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Class-action rebates and payments can take years to resolve, and even then the court must review and approve the settlement. Expect a class action to take at least one to three years — and maybe ...
A class action in such a situation centralizes all claims into one venue where a court can equitably divide the assets amongst all the plaintiffs if they win the case. Finally, a class action avoids the situation where different court rulings could create "incompatible standards" of conduct for the defendant to follow. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b ...
Many of these cases have lead to class action lawsuits and proceedings by the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), resulting in a number of settlements worth millions — or even billions — of dollars ...
(See Apple Inc. litigation -- In-app purchases class action). The parent contended that there is a 30-minute window during which authorizations can be made for credit card purchases that are designed to entice children to make such purchases in "free apps", and that Google should have been aware of the issue because of the Apple litigation. [60]
The U.S. Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d), 1453, 1711–15, expanded federal subject-matter jurisdiction over many large class action lawsuits and mass actions in the United States. The bill was the first major piece of legislation of the second term of the Bush Administration.
contracts that exclude class action arbitration: Supreme Court of the United States: 2011 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit: SLUSA preempting state law class action claims: Supreme Court of the United States: 2006 West v. Randall: required parties to class action: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
On September 16, 2024, a class action lawsuit—on behalf of five anonymous contestants (labeled as Contestants 1 to 5 in the lawsuit) of the $100-million Beast Games series on Prime Video—was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson (under his production company MrB2024, LLC), Off One's Base, LLC, Amazon Alternative, LLC, and 100 anonymous individuals.
The lawsuit asks for a jury trial and is filed as a class action — meaning anyone who purchased a ticket to the listed show would potentially be eligible for a settlement or award.