Lawyers in the closely watched settlement over Bluetooth hearing-loss litigation defended the deal this week against renewed objections by class action critic Ted Frank. Frank, who represents seven class members, had objected to the original deal, prompting the Ninth Circuit to reject it.

In the price-fixing class action against makers of TFT-LCD screens, a California federal judge has rejected a bid to have the case broken into separate trials, ruling that one jury will hear claims by both classes of plaintiffs — direct and indirect purchasers — who are seeking billions of dollars in damages.

Drawing heavily on the 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility v.

A long-running ERISA class action against Bear Stearns ended with a whimper this week when employees who claimed to have lost $215 million when their retirement savings were invested in Bear Stearns stock agreed to settle for $10 million.

A federal judge took Robbins Geller to task last month over the firm’s request for $2.1 million in fees related to a $7.5 million class action settlement, questioning whether two partners should be sanctioned for overstating their expenses.