Sentences with phrase «certified as a class action»

The plaintiffs» racketeering claim was certified as a class action.

(The suits are referred to as a mass action because they involve multiple suits that raise similar claims, but they don't seek to be certified as a class action under the federal rules of civil procedure.)

Only five of the cases were ever formally certified as class actions, although 21 resulted in court - approved class settlements.

The next major step in this case will be the filing of affidavit material by the plaintiff in support of a motion to have this case certified as a class action.

The matter was certified as a class action.

On March 17, 2014, this action was certified as a class action by the Federal Court.

Last June, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that both cases should be certified as class actions and allowed to proceed to trial.

A federal lawsuit challenging as excessive the fees charged by PACER, the federal courts» electronic records system, has been certified as a class action.

The case was certified as a class action with leave to appeal the certification decision dismissed.

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Ewert v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 BCSC 962, Mr. Justice Blok certified as a class action certain aspects of a lawsuit brought by an inmate for, amongst other things, damages for violations of Charter rights.

A proposed representative Plaintiff will need to satisfy the following requirement for the lawsuit to be certified as a class action: the pleadings must disclose a cause of action, there must be an identifiable class, the claims of the class members must raise common issues, a class action would be preferable for the resolution of the common issues, and there is a person willing to be appointed representative plaintiff who would fairly and adequately represent the interests of the class and has produced a workable plan for advancing the proposed class action.

The case was commenced back in 2006, and initially failed to be certified as a class action.

The action has not yet been certified as a class action.

If the court decides that a class action is the «preferable procedure» for dealing with the plaintiff's claim, then the lawsuit is certified as a class action, and it is allowed to go forward.

The civil complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose by KinderStart.com, seeks to be certified as a class action representing the owners of all Web sites blacklisted by Google's Internet - leading search engine since January 2001.

In Ontario, a suit is filed with a view toward having it certified as a class action.

The trial court denied REAL's attempt to have the case certified as a class action, and also entered judgment that the Website Operator did not infringe either of REAL's patents.

NFB also sought to have the lawsuit certified as a class action.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has decided that a suit against a brokerage for allegedly charging a buyer a transaction fee when no service was performed could be certified as a class action suit.

Not exact matches

They also hope to certify their case as a class action, presuming that the discrimination they describe affected a lot of other women employees as well.

Judge Garaufis has repeatedly shown his bias towards the City's reasonable arguments on hiring in the Fire Department, and Judge Scheindlin, in certifying as a class everyone who has been stopped and frisked by the New York City Police Department, has twisted class action law in order to serve her own political goals.

It asks the court to certify the class action, return publication rights to the three plaintiffs and other members of the class who so desire, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover damages, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover the costs of the suit, require PublishAmerica to pay restitution to the defendants and the class, and grant «further relief as may be determined to be just,» including punitive damages.

The students brought a motion to certify their action as a class proceeding pursuant to the Class Proceedingsclass proceeding pursuant to the Class ProceedingsClass Proceedings Act.

As we reported last June, the plaintiff's motion record to certify the Goodlife class action was filed with the Superior...

As we reported last June, the plaintiff's motion record to certify the Goodlife class action was filed with the Superior Court.

The Applicants applied to certify the action as a class action.

As noted by Geneviève Lay here on Slaw recently, The Québec Court of Appeal has certified the Carrier class action by neighbours of a major Québec freeway, the Laurentian Highway (Highway 73) north of Québec City.

Ontario's Divisional Court conditionally certified the action as a class proceeding in April 2009, and the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt by Quizno's to stay the proceedings in a June 2010 ruling.

Examples include serving as lead defense counsel on the successful appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court of a decision certifying a toxic tort class action in Alexander v. Norfolk Southern Corp., 82 So.3 d 1234 (La. 2012).

Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell certified the action and approved lawyer Tarrie Phillip as the new class representative in the case, after the original representative was removed last year.

Huvelle certified the case as a class action in January 2017.

«The Court was clear that «misclassification» overtime claims are not all doomed to fail as a class action, just as «off - the - clock» overtime class actions are not guaranteed to be certified.»

On March 28 and 29, 2017, Justice Belobaba heard the Plaintiff's motion to certify this action as a class proceeding.

[1] This action was commenced in 1997, certified as a class proceeding in 2001, and tried in 2011.

[1] The plaintiffs seek to certify their action as a class proceeding against the Bank of Nova Scotia (the «Bank») and Richard Wilson («Wilson»).

Alnasir Pardhan sued BMO as a result of Damji's fraud, and he brought a motion to certify his lawsuit as class action against BMO on behalf of the class of individuals whose investments were flowed through the Cash Plus account.

On September 18, 2017, Justice Silverman of the BC Supreme Court released his decision finding that the action has been certified to proceed as a class action.

Jim has represented clients in hundreds of mediations and arbitrations and is now certified as a mediator in North Carolina, specializing in complex business disputes and class actions.

On June 26, 2012, the Court of Appeal for Ontario certified the lawsuit of Dara Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as a class action.

On June 26, 2012 the Court of Appeal for Ontario certified the lawsuit of Dara Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce («CIBC») as a class action.

By certifying this action as a class proceeding, the court has not decided if any of the plaintiffs» allegations are true.

If any one of the above requirements are not satisfied, the Court will refuse to certify the lawsuit as a class action.

On June 6, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a class action brought on behalf of the affected customers, alleging that they were victims of identity theft and fraud as a result of the intrusion upon seclusion.

Once an action is certified as a class proceeding, it proceeds to a common issues trial where a judge resolves the certified issues that apply to all class members.

Served as lead counsel for the defendant and obtained reversal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals of a district court's order certifying a 29 - jurisdiction class action alleging consumer fraud by a Fortune 50 retailer, and subsequently successfully moved for dismissal with prejudice of named plaintiff's claims and obtained a nationwide injunction against future attempts to certify a class based on similar allegations.

Served as lead counsel for the defendants and successfully defeated motion to certify California class in action filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California alleging false advertising and breach of warranty by Fortune 500 defendant - retailer in regard to sales of certain clothes dryer models.

Between December 2006 and January 2007, nine courts from across Canada issued judgments certifying the class actions and approving the terms of settlement as being fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Class Memclass actions and approving the terms of settlement as being fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Class MemClass Members.

This case was certified as a nationwide class action and settled.

On September 18, 2017, Justice Silverman of the BC Supreme Court released his decision finding that the action against Mac's Convenience Stores and three recruitment companies has been certified to proceed as a class action.

On May 30, 2011, this action was certified as a class proceeding for the purposes of settlement and the settlement agreements reached with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., («Sony»), EMI Group Canada Inc. («EMI»), Universal Music Canada Inc. («Universal»), Warner Music Canada Co. («Warner»), (collectively, the «Record Companies»), the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. («CMRRA»), the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SODRAC) Inc. and SODRAC 2003 Inc. («SODRAC»)(collectively, the «Collective Society Defendants») were approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.