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Third Circuit Rules That Employees Cannot Sue Employers for Discrimination Based on Marijuana Use
21 Dec 2024 02:08 GMT
… dismissal of a Wal-Mart applicant’s putative class action lawsuit in … named plaintiff alleged that Wal-Mart rescinded his employment offer … asserting two claims: (1) Wal-Mart’s violation of CREAMMA, … avoid a wave of class action lawsuits while maintaining a …
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The Best of Intentions: State Law Protections for Employee Cannabis Use May Not Protect Them After All
21 Dec 2024 02:06 GMT
… protection job at a Wal-Mart facility in Swedesboro, New … subsequently filed a putative class action against Wal-Mart in New Jersey … CREAMMA anti-discrimination clause. Wal-Mart removed the case to … the district court granted Wal-Mart’s motion to dismiss, …
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Exceptions to Class Action Fairness Act Jurisdiction Addressed by First Circuit
19 Nov 2024 08:39 GMT
… exceptions to jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) … million, in comparison to Wal-Mart’s potential liability of … First Circuit held that Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc., a … putative class have claims against Wal-Mart.” The “local controversy” …
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Class Certification Review in the Fourth Circuit in 2024: An Encouraging Year for Class Action Defendants
15 Nov 2024 01:13 GMT
… resolution of the litigation.” Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. … class treatment.
In IDEA class actions, “the commonality prerequisite requires … : A Pyrrhic Victory for Class Action Defendants?” Ellis & … the Fourth Circuit for class action defendants. The Fourth …
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Sixth Circuit vacates certification of ten statewide classes against Nissan based on district court’s failure to ascertain common issues
19 Dec 2024 23:37 GMT
… , Nissan provides a roadmap for class action defendants to follow.
In that … . Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S …
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Data Breach Class Action Review — 2024
23 Aug 2024 10:46 GMT
… by Rule 23(a)(3). Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, et … increase in data breach class actions. Data breach class actions filed within the first … . The MOVEit Data Breach Class Action Although this class action is in its infant …
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Sixth Circuit Applies FRE 702 to Class Certification Experts and Highlights Commonality and Predominance Issues for Products That Change Over Time
17 Dec 2024 23:51 GMT
… critical stage in any putative class action lawsuit. Rule 23(a … individual class members. In class actions involving claims about product … , consistent with dicta in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U … this case but to other class actions as well.”
Disclosure: …
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Loblaw, George Weston Settle Class-Action Lawsuits Over Bread Price-Fixing Scheme
25 Jul 2024 17:53 GMT
… are still ongoing class actions against Canada Bread, Sobeys, Metro, Wal-Mart Canada, and …
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Listeriosis: class action filed against Danone and Wal-Mart Canada
24 Jul 2024 03:26 GMT
… July 18, naming Danone and Wal-Mart Canada as defendants. Danone … by the recall, while Wal-Mart owns the Great Value brand … is authorized and heard.
The class action concerns “all persons in … .
The lawyers behind the class action say that since the products …
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Drug Test Woes: State Law Protections for Employee Cannabis Use May Not Protect Them After All
17 Dec 2024 19:02 GMT
… protection job at a Wal-Mart facility in Swedesboro, New … subsequently filed a putative class action against Wal-Mart in New Jersey … CREAMMA anti-discrimination clause. Wal-Mart removed the case to … the district court granted Wal-Mart’s motion to dismiss, …