Despite instructions from the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its earlier ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday certified—for the second time in two years—a consumer class action against Whirlpool Corp.

Oral arguments in the privacy case come against the backdrop of a national scandal over the government's massive data collection through tech companies like Google.

Despite some recent defense setbacks, the credit ratings agencies are still proving to be tough litigation targets for investors that placed losing bets on mortgage-backed securities.

Goldman's lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings hoped the Supreme Court's April ruling on the enforceability of mandatory arbitration agreements in Concepcion v. AT&T Mobility would help them knock out claims by a named plaintiff in a high-stakes discrimination case. They were wrong.

Goldman and its lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker struck out when they cited the U.S. Supreme Court's Concepcion decision to trim a putative sex discrimination class action earlier this month. Now they're invoking Dukes v. Wal-Mart in a bid extinguish the class claims altogether.

Only a relatively small chunk of the direct purchaser market for LCD panels is included in Tuesday's price-fixing settlement, which doesn't exactly bode well for the defendants' remaining civil liabilities.

More than a year after failing to block class certification, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its lawyers at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan have agreed to settle claims that the bank improperly jacked up credit-card holders' minimum monthly payments.

In a ruling for T-Mobile, San Francisco federal district court judge William Alsup notes that "perhaps regrettably" the high court rejected the plaintiff's argument that class actions provide the only practical recourse for individuals with relatively small claims.