Class Certifications Employment Class Actions US District Court - Mass
July 18, 2017 / January 12, 2023 by Don Frederico
In Romulus v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., five former Shift Supervisors brought a putative class action against CVS under the Massachusetts Wage Act, contending they were required to work through their unpaid breaks. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that they were required to remain in the store during their breaks when they were the only managerial employees […]
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Consumer Class Actions US District Court - Mass
July 6, 2016 / May 17, 2024 by Don Frederico
Chief Judge Saris and Judge Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts recently tackled questions left unanswered by the Supreme Court’s opinion earlier this year in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 136 S. Ct. 663 (2016) (see Don Frederico’s prior post for a full discussion of Campbell-Ewald). In South Orange Chiropractic Center, LLC v. Cayan LLC, 2016 […]
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Class Certifications US District Court - Mass
December 19, 2013 / May 17, 2024 by mindgrub
On the heels of his November 14, 2013 order certifying a class of individual consumers and other payors who alleged that defendant pharmaceutical companies engaged in anti-competitive practi...
November 30, 2013 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
On November 14, 2013, Judge William G. Young of the District of Massachusetts entered an order certifying a class of individual consumers and other payors who alleged that anti-competitive p...
September 8, 2013 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
The home mortgage crisis of the last several years has spawned its share of new government regulation and litigation. On September 4th, Judge Rya Zobel denied plaintiffs' motion for class c...
Employment Class Actions US District Court - Mass
October 23, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In George v. NWMCC, CA No. 10-10289-DJC (D. Mass., September 27, 2012), United States District Judge Denise Casper granted class certification to a group of employees and former employees of...
August 1, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Last week, in Abdallah v. Bain Capital LLC, United States District Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the District of Massachusetts dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Bain Capital LLC b...
July 8, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In 2007 and 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued landmark decisions clarifying the pleading standards that must be met for a complaint to survive a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Ci...
