Three recent decisions of interest

The decisions below are on my "to blog" list: 

• United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Inc. v. ConocoPhillips Co., ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2010) (reversing order denying class certification of meal period claims)
  
• Rodriguez v. Hayes, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Jan. 4, 2010) (order denying panel rehearing and en banc rehearing) (amended opinion reversing order denying class certification of claims brought in habeas corpus proceeding; see this prior blog post on original Rodriguez opinion) 
  
• Cellphone Termination Fee Cases, ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Dec. 31, 2009) (First Appellate District, Division Five) (affirming final approval of class action settlement and attorneys' fees award)