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Latest News in Class Action
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May 19, 2025
Vanguard $40M Deal Rejected In Investors' Tax Fight
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday rejected a $40 million proposed settlement between Vanguard and investors, blocking the investors' attorneys from netting $13 million in fees and embracing the objections of one investor who called out the deal — meant to compensate for surprise tax bills — as worthless.
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May 19, 2025
Carrier's Kidde-Fenwal Ch. 11 Deal Barred By Purdue, AGs Say
Connecticut and other states Monday objected to Carrier Global Corp.'s proposed $540 million deal releasing it from "forever chemicals" litigation liability through its ownership of bankrupt firefighting foam manufacturer Kidde-Fenwal Inc., saying the U.S. Supreme Court shot down a similar deal in drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP's bankruptcy case.
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May 19, 2025
Protesters Say Fort Lauderdale Cops Can't Claim Immunity
Demonstrators who said the police improperly used were tear gas during a 2020 George Floyd protest urged a Florida federal court to not dismiss their proposed class action suit, arguing that they had presented enough facts to get past the Fort Lauderdale police officers' qualified immunity defense.
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May 19, 2025
Cepton Sued In Del. Over $125M Koito Take-Private Deal
A Cepton Inc. stockholder has launched a proposed class action challenging the light detection and ranging technology company's $3.17-per-share, $125.4 million take-private acquisition by Japan-based Koito Manufacturing Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging fiduciary breaches by the company's CEO, four directors and the deal's investment banker.
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May 19, 2025
Uber Pushes To Move Sex Assault Cases To Related Districts
Uber has asked a California federal judge to move various bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation accusing the rideshare company of failing to prevent drivers from sexually assaulting passengers to the federal districts where the alleged incidents occurred, citing the forum selection clause in its terms of use.
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