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Fifth Circuit grants Katrina victims standing in global warming class action suit
October 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] has ruled [opinion, PDF] that 14 victims of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] have standing to sue companies for allegedly contributing to global warming [JURIST news archive], which they claim played a role in increasin....... [more] 
DOJ urges federal judge to reject Google book search settlement
September 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed a statement of interest [text, PDF; press release] Friday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] to reject a class action settlement [Authors Guild backgrounder] in a copyright suit [c....... [more]
Federal court dismisses Qualcomm antitrust class action
August 11, 2009
[JURIST] The US District Court for the Southern District of California [official website] on Tuesday dismissed [press release] a consumer class action lawsuit against telecommunications company Qualcomm [corporate website]. Christopher Lorenzo sued Qualcomm in November, alleging that the chipset man....... [more]
Nova Scotia Catholic diocese reaches proposed settlement in clergy abuse suit
August 7, 2009
[JURIST] A Canadian Catholic diocese on Friday reached a proposed settlement agreement [text, PDF; press release] in a class action suit alleging that diocesan priests sexually abused children. Under the terms of the agreement, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish [diocesan website] would establ....... [more]
Federal appeals court orders Interior Department to account in Indian Trust case
July 24, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) [official website] must provide an accounting in a 13-year class action lawsuit [plaintiffs' website; JURIST news archive] concerning the....... [more]
Federal judge allows class-action status for immigrant fee challenge
July 14, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge on Monday granted class-action status to approximately 400,000 immigrants from Central America who allege that a separate service fee for immigration applicants violates a federal law [8 USC § 1254a text]. Judge Thelton Henderson of the US District Court for the Northern Di....... [more]
Eleventh Circuit rejects HealthSouth settlement challenge
June 18, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website] on Wednesday rejected challenges [opinion, PDF] to a securities fraud class action suit brought by former HealthSouth [corporate website] CEO Richard Scrushy [defense website; JURIST news archive], affirming a $445 million....... [more]
Supreme Court to hear Vioxx fraud case
May 26, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] on Tuesday granted certiorari [orders list, PDF] in Merck & Co. v. Reynolds [docket; cert. petition, PDF], in which the Court will decide when the statute of limitations begins to run in a securities fraud case under the "inquiry notice" standard. Inv....... [more]
DOJ moves to dismiss Iran hostage suit
April 23, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has filed a motion to dismiss [text] a lawsuit brought against Iran by hostages from the 1979 hostage situation [backgrounder] in Tehran. The class-action lawsuit, brought by from former hostages Charles Scot, David Roeder, Don Sharer, a....... [more]
Federal judge orders revision of religious worker immigration policy
March 25, 2009
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [official website] Monday ordered [order, PDF] the revision of a US government regulation [8 CFR § 245.2(a)(2)(i)(B) text] that singles out religious workers applying for permanent residency. Judge Robert Lasnik i....... [more]
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