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5 Jul 2012, 10:48 am
Mark Rypien, a former Seattle Seahawks quarterback has recently joined as lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the National Football League. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 2:59 am
But more than that, it might tip attorneys off to search for prior inspection reports that could dig up further evidence of violations and negligence.The law firm leading the U.S. class action suit on behalf of pet owners, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, secured a $24 million settlement last year in a class action suit against Menu Foods after a 2007 recall of Melamine-tainted dog food. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 7:34 pm
Background Any securities class action is ultimately premised on the idea that a material misrepresentation caused a loss to plaintiffs who relied upon it in deciding to trade on the securities market. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 7:34 pm
Background Any securities class action is ultimately premised on the idea that a material misrepresentation caused a loss to plaintiffs who relied upon it in deciding to trade on the securities market. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 3:01 pm
The court also appointed two firms that had served as interim co-lead class counsel as co-lead class counsel for the class. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 10:51 am
It would also likely lead to plaintiffs’ counsel filing suit using multiple plaintiffs, to make this practice less enticing to defendants, or in their filing motions for conditional certification earlier to try to thwart the effects of such an offer by identifying other individuals to effectively replace the named plaintiff. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:54 am
In addition to being effectively impossible to satisfy, a leading class action scholar argues that the “classwide injury” criterion perpetuates fallacies that result in claims ideally suited for classwide adjudication being denied certification and, more often than not, the plaintiffs and prospective class members never obtaining relief. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:54 am
In addition to being effectively impossible to satisfy, a leading class action scholar argues that the “classwide injury” criterion perpetuates fallacies that result in claims ideally suited for classwide adjudication being denied certification and, more often than not, the plaintiffs and prospective class members never obtaining relief. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:51 am
It would also likely lead to plaintiffs’ counsel filing suit using multiple plaintiffs, to make this practice less enticing to defendants, or in their filing motions for conditional certification earlier to try to thwart the effects of such an offer by identifying other individuals to effectively replace the named plaintiff. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 4:00 am
“First, the pilots have to prove their ‘prima facie case’–that is, that they are qualified to do the jobs they were denied, are in a protected class, and that the decisions to deny them the promotions they sought were made in circumstances that lead to an inference of discrimination. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 3:00 am
Plaintiffs From Enforcing Non-U.S. [read post]
30 Jun 2012, 1:11 pm
Consider, for example, a college freshman at the top of their class killed by malpractice (a real case of mine): their lost wages were $0, because they didn't have a steady job in college, but their lost earning capacity was between $3 million and $5 million. [read post]
30 Jun 2012, 10:00 am
Defendant Kinecta employed plaintiff Malone. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 12:14 pm
First American Corp. in order to craft an onerous Article III “actual injury” standard that would lead to a rash of dismissals in these cases, without further recourse for the plaintiffs. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 9:19 am
” Gross: “Why all who unite in an infringement are not, under the statute, liable for the damages sustained by plaintiff, we are unable to see. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 8:12 am
Since Article III of the Constitution constrains federal courts to hear only actual “cases and controversies,” the theory is that once plaintiff turns down full relief, her case cannot proceed and as she has not achieved the granting of class certification, there is no case, unless another lead plaintiff is found. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 12:39 pm
The National Federation of Independent Business, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the health care law, was "incredibly disappointed" in the Court's decision, NFIB president and chief executive officer Dan Danner said in a phone conference. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 9:57 am
In the first class action over 401(k) fees to be tried and decided on its merits, a Missouri federal district court ruled in March that manufacturer ABB Inc. breached its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties — and must pay $35.2 million to the plaintiff class for (1) failing to monitor the recordkeeping fees and revenue-sharing payments made to the plan’s trust company, (2) failing to negotiate rebates to offset or reduce the cost of… [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 5:37 pm
McFadden Key workplace issues often arise in the class action context. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 10:03 am
These orders are typically granted when a lawsuit is initially brought, and the plaintiff can, right at the outset, prove a few things. [read post]
