As to who stands to gain, the suit, filed in Illinois and first reported by Courthouse News Service, lists Deborah Netter, identified as "a former teacher and avid reader" (aren't readers always praised as avid?) as the primary plaintiff, along with "all others similarly situated," hence the suit's class-action nature.
The smallest amount is $20, hardly worth cashing in, but that's the nature of class action suits.
Other groups joining the class action include the Graphic Artists Guild, the North American Nature Photography Association and the Professional Photographers of America, as well as individual photographers and illustrators.
The women are seeking to turn the suit into a class action that would win the profits the company has made selling Nature Valley products that contain such ingredients.
in any class action under subsection (a)(2)(B), the frequency and persistence of noncompliance, the nature of such noncompliance, the resources of the defendant, the number of persons adversely affected, and the extent to which the noncompliance was intentional.
Amgen is not aided by Halliburton's statement that market efficiency and the public nature of the alleged misrepresentations must be proved before a securities-fraud class action can be certified.
See ante, at 1199 (acknowledging "that market efficiency and the public nature of the alleged misrepresentations must be proved before a securities-fraud class action can be certified"); 660 F.3d 1170, 1175 (C.A.9 2011) (same).
"It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of free speech, " said Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, who recently settled a class action case against tech giant Qualcomm on behalf of 3,300 women for $19.5 million.
Shareholders filed class action lawsuits, claiming mismanagement.
There were class action lawsuits.
Class action lawsuits are pending.
