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Workplace Class Action Blog

Covers class action litigation issues, including class certification, discovery and defense strategies. By Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

http://www.workplaceclassaction.com/

Sep 15
New Class Action Litigation Risks – What Businesses Need To Know

New Class Action Litigation Risks – What Businesses Need To Know

Seyfarth Synopsis: The plaintiffs’ bar has recently brought a flurry of class action lawsuits against businesses under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, commonly known as “BIPA.” In this Vlog, Seyfarth…
Sep 1
Seventh Circuit Rejects And Lambasts “Worthless” Settlement For Class Of Subway Sandwich Purchaser

Seventh Circuit Rejects And Lambasts “Worthless” Settlement For Class Of Subway Sandwich Purchaser

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and John S. Marrese Seyfarth Synopsis: In In Re Subway Footlong Sandwich Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig., No. 16-1652 (7th Cir. Aug. 25, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit…
Aug 28
Summary Judgment Denied For Employer Who Circulated Letter About Employee’s Disability Discrimination Charge

Summary Judgment Denied For Employer Who Circulated Letter About Employee’s Disability Discrimination Charge

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employer circulated a letter to 146 employees discussing an employee’s EEOC Charge that alleged discrimination on the basis of his disability in…

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Impact Litigation Journal

Provides commentary and analysis about legal issues relating to class actions and other representative litigation in the areas of consumer and employment law. By Initiative Legal Group APC.

http://www.impactlitigation.com/

Sep 18
Sprunk v. Prisma LLC: Strategic Delay by Defendant Risks Arbitration Waiver

Sprunk v. Prisma LLC: Strategic Delay by Defendant Risks Arbitration Waiver

In a decision likely to spur defendants to make immediate motions to compel arbitration in class actions, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, found that a defendant who chose to wait for class certification before seeking…
Sep 6
9th Cir. Shuts Down Finish Line’s Attempt to Arbitrate Pregnancy Suit

9th Cir. Shuts Down Finish Line’s Attempt to Arbitrate Pregnancy Suit

In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently determined that The Finish Line, Inc., an athletic retailer, cannot arbitrate a former associate’s pregnancy discrimination claim, finding the company’s…
Aug 30
Williams v. Marshalls of CA: PAGA Plaintiffs Entitled to Broad Discovery Right

Williams v. Marshalls of CA: PAGA Plaintiffs Entitled to Broad Discovery Right

On July 13, 2017, in a unanimous opinion, the California Supreme Court affirmed PAGA plaintiffs’ broad rights to discovery under the Civil Discovery Act. Williams v. Marshalls of CA, LLC, No. S227228 __ Cal.5th __ (July 13, 2017) (slip…

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Baum Headlund Law Blog

Covers personal injury. By Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman.

https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/blog/

Sep 14
Judge Refuses GlaxoSmithKline Motion for New Paxil Suicide Trial

Judge Refuses GlaxoSmithKline Motion for New Paxil Suicide Trial

The post Judge Refuses GlaxoSmithKline Motion for New Paxil Suicide Trial appeared first on Baum Hedlund.
Aug 24
Trial Set for Driver in Rosemead Truck Accident that Killed Grandmother

Trial Set for Driver in Rosemead Truck Accident that Killed Grandmother

The post Trial Set for Driver in Rosemead Truck Accident that Killed Grandmother appeared first on Baum Hedlund.
Aug 7
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence Caused Death in Compton Plane Crash

Lawsuit Alleges Negligence Caused Death in Compton Plane Crash

The post Lawsuit Alleges Negligence Caused Death in Compton Plane Crash appeared first on Baum Hedlund.

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ClassActionBlawg.com

Features class action news, commentary, and analysis. By Paul Karlsgodt.

http://classactionblawg.com

Jul 12
Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s ABA CADS Roundtable on the Use of Surveys and Statistics in Class Action

Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s ABA CADS Roundtable on the Use of Surveys and Statistics in Class Action

Tomorrow, July 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, I’ll be presenting on a panel of attorneys and experts discussing the use of surveys and statistics in class actions. The presentation is part of the ABA’s Committee Roundtable…
Jul 12
Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s ABA CADS Roundtable on the Use of Surveys and Statistics in Class Action

Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s ABA CADS Roundtable on the Use of Surveys and Statistics in Class Action

