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Questions tagged [class-action]

a legal action on behalf of a "class" of people (e.g. employees of a certain company), rather than an individual.

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How do I determine if a class action settlement offer is legitimate?

I recently received an email from Halvorson regarding the lawsuit with Talentbin that I'm entitled to a settlement. I have to submit a claim or if I want to exclude myself I also have to write a letter to them. However, I don't know if this is a…
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Can "ugly" or "unattractive" be a protected class?

If women are systematically underpaid at a company, that's strong grounds for a lawsuit. Same for Blacks, or gays, or older people, etc.. But what about ugly people? If a company systematically discriminates against ugly people (either through not…
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Why aren't email providers liable in some way or another for scams operated via accounts on their domains?

Suppose a spam email tells you that you've earned $1m. To get the funds the email goes on to tell you to email joe.schmoe@gmail.com. My question revolves around why Gmail doesn't block "joe.schmoe@gmail.com" on the spot when it detects such an…
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Can a licence preclude class actions?

The Couchbase Community Edition License Agreement states: You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and you may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Is this…
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How is class membership determined when the device is used by a person but owned by their employer?

Let's say there's a class action lawsuit, regarding specific device, called aBanana. Normally, a class member would be someone who bought and used an aBanana device, and was affected by some issues with it. However, in some cases, the device is…
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Could a class action suit cause you to accidentally sue yourself?

I know there have been stories (and questions) about people who deliberately sued themselves, usually as a symbolic statement or satire. But supposing Bob invents the designs for (Product), and then (Company) manufactures a bunch of them. Tons of…
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Incorrectly identified as a member of a settlement class

I received notice of a settlement pending for a class-action lawsuit. I did not meet the definition of people who comprise the class. Members of the class must have opened an account with a particular financial institution during a specific period…
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Class Action - which options I have?

This is regarding to my question: Is this apparent Class Action settlement a spam message? From answers I understood that it isn't a spam. But what options I have? They offer only two: file a claim You will only receive a benefit if you file a…
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Is it possible to have multiple class action lawsuits for the same problem?

Can multiple class action lawsuits can be filed against the same defendant for the same issue? (and if the answer is "yes", the bonus question is, how does that work? Do potential class members have to choose which of the plaintiffs' suits to join?)
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What kind of compensatory damages are available in a class action lawsuit (landlord/tenant)

The scenario: A landlord holding multiple rental properties/apartments has been found in a class action lawsuit to have been illegally overcharging renters for X amount of money per month each over a period of Y months time (Y differing based on…
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Excluding yourself from a class action lawsuit and then suing based on the settlement in small claims?

The equifax class action lawsuit seems to have been settled, but it seems clear that people aren't going to get the expected payout. If I really wanted to stick it to Equifax for what I consider negligence; could I sue them in small claims court?…
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Are there surveys on the share of class action settlement that actually goes to the plaintiffs?

I am interested in links to scholarly papers with actual comprehensive and preferably up-to-date statistics. I have done some search on Google Scholar but failed to find wide-ranging surveys (the ones I found were either very old (1980) or narrow,…
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If a company offers relief to the potential lead plaintiff in a class action, does that moot the case?

Suppose a plaintiff (let's call her Josephine) sues a company (let's call it CE Inc.) under a statute that sets out the maximum remedy that Josephine could be awarded for CE Inc's violation of that statute. Josephine intends to be the lead plaintiff…
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Can a person outside the US, who is affected by a product in a US class action, join the class case?

This question is motivated by a class action suit in the US, against a US manufacturer who sells their products worldwide. The product is alleged faulty, and a class action suit has been filed in the US. Can people overseas (not US citizens) who…
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Clause forbidding class action enforcibility

I was reading a contract from a particular large merchant service provider, and found an interesting clause in their developer portal terms & conditions which reads as follows : You agree that you may bring or participate in claims against Moneris…
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