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Iowa Elderly Residents Seek Class Action Certification in BedBug Lawsuit
February 19th, 2011
Elderly and disabled tenants at two Des Moines, Iowa apartment buildings are suing their apartment owners and managers seeking back rent, hardships and lost property due to a substantial bedbug infestation. Residents said they told the managers about…
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Farmers’ Class Action Lawsuit Frowned Upon by Iowa Congressman
January 21st, 2011
Last month, President Obama signed a measure into law which will pay Native American and African American farmers a total of $4.6 billion in order to compensate them for years of past government mistreatment. This came about due to the Pigford class…
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Oscar Mayer Involved in Iowa Class Action Lawsuit
December 2nd, 2010
A class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Davenport, Iowa during the week of November 8, 2010. This Iowa class action suit claims that employees at the Oscar Mayer meat processing plant in Davenport are not paid for the time they spend get…
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Supreme Court Argument Suggests Consumer Class Actions Will Survive
November 11th, 2010
On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. The case involved an effort by AT&T to prohibit class actions in an arbitration clause of contracts with mobile phone customers. Californ…
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Court approves dietary supplement consumer fraud class action
October 5th, 2010
The New Jersey Supreme Court has decided that a New Jersey resident who purchased dietary supplement pills that promised “reduced belly fat” may bring his claim as a class action on behalf of thousands of New Jersey consumers who purchased the pr…
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