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16 Dec 2013, 10:05 am
Employers also can expect that class action and collective action lawsuits increasingly will combine claims under multiple statutes, thereby requiring the defense bar to have a cross-disciplinary understanding of substantive employment law as well as the procedural peculiarities of opt-out classes under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the opt-out procedures in FLSA and ADEA collective actions. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 9:07 am
In other cases, the class action may be premised on a new state supreme court decision. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 6:27 am
There is an exception to the rule that mistake of law is not a defense to a regulatory offense. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 4:59 am
A Trial — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Discrimination award $27K, attorneys’ fee award nearly $700K — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Undue Hardship in the Financial Sense: A Viable Defense? [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 2:55 pm
In this episode of Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment lawyers Gordon Firemark Tamera Bennett and Peter Kaufman review the ten most significant cases and controversies in the entertainment industry for 2013, and forecast what we’ll be seeing in 2014.. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 1:14 pm
It may be possible to enter into arbitration agreements with putative class members that include class action waivers (both in court and in arbitration) even with regard to an existing class action. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 12:57 pm
Yet both the Supreme Court’s precedents and the large body of recent case law striking down campus speech codes hold that such university actions cannot be constitutional. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 9:15 am
Shouldn’t promote class warfare between old artists and new artists. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 2:50 am
As class action defense counsel, don't we already know what we'd like? [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 8:48 pm
Dec. 3, 2013) (striking down Board's conclusion that employer violated National Labor Relations Act by mandating that employees enter into arbitration agreement that waived right to pursue collective or class action). [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 5:25 pm
Also, Archis Parasharami has an interesting piece on a study revealing that class action members rarely benefit from class actions. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 1:39 pm
Pradaxa Class Action Dismissed? [read post]
Cert. petitions pending in front-load washer cases: Whirlpool v. Glaser and Sears, Roebuck v. Butler
11 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
Petitions for writs of certiorari have been filed in the two class actions involving breach of warranty claims against the manufacturers of front-load washing machines. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 5:29 pm
Marvin Miller Strikes Out: Legendary Labor Leader Denied Entrance to Baseball Hall of Fame – Los Angeles attorney Jeffrey Kravitz of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s Sports Law Scoreboard You’ve Settled the Class Action—Can the State AG Demand Another Payout? [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 10:52 am
Most critically, the agreement also barred any form of collective or class action proceeding. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 6:39 am
Strategies in Class Action Engagement: Complimentary Roles of Inside and Outside CounselInside and outside counsel should have complimentary roles as they assess the strengths and weaknesses of any class action claims and defenses. 6. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 6:00 am
A class action lawsuit can mean huge costs for defense and damages. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 5:55 am
Strategies in Class Action Engagement: Complimentary Roles of Inside and Outside CounselInside and outside counsel should have complimentary roles as they assess the strengths and weaknesses of any class action claims and defenses. 6. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
It has been an eventful couple of weeks in the development of California class action jurisprudence. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 12:08 am
In September 2013, BioScrip was hit with a securities class action lawsuit following its announcement of its receipt of a civil investigative demand from the U.S. [read post]
