CLASSIFIED: Carlton Fields' Class Action Blog



November 2007
November 15, 2007 2:24 PM | Posted by Blaise Huhta | News | Link
Hannah Montana fan files class action lawsuit against fan club alleging it failed to provide members priority for concert tickets.
 
Class action lawsuit filed by consumer group accuses car rental companies of price fixing.
 
Securities fraud class action lawsuit filed against Flamel Technologies, SA.


November 5, 2007 10:28 AM | Posted by Kenya Reddy | News | Link
Staples, Inc. reaches settlement with California-based assistant store managers in wage and hour class action lawsuit

Merrill Lynch facing securities fraud class action

American Italian Pasta Co. announces $25 million settlement of securities class action lawsuit

District court certifies class in lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. over false claims about clothes dryers

Qwest Communications
 agrees to pay $411 million to shareholder groups that opted out of $400 million class action settlement

Plaintiffs’ firms set to ask for $460 million in fees stemming from Tyco securities class action lawsuit


November 3, 2007 9:10 AM | Posted by Kathryn Christian | Georgia District Courts
In Futch v. HSBC Bank, 2007 WL 3143715, No. CV407-109 (S.D. Ga. Oct. 24, 2007), the Southern District of Georgia held that 1) it lacked personal jurisdiction over a class action settlement claims administrator where the administrator's only contact with Georgia was mailing a claim form to the plaintiff's address in Georgia; and 2) the plaintiff's claims against the defendant bank were barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion.




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