Class Action

Labor Law Class Actions Maintain Dominance Among Weekly Class Action Lawsuits Filed In California State And Federal Courts

By Michael J. Hassen

To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the types of cases against which they will have to defend in California, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week. This report covers the period from May 29 - June 4, 2009, during which time 50 new class actions were filed. As a general rule, class actions alleging employment-related claims top this list by a wide margin. During this reporting period, 23 of the new class actions involved labor law claims, representing only 46% of the total number of new class actions filed during the past week. Three other categories met the 10% threshold: there were 11 new class actions alleging violations of California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), which includes false advertising claims, accounting for 22% of the new class actions filed, and 5 new class actions each for federal securities violations and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations, representing 10% each.

Full post as published by Class Action Defense Blog on June 06, 2009 (boomark / email).