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24 Aug 2015, 12:06 pm by Frank Knizner, Law Clerk
A federal judge in California dismissed a class action suit against Jim Beam on August 21, 2015. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 7:02 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The case should not have been certified as a class action or as an FLSA collective action, Tyson argues, because the plaintiffs relied on “statistical evidence that masks, rather than accounts for, differences among individual class members. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 6:22 am by Joy Waltemath
“Even when the parties settle, the court must make some final class certification finding before approving a collective action settlement. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 5:16 am by Editors
Will the bar passage results this year help clear things up? [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 12:52 am by Florian Mueller
This week Steven Huwig, a professional software developer (who among other things wrote software for a large New York bank), said the following about Google's "fair use" defense on Twitter, which suggests (without him using the same terminology) that he still considers the Android class libraries "half-assed":"Oracle v. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 5:30 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  The individual directors and officers then filed an action against the insurer in the Northern District of California, seeking to recover damages for the costs associated with the defense and resolution of the underlying claim. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 9:07 am by Wystan Ackerman
Gomez, No. 14-857 (SCOTUSblog page), to decide whether an offer of complete relief to a named plaintiff renders a putative class action moot. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 9:07 am by Wystan Ackerman
Gomez, No. 14-857 (SCOTUSblog page), to decide whether an offer of complete relief to a named plaintiff renders a putative class action moot. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 8:31 am by Joy Waltemath
Therefore, the honest-belief defense was inapplicable, said the appeals court in reversing the decision of the court below. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 6:00 am by Administrator
Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 12:41 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Erdogan’s critics have accused him of taking actions — including a new crackdown on Kurdish militants — to sabotage the formation of a coalition and to justify a call for new elections so that he could try to regain a parliamentary majority. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 10:38 am by Stephen D. Rosenberg
As I explained in my presentation, getting dragged in this tangential way into class actions brought against a plan is not a good use of a senior executive’s time and focus, and likely not good for the longevity of the lawyer who designed the plan in a way that left a senior officer at risk of being named a defendant in such a claim. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 7:52 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan includes eliminating class-based and other recruitment and hiring practices that discriminate against people with disabilities and other classes protected under federal employment discrimination laws among its top six national priorities. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 4:04 pm by admin
The plaintiffs seek class action status, alleging that consumers across the country were injured by Starbucks’ alleged slack-fill practices. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 10:46 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
A federal court in New York recently found that litigation concerning damages related to a third party’s product recall required a defense under a commercial general liability policy. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 6:15 am
A prisoner has a limited right to call witnesses and present evidence in his defense consistent with correctional goals and safety. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:58 pm by Mark Siesel
There was an interesting editorial by Joe Nocera of the New York Times on August 11, 2015 as to the NFL’s settlement with thousands of its ex-players and their families of a class action lawsuit alleging that the NFL knew of, and failed to disclose, the serious long terms effects and cognitive impairment caused by repeated concussions. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:58 pm by Mark Siesel
There was an interesting editorial by Joe Nocera of the New York Times on August 11, 2015 as to the NFL’s settlement with thousands of its ex-players and their families of a class action lawsuit alleging that the NFL knew of, and failed to disclose, the serious long terms effects and cognitive impairment caused by repeated concussions. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:58 pm by Mark Siesel
There was an interesting editorial by Joe Nocera of the New York Times on August 11, 2015 as to the NFL’s settlement with thousands of its ex-players and their families of a class action lawsuit alleging that the NFL knew of, and failed to disclose, the serious long terms effects and cognitive impairment caused by repeated concussions. [read post]