Supreme Court Could Use TransUnion ‘Terrorist List’ Case to Curb Class Actions March 31, 2021 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it could narrow the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in...
Supreme Court Grapples With Investor Class Actions in Goldman Sachs Securities Case March 30, 2021 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled in a case involving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. over how judges should determine...
Supreme Court Hears Google Case Where Award Monies Don’t Go to Those Harmed November 1, 2018 By Greg Stohr U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned an $8.5 million Google settlement in a case that could make it harder for companies...
Supreme Court Looks to Favor Business Arbitration with Individuals Over Courts October 30, 2018 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they may issue more pro-business rulings giving companies wide latitude to use arbitration...
Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Could Decide Class Action Waiver Cases February 9, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley and Robert Iafolla The U.S. Supreme Court will not act until at least the fall on a major business dispute on whether companies...
Supreme Court Sidelines Class Action Alleging Injury from Inaccurate Internet Information May 16, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to Spokeo Inc. over the online people-search company’s bid to...
U.S. Consumer Rules Would End Mandatory Arbitration Clauses That Limit Class Actions May 5, 2016 By Lisa Lambert A U.S. consumer watchdog on Thursday proposed new rules to block credit card companies, banks and other companies from forcing...
Supreme Court Quashes Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo Bids to Upend Class Action Judgments April 4, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bid to throw out a more than $150 million class...
The Effect of Justice Scalia’s Death on Supreme Court Class Action Rulings March 2, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley Dow Chemical Co.’s agreement to pay $835 million to settle a price-fixing dispute provides evidence that Justice Antonin Scalia’s death...
Supreme Court Rules Monetary Offer Doesn’t End Class Action January 20, 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against advertising firm Campbell-Ewald in a class action case, saying the lawsuit can...