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 Wireless Week.com - Sprint Nextel has had a national class action suit alleging overcharges dismissed by U.S. District Judge Bryan. His ruling does not prevent the suit from being refiled as a California-only class action however...

BizTimes.com - A $200 million class action lawsuit was filed against Northwestern Mutual in California. The suit seeks certification of the class on behalf of California employees who were denied minimum pay and overtime by Northwestern Mutual. Northwestern Mutual asserts individuals named in the suit were private contractors and not employees...

CBCNews - PR-Inside.com - A class action lawsuit challenging the proposed acquisition of Central Jersey Bancorp by OceanFirst Financial Corp. has been filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Owners of Central Jersey common stock may want to obtain additional information about this class action.

The AmLaw Litigation Daily - The Fifth Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling that had denied class certification in the Flowserve Securities Class Action Case. The lower court had denied certification and granted the defendants' motion for summary Judgement. It was determined by the lower court that the plaintiffs had not sufficiently established loss causation...

BankInvestmentConsultant.com -Judge Sonia Sotomayor history with class action in her tenure on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is examined in this article. Her most prominent financial services class action ruling came in her 2001 antitrust suit brought against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc...

National Consumer Law Center - The NCLC has recently added to their bookstore "A Quick Guide to Federal Evidence and Objections" written by Timothy Eble offering a condensed version of federal rules of evidence designed to assist attorneys in the courtroom by facilitating objections using rule number.

To read Class Action News updated daily visit Class Action Related Headlines. Our Class Action News Search also contains links to recent Class Action Cases in the News. Our Class Action Litigation Library offers articles on Consumer law, Class Action, Tours, Travel Agents, and additional offsite legal articles. Read our recently posted CONSUMER LAW 2008 Update written by Judge Dickerson discussing consumer protection statutes most frequently used in New York State courts. This paper is prepared annually for New York State Civil Court Judges and the Town & Village Resource Center. This paper updates the information in earlier versions (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007) also found in our Class Action Litigation Library.

Other new articles in our library include Burdens of Jurisdictional Proof written by Professor Lonny Hoffman, George Butler Research Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, discussing who bears the burden of jurisdictional proof under the Class Action Fairness Act. Avoiding Investment Fraud: Don't Get Taken and Avoid E-mail Scams: Don't Get Taken both written by Timothy E. Eble...

"It is a fact that any investments involve a certain degree of risk. So how does an invididual avoid being taken in by a fraudulent investment adviser?..."
Also recently added "Choosing a class action rep"reprinted here by permission of LawyersUSA discussing important considerations an attorney must examine when selecting a class action representative...

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