Class Action

SCOTUS Cert. Grants of Interest
Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a number of cases. Some of these may be of particular interest: Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (No. 11-864), with certiorari limited to the following question: Whether a district court may certify a class...

Breaking News: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Doe v. Reed, the Washington Referendum Case
I went out on a limb yesterday and predicted a cert. grant in Doe v. Reed, especially given the new meme on conservative fear of harassment. Well Lyle has just tweeted that cert. was granted...

"Supreme Court Grants Cert on Fourth Amendment Protection in Text Messages"
"Supreme Court Grants Cert on Fourth Amendment Protection in Text Messages": Orin Kerr has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy."

A few criminal justice cert grants from SCOTUS today
This post at SCOTUSblog provides all the details on cert grants news from the Supreme Court this morning, including these descriptions of the two cases taken up by the Justices that involve criminal justice issues: Title: Connick v...

SCOTUS grants cert and issues summary dispositions in more criminal cases
As noted in this post, the US Supreme Court is back to work this morning. And, as detailed in posts here and herefrom SCOTUSblog, criminal justice issues are at the heart of two new cert grants and two new summary...

Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Hulteen Retroactive PDA Case
Following the SG's recommendation, the Supreme Court this morning granted cert. in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen, 07-543. The case concerns whether Title VII permits an employer, when setting retirement benefits, to discriminate between women who took pregnancy disability leaves before...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Countrywide
Faces Class Action over Strong-Arm Tactics used to Intimidate Appraisers

Comcast Corp.
alleging false advertising related to the speed of its Internet service.

Excessive Arrest
City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face.

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.

Comcast
facing lawsuits from BitTorrent Throttling