Month: June 2011

New Haven Register, June 2, 2011 – Workers’ class action against AT&T will proceed

By Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief BRIDGEPORT — A U.S. District Court judge has rebuffed attempts by AT&T to throw out a class action lawsuit by a group of the company’s Connecticut employees alleging violations of state and federal wage and hour provisions. Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall clears the way for a trial to…

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Accounting Giant KPMG LLP Faces $350 Million Gender Discrimination Class Action

Posted June 2nd, 2011. Accounting Giant KPMG LLP Faces $350 Million Gender Discrimination Class Action Class of Female Managers Seeks Damages, Changes in Pay & Promotion Policies For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos,201-493-1027,201-493-1027, [email protected]; or Jaime Baum, newsPRos, 201-493-1027, [email protected] (June 2, 2011, New York, NY) – Although KPMG LLP – one of the “Big Four” accounting firms –…

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Reuters, June 2, 2011 – Sanford Heisler: Class Actions under the Looming Shadow of Dukes

In an interview Thursday with OTC, Sanford Heisler partner David Sanford said he has no reason to hope for good news from the Court, especially given the Justices’ ruling earlier this month in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion—a case which precluded consumer class actions in favor of individual arbitrations. Though the Court granted certiorari to Wal-Mart on the only-a-lawyer-could-love-it question of…

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