Labor & Employment Law

Talk Show Torts
In light of this week’s settlement in the NBC Dateline case, this past column on talk show liability may be of some interest. From cop shows to talk shows, reality television can suddenly throw average citizens into highly stressful or embarrassing situations...

Wells Fargo Class Action Defense Cases—In re Wells Fargo Mortgage Lending Practices: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Defense Motion To Centralize Class Action Litigation But Transfers Class Actions To California
Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Discriminatory Lending Practices, but Agrees with California Plaintiffs that Northern District of California is Appropriate Transferee Court Four class action lawsuits (3 in California and 1 in Illinois) were filed against Wells Fargo alleging discriminatory pricing in its mortgage loan products...

Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads
Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads :: Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v. Craigslist (pdf)

Schwemm on Discriminatory Municipal Services under the FHA
Robert G. Schwemm (University of Kentucky) has posted Cox, Halprin, and Discriminatory Municipal Services under the Fair Housing Act on SSRN. Here's the abstract: For most of its forty-year history, the federal Fair Housing Act ("FHA") has been accorded a...

Child support in Dependency, Neglect and Abuse actions
If you would like a smattering of “let’s help poor people” optimism in the midst of boring child support and policy talk involving dependency, neglect and abuse actions, check out this post at the Lexington Lawyer blog.

7th Circuit Holds Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads
I blogged about this lawsuit nearly two years ago and the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit finally had occasion to hear the suit and hold that Craigslist is not liable for discriminatory housing...

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Health Net
Settles Three Class Actions for $215 Million

Sonus, Vonage
Settle their Class Actions

Hurricane Insurer
Settles 2 Class Actions for $35 Million

Google
Settles Book-Scanning Class Actions for $125 Million

Wal-Mart
Settles 63 Federal and State Class Actions for $640 Million