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23 Apr 2016, 10:08 pm by Jon
An inquestry shall consist of 23 citizens, with some spares, read in the law, selected at random from adult citizens of its jurisdiction, headed by a foreperson elected by its members, with power to hear any complaint from any person about the actions or conduct of any person or agency and to present its findings to the public or to appropriate agencies. [read post]
23 Apr 2016, 10:08 pm by Jon
The purposes of this Constitution include the following:1.1 To unite the peoples of the Band Republic into a permanent Union;1.2 To establish justice;1.3 To ensure domestic tranquility;1.4 To provide for the common defense;1.5 To promote the common welfare;1.6 To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity.For these purposes we the people hereby do ordain and establish this Constitution, providing that any official action inconsistent with them is void.2. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 12:49 pm by LindaMBeale
  It is the wealthy families and owners of corporate stock, who have garnered all the benefit of workers' productivity over the last few decades and have allowed wages to stagnate so they can grab their "rentier" profits, who carry most of the blame for the precarious situation of America's middle class. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 3:07 pm by Ron Miller
However, the numerous differences between the class members outweighed those similarities and supported a holding requiring decertification of this FLSA collective action. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 1:54 pm by Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Louis jury deliberated for nearly a week in a class-action trial against Philip Morris before declaring a deadlock, resulting in a mistrial. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 12:58 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Defense Department officials are using the renewed Russian patrols to underscore the need for more ships, planes, and subs as the Pentagon has requested $8.1 billion over the next five years for “undersea capabilities,” including the procurement of nine new Virginia-class attack submarines. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 6:30 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Whatever the supposed benefits of a class action may be, they cannot defeat a defendant’s right to due process. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 5:27 pm by LindaMBeale
The argument from simplicity is, these days, mostly another example of class warfare being waged on behalf of the wealthy, corporatist elite against ordinary American workers. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Also influential was a class action suit against Williamson County regarding people charged with misdemeanor cases not getting counsel assigned. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 4:28 pm by R. Locke Beatty
Frequently, a class action complaint will set forth an elaborate theory of why the defendant’s actions were negligent or wrongful, but fall short when trying to identify how that conduct has harmed the class members. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 11:37 pm
Maryland and its progeny require prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 11:15 am by Jason M. Halper
Plaintiffs moved for class certification, invoking the rebuttable fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance. [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 8:27 am by Barry Sookman
I recently had the privilege of speaking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the Fordham 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference, a stellar international IP conference. [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
https://t.co/Sr1blEj5lT -> Seventh Circuit Throws Out TransUnion’s Clickwrap Agreement and Incorporated Class Waiver https://t.co/TR8TQr9QdT -> Link to SGOUROS v. [read post]
On April 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by the Eastern District of Virginia that two Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance policies required an insurer cover the defense of a medical records company in a class-action claim relating to alleged failure to secure patients’ medical records.[1] The Class Action and the Coverage Dispute On April 18, 2013, a class action was filed in… [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 6:00 am
Birnbach, Goodwin Procter LLP, on Saturday, April 9, 2016 Tags: Class actions, Compliance and disclosure interpretation, Disclosure, Investor protection, Materiality, Regulation S-K, SEC, SEC enforcement, SEC investigations, Securities Regulation, Shareholder suits, U.S. federal courts, Wells notice Forum-Selection Bylaws—Another Brick in the Wall Posted by William Savitt, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Sunday, April 10, 2016 Tags: Acquisition agreements, Boards… [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 4:55 pm by Kevin LaCroix
John Reed Stark There have been several very high profile news reports of significant law firm data breaches. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 11:23 am by Joshua A. Stein
  As a result of their experience, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the inaccessibility of the touchscreen drink dispensers (the “Freestyle Dispensers”) violated Title III of the ADA and the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. [read post]