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18 Apr 2014, 3:36 am
” The Reuters article linked above quotes a leading defense attorney as saying that the AgFeed enforcement action represents “a warning shot across the bow” for public company audit committees,” and that the case is a reminder that “audit committees must follow up on red flags and seek outside counsel for assistance. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 1:28 pm
As criminal charges continue to loom for some former Dewey partners, the judge overseeing Dewey’s bankruptcy has now ruled that the firm cannot assert the “faltering company” and “unforeseeable circumstances” defenses in a class action brought by former Dewey employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 9:30 am
Continuing a tutorial in class action tactics, Jason talks about the Target litigation being consolidated in Minnesota. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 8:03 am
With an increase in spending and exposure to high risk class action suits, respondents revealed that they are doing more work in house, averaging almost one additional full-time lawyer on their staffs to manage the defense of class actions. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 5:54 pm
Healthcare organizations can take steps to mitigate Heartbleed impact – Wakaba Tessier, Deborah Juhnke and Peter Enko of Husch Blackwell on the firm’s blog, Healthcare Law Insights Happy Tax Day: How to Find Assets Using Tax Returns – Abby Wein of Charles Griffin Intelligence on their blog, The Divorce Asset Hunter Another California Court Does Backflips to Thwart Arbitration and Elevate The Class-Action Device – Donald Falk and Archis A. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 1:26 pm
The lodestar of that analysis was a famous test formulated by Justice Holmes that a “suit arises under the law that creates the cause of action. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 3:47 am
” This opinion is an excellent one for defense lawyers to study. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm
I did—I did a three-part series on Levicy’s role in the case, the first postof which focused on the report and Levicy’s initial actions. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 8:00 am
The putative class action was filed in February of 2012. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm
The university was legally liable for Levicy’s actions, of course, since they played a direct role in the indictments of the falsely accused, and sustaining those indictments over 2006. [read post]
12 Apr 2014, 6:27 am
But there is something about the government's attempts to cut off the class members' access to any judicial remedy, in the light of its universally recognized failings as trustee, that stands in tension with the idea, reflected in the Supreme Court's pronouncement in Seminole Nation v. [read post]
12 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/facebook-suit-mother-class-action-credits_n_1449648.html 12. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 2:20 pm
Owens, 13-719, a Class Action Fairness Act case that asks whether a defendant seeking removal to federal court is required to include evidence supporting federal jurisdiction in the notice of removal, or whether it is enough to allege the required “short and plain statement on the grounds for removal. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 4:11 am
The third count of the claimants’ complaint alleges a class action for “Deceptive Trade Practices. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 8:00 am
The Court then held that Dukes’ discussion of affirmative defenses in a federal Title VII pattern and practice discrimination action did not apply to the present case. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 5:02 am
At Mayer Brown’s Class Defense blog, Donald Falk discusses this week’s grant in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 3:32 pm
It would: expand damages available under the EPA to include compensatory and punitive awards; change the ‘‘any other factor other than sex’’ affirmative defense to ‘‘a bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience”; prohibit employers from punishing employees for discussing or comparing salaries; and facilitate equal pay-based class action lawsuits. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 9:07 am
We have written many times in this blog about the prevalence of wage-hour class actions and collective actions. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 8:07 am
We have written many times in this blog about the prevalence of wage-hour class actions and collective actions. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 6:15 am
This may at a later time in the case be a viable defense. [read post]
