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17 Apr 2019, 9:07 pm by Joe Whitworth
Tiger Brands received a summons relating to the class action lawsuit this week. [read post]
3 Aug 2007, 1:58 pm
In Class Action Alleging Violations of Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), $3,000 Rule Crafted by District Court as Exception to Overtime Pay Lacked Support in Record and was Unworkable in Practice Ninth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs, former and current insurance claims adjusters for Farmers Insurance Exchange, filed a class action against their employer alleging that they were misclassified as exempt employees and denied overtime pay in violation of the… [read post]
13 Jun 2023, 3:15 am by Meredith Ervine
– Securities class action filing rates will be higher in 2023 than in both 2022 and 2021. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 8:11 am by Stephen D. Rosenberg
In my article on Tibble, Hecker and excessive fee claims in the Journal of Pension Benefits, I took exception to the idea that Tibble effectively barred holding retail share offerings and explained that, under the detailed fact based approach applied by the court in Tibble, holding retail share classes instead of institutional share classes would not be actionable, even if the former were more expensive than the latter, if there are legitimate “issues with… [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 5:46 am
In these consolidated class actions, defendants allegedly offered plaintiffs auto insurance at rates that were higher than the most favorable rates offered by the companies. [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 9:06 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Over the past decade, the plaintiffs’ class action bar has been both innovator and activist in finding its way around defense-centric legal precedents – such as the more rigorous class action standards established in Wal-Mart-Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 11:09 am
The Winners: Defense Counsel and Absent Class Members.Class action defense counsel will likely receive more work in the aftermath of Oracle, because class actions are likely to be litigated longer prior to settlement, thereby generating higher hourly fees. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 11:06 am
  How many professors have fallen back on the "I reserve the right to get smarter" defense on why your scholarly perspectives have changed? [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 5:12 am by Joy Waltemath
” The specific question the petitions ask the Justices to answer is this: “Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state court from certifying a class action, and entering a monetary judgment in favor of the class, where the court permits the use of extrapolation to relieve individual class members of their burden of proof and forecloses the defendants from presenting individualized defenses to class… [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 5:26 am
Defense attorneys moved to dismiss the class action under Rule 12(b)(6); the district court granted the motion as to the unjust enrichment and breach of good faith and fair dealing claims, and granted the motion as to the FDUTPA claim for relief to the extent that it alleged deceptiveness by the hospital. [read post]
5 Sep 2006, 5:45 am
Following substantial litigation, that included class certification of certain subclasses, the district court granted a defense motion for summary judgment as to the “hourly” wages subclass “disparate impact” overtime claim. [read post]
31 May 2011, 7:00 am
A potential impact of this opinion is the encouragement of defense counsel wanting to avoid massive class action certifications by searching for and presenting facts that demonstrate any uniqueness in the claims of named and putative class members. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 11:36 am
Judicial Panel Rejects Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 in the Southern District of New York and Agrees with Plaintiffs that Central District of California is Appropriate Court Several class action lawsuits were filed in New York, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania against Wachovia Corp., Wachovia Securities, First Union Securities and/or Prudential Equity Group alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor… [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 12:22 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Vincent L. DiTommaso
Bilott faced a major obstacle in filing a class action lawsuit for all these people: PFOA was not a regulated substance. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 5:39 am
[Scheuerman; Sebok @ FindLaw; NYLJ/law.com; Class Action Defense blog; NY Times; NY... [read post]