Tomorrow, July 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, I’ll be presenting on a panel of attorneys and experts discussing the use of surveys and statistics in class actions. The presentation is part of the ABA’s Committee Roundtable…
May 12
Register Now for the 4th Annual ABA Regional CLE Program on Class Actions and Mass Torts – June 16 in San Francisco

Register Now for the 4th Annual ABA Regional CLE Program on Class Actions and Mass Torts – June 16 in San Francisco

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be chairing the Fourth Annual ABA Regional CLE Program on Class Actions and Mass Torts, to be held on June 16, 2017 at the offices of the Bar Association of San Francisco. This year’s…

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Classified: The Class Action Blog

A blog focused on the latest class action developments and trends by the attorneys of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt.

http://classifiedclassaction.com/

Sep 5
Circuit Court Finds Putative Class Affidavits, Combined With Other Records, May Satisfy Ascertainability Requirement

Circuit Court Finds Putative Class Affidavits, Combined With Other Records, May Satisfy Ascertainability Requirement

Defendants BMW and Creditsmarts were parties to a marketing agreement through which BMW offered its direct automotive “up2drive” loans to borrowers at participating independent car dealers through Creditsmarts’…
Aug 30
Still Standing: Ninth Circuit Again Finds Standing in Spokeo Remand

Still Standing: Ninth Circuit Again Finds Standing in Spokeo Remand

The Ninth Circuit recently issued its latest opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the closely-watched putative class action dating back to 2010. The plaintiff initiated the lawsuit against Spokeo, which aggregates publicly available data about…
Aug 24
Kansas Judge Rejects Discovery From Putative Class Member

Kansas Judge Rejects Discovery From Putative Class Member

A magistrate judge in Kansas denied the defendant’s request to conduct discovery of putative class members via a voluntary questionnaire. Plaintiff Hapka filed a class action against home health care provider CareCentrix stemming from a…

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Insurance Class Actions Insider

Covers class actions against insurance companies. By Robinson & Cole LLP.

http://www.insuranceclassactions.com/

Aug 17
Medicare Secondary Payer Act Class Action

Medicare Secondary Payer Act Class Action

There have been a substantial number of putative class actions filed recently against insurers involving the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA). These cases are typically filed by assignees of Medicare advantage organizations that have paid…
Aug 15
Class Action Involving Application of Deductible to Actual Cash Value Payment

Class Action Involving Application of Deductible to Actual Cash Value Payment

An emerging issue in class action litigation against the insurance industry involves an attempt by plaintiffs’ attorneys to argue that insurers should not be permitted to apply any deductible to payments made on an actual cash value…
Aug 14
Update on Labor Depreciation Class Action

Update on Labor Depreciation Class Action

There have been two recent federal district court decisions in the widespread class action litigation involving the application of depreciation to the labor cost component of replacement cost value on property insurance claims. (For…

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The Class-Action & Compliance…

The Class-Action & Compliance Sentinel

Covers class-action litigation and compliance matters for real estate professionals. By Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP.

http://www.realestateclassactions.com/

Sep 17
Mortgage-Payment Company Escapes Doom in Trial Against CFPB

Mortgage-Payment Company Escapes Doom in Trial Against CFPB

To date, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has had only two contested trials. The outcome of its most recent courtroom match-up left the bureau with a meager victory that fell far short of the decisive one it had hoped for. In the…
Sep 10
CFPB Slammed with Dismissal Sanction

CFPB Slammed with Dismissal Sanction

In the bare-knuckle litigation the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is known for, defendants often try to learn the bases for the bureau’s allegations against them. Normally they get no meaningful answers. But a federal court in…
Aug 20
Serial Class Actions Are Fine, Ninth Circuit Hold

Serial Class Actions Are Fine, Ninth Circuit Hold

For decades, federal courts have slowly freed class-action plaintiffs from the burdens of statutes of limitations, which bar the filing of lawsuits after a specified period of time. A recent decision from a federal appellate court shows that…

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The Carolinas Class Action blog covers class action developments in North and South Carolina. Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. attorneys report on recent cases involving all federal and state courts in the Carolinas, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

http://www.carolinasclassaction.com

Sep 5
Recent Filings – August Digest

Recent Filings – August Digest

Not every class action court filing in North and South Carolina becomes a full-length post on our blog. Here is a recap of August’s filings: Clark, et al. v. Harrah’s NC Casino Company, LLC, et al.; No. 1:17-cv-00240 (W.D.N.C.…
Aug 31
The Case of the $5 Footlong*

