, a former city commissioner who lives in the heavily impacted Melaleuca Gardens neighborhood, says plenty of talk is brewing about individual and possible class-action lawsuits. Broward Aviation Director Kent George predicted that Dania would ... and more »

• MALDEF to Sue California Car Washes for Unlawful Labor Practices Hispanically Speaking News MALDEF will hold a press conference on Monday May 21, 2012 to announce details of a class action lawsuit against multiple southern California car washes. The car washes have maintained unlawful labor policies and practices resulting in thousands of ...

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