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8 Apr 2014, 4:22 am by Kevin LaCroix
” Although class action lawsuits are most frequently filed in American courts, the article notes that “class actions are less common but [are] on the rise in Europe, with Britain, German and the Netherlands leading the way. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 11:50 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
   Defense counsel argued there is no principled distinction between a PAGA representative action and a conventional employment class action. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 8:13 am by Greg Mersol
Laches is a tough defense and it’s rare to find it applied in a discrimination case, let alone one seeking class-wide relief. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 4:00 am by Kimberly A. Kralowec
  For example, Liu asked him when class actions began and he knew the modern class action was recognized in 1966 but that early century there was some other vehicle which I did not entirely follow. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 6:41 pm by Michael Walsh
Cable News Network (CNN), GLAD filed a class action suit against CNN for failing to provide closed captioning with all of its online videos, and thereby limiting access to those materials by hearing impaired viewers. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 4:57 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
Action has been in the “inferior” courts.Courts as a venue for the next act. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 4:46 am by Howard Friedman
The court said:A plaintiff does not overcome the qualified immunity defense by alleging the violation of a right that is only defined “at a high level of generality. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 3:27 am by Kevin LaCroix
In each of these statements, bank D&O were mentioned as a class facing increased scrutiny from an individual liability perspective. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 3:52 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
According to Olson’s testimony, the Chamber strongly opposes the Act because, if passed, it would further expand remedies under the Equal Pay Act to: 1)    Impose harsher, “lottery-type” penalties of unlimited compensatory and punitive damages, upon all employers, regardless of size, and without a showing of intentional sex discrimination; 2)    Effectively eliminate the factor other than sex defense; and 3)    Provide a more… [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 2:49 pm by John Elwood
Owens, 13-719, a Class Action Fairness Act case. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 9:52 pm by Andrew Trask
I’ll let you read the Note itself with only two further comments: The Note does a nice job of laying out how one can plan out a class action complaint; which is useful for both plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 4:05 pm by jason
Caltrans has since adopted a complete streets implementation action plan, intended to modernize the agency and incorporate best practices for bicycle and pedestrian facilities. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 2:28 pm by Donald Evans
This much anticipated action fulfills part of the objective of the National Broadband Plan to deliver 500 MHz of new spectrum for broadband, while also meeting the requirement of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to find and license 55 MHz of spectrum within certain designated bands by February, 2015. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 5:30 am by Renee Kolar
The Future of Class Action Arbitration Part III Part I | Part II By: Adam Prom The future debate surrounding class arbitration In addition to a lack of clarity regarding the avenues through which class arbitration may survive, debate surrounding class arbitration will likely continue, which will fuel uncertainty about class arbitration’s future. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 10:48 am by Adam Kielich
The next section discusses, in extremely vague terms with little facts, some food industry class action suits. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 5:30 am by Renee Kolar
Horton, the NLRB held that the class action waiver D.R. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:11 pm by Kirk Jenkins
Finally, the Employers Group offers an interesting response to the plaintiff’s-side argument that PAGA suits must by definition be representative actions. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 8:54 pm by Kirk Jenkins
 Discover Bank, the CAOC argues, created a categorical ban on class action waivers in consumer contracts, while Gentry revolved around procedural unconscionability. [read post]