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		<title>Judge allows text-spam class action to proceed against Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has rejected a request by Google to delay a potential class action lawsuit alleging that its social apps company Slide violated a consumer protection law by sending SMS messages without the recipient&#8217;s consent. Google had asked U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California to stay the lawsuit pending a decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP oil spill class action settlement gets preliminary approval</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on May 2, 2012, preliminarily approved a proposed class action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier&#8217;s ruling set a &#8220;fairness hearing&#8221; on November 8, 2012, to decide whether to give his final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NLRB sues 24 Hour Fitness for seeking to enforce class action ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Class Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Labor Relations board announced it is charging 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. with violating federal law by insisting all employment-related disputes be resolved by individual arbitration.  In a statement issued April 30, the NLRB said the San Ramon, California-based company, which operates fitness centers across the country, requires employees to agree in writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal court certifies class action against BancorpSouth Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Actions of Interest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge King in the southern district of Florida certified a class action against BancorpSouth Bank.  The bank is one of the dozens of banks with cases pending against it in the southern district of Florida, which were transferred there by the Multi-District Litigation Panel.  I have mentioned these cases several times in posts on this blog. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citibank faces class action over student loan scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citibank, Discover Bank and The Student Loan Corporation are tricking former students into believing that their monthly payments have been cut when in fact only the payment toward principal has been lowered, generating greater interest income for the banks over the longer life of the loan, according to a complaint filed in federal court.  Lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class certification denial in New Jersey Rite Aid case reversed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a March 27, 2012 per curiam decision, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, reversed a trial court order denying class certification in the complaint captioned Jennifer Hearn, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Rite Aid Corporation, and Rite Aid of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents, Case No. A-2009-10T1 (N.J. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP seeks approval of oil spill class action settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Actions of Interest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge on April 18 with a class action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The London-based oil giant and the lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens Bank settles excessive overdraft class action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens Bank is the latest institution to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that banks changed the order of customer payments to increase the amount they could collect in overdraft fees. The fees are charged when customers, by writing checks or using debit cards, spend more than is available in their checking accounts.  Citizens Bank, part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutella class action settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ferrero, the makers of the creamy chocolate and hazelnut spread, has settled two class-action lawsuits with consumers who sued over the company’s advertising claims that it was a good-for-you treat.  The company will pay out over $3 million to consumers in California and nationwide.  Shoppers were thrilled when television commercials touted the sweet spread’s “simple, quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overdraft class action settlement of Union Bank case preliminarily approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Actions of Interest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge King in the Southern District of Florida preliminarily approved a settlement and certified a settlement class of customers who were charged overdraft fees based on Union Bank’s reordering from higher to lower.  The court’s order stated Union Bank entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release through arm’s-length negotiations with the assistance of Professor Eric [...]]]></description>
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