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Falkowski v. Imation Corp., 309 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002)

This class action litigation arose from a merger in which Imation Corporation, a publicly traded company, acquired Cemax-Icon, a closely held company in the medical information management business. A year after the merger, Imation sold the Cemax subsidiary to Eastman Kodak Company. The plaintiffs are a group of former Imation employees who alleged breach…

Corbett v. Superior Court, 101 Cal. App. 4th 649 (2002)

The plaintiff in this non-employment case filed a class action seeking an injunction against a bank and a car dealership, alleging violations of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), fraud and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage. This action arose from defendants’ alleged practice of approving car loans at an…

Sav-On Drug Stores, Inc. v. Superior Court, 97 Cal. App. 4th 1070, review granted by the Cal. Supreme Court (2002)

Plaintiffs alleged that Sav-On wrongfully failed to pay overtime wages to class members consisting of current and former employees who were classified as operating managers and assistant managers. After losing the class certification motion in the trial court, Sav-On petitioned the Court of Appeal…

Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp., 290 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2002)

In this class action, eight former “freelance” Microsoft workers alleged that the company had improperly deprived them of employee benefits, including participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Nine years after the case was filed, the parties settled the matter when Microsoft agreed to pay approximately $97 million into a settlement fund. Plaintiffs’ attorneys…