However, the settlements do not include related pending actions brought by direct purchaser plaintiffs, including drug stores and the consumer class. [read post]

The motion was granted because:First, the summary judgment record contained no direct or indirect evidence that Defendant had a discriminatory attitude in dealing with the Plaintiff;Second, Plaintiff did not establish on the summary judgment record that her job performance was satisfactory (the second element of a prima facie case under the McDonnell Douglas protocol); andThird, Plaintiff did not establish that there were any employees who were not members of the… [read post]

Here are a few excerpts of Judge Senter's problems with the arbitration process as proposed in the rejected class settlement: "The proposed settlement agreement establishes a claims handling procedure that is under the indirect control of State Farm. [read post]

I stumbled into being a reformer because I saw first-hand that the litigation system wasn't working; that judges were making lawless rulings; that plaintiffs were bringing and winning bogus products liability suits; that there were magnet jurisdictions where meritless class actions were being brought and rubber-stamped certified by elected judges; that entrepreneurs were being crushed by litigation expenses, sometimes at the behest of hourly lawyers who oversold them on the… [read post]