Class Action

Three recent decisions of interest

By Kimberly A. Kralowec

The decisions below are on my "to blog" list: 

• United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Inc. v. ConocoPhillips Co., ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2010) (reversing order denying class certification of meal period claims)
  
• Rodriguez v. Hayes, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Jan. 4, 2010) (order denying panel rehearing and en banc rehearing) (amended opinion reversing order denying class certification of claims brought in habeas corpus proceeding; see this prior blog post on original Rodriguez opinion) 
  
• Cellphone Termination Fee Cases, ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Dec. 31, 2009) (First Appellate District, Division Five) (affirming final approval of class action settlement and attorneys' fees award)

Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).