The Case of the $5 Footlong*

For what appears to have been a frivolous lawsuit, In re: Subway Footlong Sandwich Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation generated an interesting opinion from the Seventh Circuit full of class-action issues. The case originated when…
Aug 23
Fourth Circuit Provides Guidance Concerning Proof of the Amount in Controversy under CAFA

Fourth Circuit Provides Guidance Concerning Proof of the Amount in Controversy under CAFA

We don’t often get appellate guidance after a federal trial judge remands a case to state court following removal because 28 U.S.C. Sect. 1447(d) generally makes such a ruling unreviewable. But the Class Action Fairness Act…

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Class Action Blog

Covers class action litigation in the Southeast and class action arbitrations nationally. By Carlton Fields.

http://classifiedclassaction.com/

Sep 5
Circuit Court Finds Putative Class Affidavits, Combined With Other Records, May Satisfy Ascertainability Requirement

Circuit Court Finds Putative Class Affidavits, Combined With Other Records, May Satisfy Ascertainability Requirement

Defendants BMW and Creditsmarts were parties to a marketing agreement through which BMW offered its direct automotive “up2drive” loans to borrowers at participating independent car dealers through Creditsmarts’…
Aug 30
Still Standing: Ninth Circuit Again Finds Standing in Spokeo Remand

Still Standing: Ninth Circuit Again Finds Standing in Spokeo Remand

The Ninth Circuit recently issued its latest opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the closely-watched putative class action dating back to 2010. The plaintiff initiated the lawsuit against Spokeo, which aggregates publicly available data about…
Aug 24
Kansas Judge Rejects Discovery From Putative Class Member

Kansas Judge Rejects Discovery From Putative Class Member

A magistrate judge in Kansas denied the defendant’s request to conduct discovery of putative class members via a voluntary questionnaire. Plaintiff Hapka filed a class action against home health care provider CareCentrix stemming from a…

Rank this Week: 1933

Chicago Lawyer Blog

Covers personal injury. By Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.

http://www.salvilaw.com/blog/

Sep 19
Illinois Tollway worker killed in hit and run on I-294

Illinois Tollway worker killed in hit and run on I-294

ALSIP, Ill. (September 19, 2017) – An Illinois tollway worker was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday afternoon on I-294 near south suburban Alsip. Just before 12:30 p.m., the maintenance worker was outside of his vehicle picking…
Sep 18
Apple’s new ‘Do Not Disturb While Driving’ mode aims to keep drivers safe on the road

Apple’s new ‘Do Not Disturb While Driving’ mode aims to keep drivers safe on the road

CHICAGO (September 18, 2017) – Drivers know how dangerous distracted driving is, but we can all agree it is difficult to unplug and not look at our phones while driving. Luckily, Apple is rolling out new technology that could…
Sep 12
DILLARD RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD

DILLARD RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD

Read More The post DILLARD RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD appeared first on Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C..

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Wexler Wallace Law Firm Blog

Covers legal cases and news.

http://blog.wexlerwallace.com/

Sep 12
FDA Requires New Amputation Warning for Diabetes Drug Invokana

FDA Requires New Amputation Warning for Diabetes Drug Invokana

On May 16, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) began requiring new warnings for the diabetes drug Invokana—including their… Read More The post FDA Requires New Amputation Warning for Diabetes Drug…
Sep 6
Alexa, Give me an Update: The Changing Legal Landscape in the World of New Technology

Alexa, Give me an Update: The Changing Legal Landscape in the World of New Technology

Like thousands of others around the world, I recently added a new presence in my home: Alexa. Alexa (the virtual… Read More The post Alexa, Give me an Update: The Changing Legal Landscape in the World of New Technology…
Aug 30
Podcast ‘Reveals’ the Problems with Essure

Podcast ‘Reveals’ the Problems with Essure

Fans of the Center for Investigative Reporting’s podcast “Reveal” know that the show tackles some pretty serious topics each week.… Read More The post Podcast ‘Reveals’ the Problems with Essure…

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Employment Class Action Blog

Covers employment class action cases affecting employers. By Baker Hostetler.

http://www.employmentclassactionreport.com/

Sep 7
Seventh Circuit Affirms Judgment Against Class in Off-Duty BlackBerry Use Case

