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9 Aug 2013, 7:00 am
Surrogate McCarty quoted the decision of Matter of Anonymous (174 Misc 2d 333 [Sup Ct, Kings County 1997]), which described persons acquitted of a crime via the insanity defense as occupying a special class. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 12:11 pm
A class-action lawsuit has been filed. [read post]
3 Dec 2018, 6:39 am
Other notable cases include his handling of a class action law suit leading to major reforms in Massachusetts institutional case for developmentally disabled people, as well as his facilitating a settlement involving systemic discrimination in Boston’s public housing system. [read post]
31 May 2011, 12:41 pm
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 247 P.3d 244 (Mont. 2010), recognized the dubious doctrine of cross-jurisdictional class action tolling in order to save that plaintiff from the consequences of sleeping on her rights. [read post]
23 Oct 2006, 1:57 pm
At Schaeffer & Lamere, I work on our firm's class action and personal-injury cases, but I also frequently join up with other plaintiffs' lawyers--including my former partners at the old firm--to work on various other projects, including the mass torts I often write about on this weblog. [read post]
16 Jun 2012, 7:57 pm
Indeed, any class member who feels that he or she does not want to participate in the class action may voluntarily exclude themselves by opting out. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 7:14 pm
Micah Skidmore As I discussed in a recent post, on July 20, 2015, the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion in the Neiman Marcus consumer data breach class action lawsuit. [read post]
15 Sep 2020, 12:26 pm
May 18, 2020) These are consolidated putative class actions alleging that defendants’ HVAC systems have faulty thermal expansion valves (TXVs). [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 3:01 am
As if it were not enough that the Court is already considering a case that could change the face of securities class actions (that is, the Halliburton case, which will be argued this week), the U.S. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 3:38 am
While time will tell what the impact from this part of the Supreme Court’s holding in Halliburton will be, a September 29, 2014 order from the Southern District of Florida certifying a class in the Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners securities class action lawsuit sheds some interesting light on the subject. [read post]
5 Mar 2023, 1:24 pm
In another instance, discussed here, the defendants were able to rely on the fact that their trades in company securities had been made pursuant to a written trading plan in support of their motions to dismiss the securities class action lawsuit that had been filed against them. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 12:07 pm
In a typical FLSA collective action, the Plaintiff(s) first seek so-called conditional certification, fairly easy to secure, and then, later on, the employer can move to de-certify the class. [read post]
1 Jul 2018, 11:35 am
Our Chicago business, commercial, class-action and consumer litigation lawyers represent individuals, family businesses and enterprises of all sizes in a variety of legal disputes, including disputes among partners and shareholders as well as lawsuits between businesses and consumer rights, auto fraud, and wage claim individual and class action cases. [read post]
10 Dec 2024, 2:13 pm
Sexual assault charges can describe a variety of different actions involving unwanted sexual acts. [read post]
17 May 2011, 12:52 pm
Will Wal-Mart be faced with a multi-million dollar class action for discriminatory practices or will it be just another single-litigant against one of the world’s largest retail empires? [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 4:22 pm
The show is a study of law enforcement investigation in action. [read post]
16 May 2016, 2:03 pm
My focus for purposes of this initial post will be why a privacy class action defense litigator like me should care about what the Court did here, and how it might impact other kinds of privacy class actions. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 7:58 am
” The suit requests class-action designation to include all members of lawful marriages whom the Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to § 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 8:11 am
The fifth entry in the series, “Legal Malpractice Liability for Criminal Defense: Rare, Yet Possible”, is slated for publication on December 30. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 7:53 am
Lane, reached a plea agreement in the case and was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and a driving class. [read post]
