Cases

ORDER LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge. This class-action wage and hour case was filed by enrollment counselors against their employer, defendant The University of Phoenix, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of defendant Apollo Group, Inc. Presently before the court is a joint motion for final approval of the settlement (ECF No. 139), and class counsel’s motion for attorneys’ fees and co

ORDER LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge. Plaintiffs seek class certification on state law wage and hour claims. On August 13, 2010, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ federal Fair Labor Standards Act claims, pursuant to the first-to-file rule and a case proceeding in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. (Dkt. No. 70). Because that order disposed of all federa

779 F.Supp.2d 1126 (2011) Diane ADOMA, Plaintiff, v. The UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, INC., et al., Defendants. No. CIV. S-10-0059 LKK/GGH. United States District Court, E.D. California. March 11, 2011. *1128 Megan Ross Hutchins, Michael Lion Tracy, Law Office of Michael Tracy, Irvine, CA, for Plaintiff. Jason S. Mills, John Spi

711 F.Supp.2d 1142 (2010) Diane ADOMA, Plaintiff, v. The UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, INC., et al., Defendants. No. CIV. S-10-0059 LKK/GGH. United States District Court, E.D. California. May 3, 2010. *1144 Megan Ross Hutchins, Michael Lion Tracy, Law Office of Michael Tracy, Irvine, CA, for Plaintiff. Jason S. Mills, Morgan Lewi

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIE WILLIAMS; LADON Nos. 24-933 CLINE; PAUL CONTRERAS, on 24-2970 behalf of themselves and all others D.C. No. similarly situated, 8:20-cv-01701- PSG-JDE Plaintiff

Anthony W. Ishii, SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE *1006In 2009, Plaintiffs, as purported class representatives, brought claims against Defendants DairyAmerica and California Dairies concerning the misreporting of milk prices. ECF No. 1. In September 2018, the parties notified the Court of their intent to settle. ECF No. 552. Plaintif

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT RENEW LIFE FORMULAS, INC.’S MOTION TO STAY ANTHONY J. BATTAGLIA, District Judge. Presently before the Court is Defendant Renew Life Formulas, Inc.’s (“Renew Life”) motion to dismiss, stay, or transfer the case pursuant to the first-to-file rule.1 (Doc. No. 13.) Plaintiff Youngevity International, Inc. (“Youngevity”) filed an opposition on August 4,

FEUER, J. *221*738David Moorer appeals from the March 23, 2017 order denying his request for entry of a default judgment against Noble L.A. Events, Inc. (Noble), and dismissing the case. The trial court denied Moorer's request because Moorer refused to com

ORDER GRANTING RULE 23 CLASS CERTIFICATION, GRANTING FLSA COLLECTIVE ACTION CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION, AND DENYING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF RULE 23 CLASS AND FLSA COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT (ECF No. 43) ANTHONY W. ISHII, SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE I. Introduction Plaintiff Nicholas Millan (“Plaintiff’), on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, filed this class act

Order Granting Defendant Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.’s Motion to Transfer Action to the Central District of California YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS, United States District Court Judge. Plaintiff Traci Wallerstein (“Plaintiff’ or ‘Wallerstein”) filed this putative class action against Defendant Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Dole”) on March 21, 2013. (Compl. [Dkt. No. 1].) Plaintiff seeks monetary

ORDER Re: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION Fernando M. Olguin, United States District Judge The court has reviewed and considered the oral argument and all the briefing filed with respect to Plaintiffs Motion for Class Certification (“Motion”). For the following reasons, the court grants the Motion. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Sarah Moore (“Moore” or

728 F.Supp.2d 1096 (2010) Maria LOVELL and Kimberly themselves and all similarly situated class members, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Jacquelyn Shook, and Bernadette Erwin, Defendants. Civ. No. 09-00146 ACK-LEK. United States District Court, D. Hawai`i. July 26, 2010. *1098 Carl M. Varady, Thomas R. Grande, Grande Law Of

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION LARRY ALAN BURNS, District Judge. Now pending before the Court are cross-motions on class certification, which, naturally, Defendants oppose and Plaintiffs support. Defendants filed their motion first, on November 19, 2009, and Plaintiffs filed theirs on November 23, 2009. It’s ironic for Plaintiffs to argue that Defendants’ “maneuver”, as they call it, “grat

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT JESUS G. BERNAL, District Judge. Before the Court is the Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, Partial Summary Judgment filed by Defendant City of San Gabriel on May 13, 2013. (Doc. No. 20.) Also before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Sum

*575 MEMORANDUM & ORDER JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge. This multidistrict litigation proceeding consolidates numerous putative collective and class actions against Bank of America, N.A. and related entities (“the Bank”) alleging that the Bank maintains a uniform, company-wide policy and practice that requires its non-exempt employe

OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge: Allstate appeals from the district court’s grant of class certification to Jack Jimenez and about 800 other Allstate employees in California who allege that Allstate has a *1163 practice or unofficial policy of requiring its claims adjusters

OPINION COLE, Chief Judge. The Plaintiffs-Appellants, a group of almost 40 landowners in Medina, Ohio, (the “Medina Landowners”) sued Columbia Gas Transmission in the Northern District of Ohio for storing natural gas under their property without compensation in violation of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f. The district court dismissed the case unde

*1038ORDER: AFFIRMING IN PART TENTATIVE RULING [Doc. No. 85] GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT [Doc. No. 82] GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVE INCENTIVE PAYMENT [Doc. No. 63]

DISCUSSION I. MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION The Haynes defendants move to compel arbitration, arguing that I should enforce arbitration agreements that each of the named plaintiffs signed as part of their loan agreements. In addition, to the extent plaintiffs challenge the enforceability of their arbitration agreements, the Haynes defendants argue those challenges should be decided by the ar

ORDER LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge. Plaintiff Michael Davis sued defendant Hollins Law, A Professional Corporation, alleging violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692p (“FDCPA”) and California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Cal. Civ.Code §§ 1788-1788.33 '(“Rosenthal Act”). The gravamen of plaintiffs complaint was that defendant p