Questions tagged [class-action]
a legal action on behalf of a "class" of people (e.g. employees of a certain company), rather than an individual.
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As a home buyer who paid sellers fees, can I submit a claim form in the real estate commission class-action lawsuit? [closed]
Addressed to me at the house I bought 2 years ago, I got a notice about Burnett et al. v The National Association of Realtors et al. It says that if I sold a home and paid a commission to a real ...
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Do remote employees count for purposes of WARN Act in NY State?
I'm trying to figure out if I am covered under NY law for purposes of triggering the WARN Act (and potentially seeking damages with a class action). I was recently laid off, along with 50+ employees, ...
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Given the success of asbestos and tobacco lawsuits, would one against producers of leaded gasoline potentially succeed?
It is well known that lead and in particular tetraethyl lead (the antiknock compound added to gasoline) can profoundly affect the central nervous system -- indeed, if people are worried about water ...
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Can adult detransitioners who underwent treatment when they were minors, bring a class action lawsuit and against whom?
I notice that, on social media, there are numbers of videos by detransitioners, or those unable to reverse their procedures, expressing their regret for a childhood decision that was facilitated by ...
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Why rush to class action lawsuits against acetaminophen when the case looks difficult to win?
There are currently a number of places recruiting for a class action lawsuit against Tylenol, and other medicines that use acetaminophen, due to the supposed risk of mother's use of it during ...
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What kind of compensatory damages are available in a class action lawsuit (landlord/tenant)
The scenario: A landlord holding multiple rental properties/apartments has been found in a class action lawsuit to have been illegally overcharging renters for X amount of money per month each over a ...
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Can minors receive payments from class action lawsuits?
If a minor is included in the class of a class action lawsuit, and the plaintiffs win or the defendant settles, can the minor receive payment?
The suit was filed in California (the GitHub Copilot suit)...
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Are there specific criteria that I must meet to be considered a member of the Camp Lejeune class?
I have been inundated with advertisements lately regarding a class action lawsuit that claims that people that have spent a period of time at a Marine base (Camp Lejeune) during the 1990's may have ...
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Class-action arbitration versus class-action lawsuit
The Steam Subscriber Agreement has an interesting clause in its "Dispute Resolution/Binding Arbitration/Class Action Wavier" section:
If any part of Section 11 (Dispute Resolution/Binding ...
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Is there any case law that sets the minimum amount in controversy to the minimum amount permissible to settle in class actions? [closed]
There, of course, are such a compensatory-to-punitive damages ratio principle — even if merely in the form of fairly complex guideposts for e.g. the BMW guidepost, the just less-less-than-10x of ...
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Does a case continue if class certifcation is denied?
If a Motion for Class Certification is denied by the court, does the case continue?
I'm trying to research litigation against a specific US company and I've come across some cases in which the court ...
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Could a class action suit cause you to accidentally sue yourself?
I know there have been stories (and questions) about people who deliberately sued themselves, usually as a symbolic statement or satire.
But supposing Bob invents the designs for (Product), and then (...
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Can Mac Pro customers legally sue Apple if it doesn't offer them an upgrade path to the new chips?
In December 2019, Apple introduced its flagship Mac Pro to meet the performance needs of professionals. In addition to showcasing its state-of-the-art hardware components, Apple claimed the machine is ...
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Could Sargon of Akkad-related compensation claims damage/ruin Patreon?
In 2018, Patreon removed content creator Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) from their platform over violations of their terms of service by using racial and homophobic slurs.
Recently, calls seem to ...
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Is there a legal theory for criminally negligent pandemic damages?
Like most Americans, I am economically harmed by the current restrictions in place to cope with the SARS-nCov-2 pandemic. However, the variety of outcomes in different countries around the world show ...
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