Seventh Circuit Affirms Judgment Against Class in Off-Duty BlackBerry Use Case

There certainly has been no shortage of publicity about the potential for wage and hour claims for time spent by hourly employees using smartphones or other electronic devices for work while off duty. Many employers have tried to address the…
Sep 5
Ohio District Court Dismisses Contract-Based Wage and Hour Class Action

Ohio District Court Dismisses Contract-Based Wage and Hour Class Action

A mud-covered pig is still a pig We’re used to seeing off-the-clock cases for minimum wage and overtime, but at times such claims aren’t available, such as when the employees are paid well above the minimum wage and either do not…
Aug 15
Convergys Corporation and LogistiCare Solutions, Incorporated v. NLRB – The Fifth Circuit Considers Class and Collective Action Waivers Without Arbitration Agreement

Convergys Corporation and LogistiCare Solutions, Incorporated v. NLRB – The Fifth Circuit Considers Class and Collective Action Waivers Without Arbitration Agreement

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided two cases considering the impact of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) on class or collective action waivers required by companies for their applicants and employees. Convergys…

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The Contingency

Insights on sharing the risks and rewards of high-stakes business disputes. By Barry Barnett.

http://www.thecontingency.com

Sep 4
Multiples for Pharma Buyers Pursuing Opt-Out Antitrust Claim

Multiples for Pharma Buyers Pursuing Opt-Out Antitrust Claim

Existential threshold The number of companies that can bring treble-damages claims against drug manufacturers for violating federal antitrust law has dwindled. The scarcity has grown so acute that last week it crossed an existential…
Aug 28
Pharma Buyers Too Few for Cla

Pharma Buyers Too Few for Cla

U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg ruled on August 28, 2017 that a class of 24 to 25 direct purchasers did not satisfy the “numerosity” requirement of Rule 23(a)(1) for class certification. Florence Drug Co. of…
Aug 27
Big Pharma Faces More Pay-for-Delay Fallout

Big Pharma Faces More Pay-for-Delay Fallout

Pay-for-delay Listen up, direct purchasers of pharmaceuticals. Since 2013, pay-for-delay antitrust cases against Big Pharma could succeed if they alleged that a brand-name drug company had made “large and unjustified”…

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Ahead of the Class

Focuses on class action defense, addressing current cases and decisions, trends, and strategies associated with class action lawsuits. By Montgomery McCracken.

http://classactionblog.mmwr.com

Aug 16
Ninth Circuit Finds a “Concrete Injury” Adequately Alleged on Remand From Supreme Court in Spokeo

Ninth Circuit Finds a “Concrete Injury” Adequately Alleged on Remand From Supreme Court in Spokeo

The Ninth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., No. 11-56843, 2017 WL 3480695 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2017), yesterday—on remand from the Supreme Court. This is the lawsuit in which Mr. Robins alleges that…
Jul 17
Third Circuit Rules Single Unauthorized Call Actionable Under TCPA

Third Circuit Rules Single Unauthorized Call Actionable Under TCPA

In a precedential decision filed on July 10, 2017, the Third Circuit addressed consumer standing, after Spokeo, to bring a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Reversing an order dismissing a TCPA claim for lack of…
May 18
California Supreme Court Reins in Arbitration Waivers of Public Injunctive Relief Under Consumer Protection Law

California Supreme Court Reins in Arbitration Waivers of Public Injunctive Relief Under Consumer Protection Law

Last month the California Supreme Court ruled that an arbitration clause in a credit card agreement that waives the statutory right to seek public injunctive relief in any forum violates California public policy and is unenforceable. In…

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Ad Defense Law

Covers advertising law and consumer class action law. By Holland & Hart LLP.

http://adlawdefense.com/

May 9
Are You Shipping Me! Is Delivery Charging The Next Big Thing In Consumer Class Actions?

Are You Shipping Me! Is Delivery Charging The Next Big Thing In Consumer Class Actions?

** Shipping and Handling Case Dismissed in California – Beginning of the End? ** …
Apr 27
Healthy Consciou

Healthy Consciou

** FDA Updating Requirements for “Healthy” Claims on Food Labeling ** One of the trending areas we have blogged about last year was “healthy” claims in food labelling becoming the new “all natural”…
Apr 5
Sugar in Missouri

Sugar in Missouri

** Do we have a new “sue-me” State for Food and Class Litigators? ** …

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Sharing Economy Law Blog

Covers regulation, litigation and other developments impacting the sharing economy. By Michael Erdman.

http://www.SharingEconomyLawBlog.com

May 2
Flytenow.com’s Wings Clipped by FAA, DC Court of Appeal

Flytenow.com’s Wings Clipped by FAA, DC Court of Appeal

Last December the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a case involving the flight-sharing service Flytenow.com. The website offered to match private pilots having planned itineraries with persons desiring…
Feb 19
Uber’s Arbitration Clause Problem, Part 1

Uber’s Arbitration Clause Problem, Part 1

As I mentioned in a recent post, I think it would be worthwhile to examine some of the previous orders in the O’Connor v. Uber class action litigation in California relating to Uber’s various arbitration provisions. This…
Feb 4
Chicago Cabbies and Livery Drivers Walk Away from Uber Lawsuit

Chicago Cabbies and Livery Drivers Walk Away from Uber Lawsuit

I practice in Chicago and try to keep a close eye on Sharing Economy developments both locally and in Springfield. I previously examined a federal court decision involving legal challenges by some of Uber’s competitors here, and…

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David F. Sugarman

Covers class action cases, civil justice issues and consumer law matters. By David Sugarman.

http://www.davidsugerman.com/

Dec 21
VW “Clean” Diesel Fraud: A new approach

VW “Clean” Diesel Fraud: A new approach

The many, many federal class action cases against Volkswagen have been consolidated in Northern California, and it looks like consumers are in for a slow slog. My co-counsel, Tim Quenelle, and I put our heads together and have developed a new…
Nov 16
VW Clean Diesel Fraud and the “Goodwill” Package

VW Clean Diesel Fraud and the “Goodwill” Package

I spent most of last week at the National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference in San Antonio. Among the many benefits is the chance to visit with colleagues who are the best consumer-side advocates in the country. I caught up with my…
Nov 10
VW Customer Care Diesel Fraud: Hello South Dakota

VW Customer Care Diesel Fraud: Hello South Dakota

Volkswagen announced its customer care program for consumers cheated by the clean diesel fraud. The program gives consumers who register a $500 Visa gift card, a $500 dealer coupon, and three years of free roadside assistance. The last two…

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The Andrews & Thornton Blog

Provides information on dangerous dietary supplements, pharmaceutical drug recalls, harmful medical implants, food recalls, and updates on the cases we are actively litigating.

http://andrewsthorntonblog.com

May 20
Federal Judge Confirms $200 Million Settlement for Victims Injured by Tainted NECC Steroid

Federal Judge Confirms $200 Million Settlement for Victims Injured by Tainted NECC Steroid

Springfield, Mass. – Yesterday, Federal Bankruptcy... (Click on the title to read further)
Jun 17
Ongoing FBI Investigation of NECC

Ongoing FBI Investigation of NECC

The FBI has contacted numerous victims in its ongoing... (Click on the title to read further)
Jun 10
Andrews and Thornton “Blawg” Now Available on ABAJournal.com

Andrews and Thornton “Blawg” Now Available on ABAJournal.com

Andrews & Thornton’s legal blog (“blawg”) is now... (Click on the title to read further)

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Consumer Advocate Legal Update

Discusses consumer law, class action lawsuits, advertising law, business law, copyright, and other topics. By Khorrami, LLP.

https://consumeradvocatelegalupdate.wordpress.com

Nov 17
Class Action Lawsuit against Gap and Banana Republic for Misleading Sales Tactic

Class Action Lawsuit against Gap and Banana Republic for Misleading Sales Tactic

Have you ever planned to make a purchase of an item solely because you thought it was on sale, only to find out at the cash register that the item is being sold at full-price? If so, you are not alone. Consumers in California have banned…
Nov 17
Class Action Lawsuit against Gap and Banana Republic for Misleading Sales Tactic

Class Action Lawsuit against Gap and Banana Republic for Misleading Sales Tactic

Have you ever planned to make a purchase of an item solely because you thought it was on sale, only to find out at the cash register that the item is being sold at full-price? If so, you are not alone. Consumers in California have banned…
Nov 17
Tylenol Liver Failure Lawsuit

Tylenol Liver Failure Lawsuit

Tylenol, the #1 doctor recommended brand of pain relief and a name trusted by Americans for years to treat aches and reduce fevers, has been linked to liver failure. A Tylenol liver failure lawsuit has been filed against Johnson &…

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