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The enormous costs of expert fees in antitrust cases is proving to be both a silver lining for plaintiffs bound by class action waivers and a focal point for calls to reform the fee shifting provisions of U.S. antitrust law. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 3:01 pm
In a pyrrhic victory for plaintiffs, the California Court of Appeal has held that an Option ARM class action survives the pleading stage. [read post]
1 May 2013, 7:07 pm by rhall@initiativelegal.com
In a ruling likely to be as unpopular with defendants wishing to settle class actions as with the plaintiffs’ bar, the Ninth Circuit has inexplicably found fault with modest $5,000 incentive payments to the four named plaintiffs/class representatives in a class action alleging that credit agencies erroneously included debts discharged through bankruptcy in the settling class members’ credit reports. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 3:08 pm by Travis Hinman
The plaintiff in the state-court action based his claim on an overdraft fee incurred in December 2018—more than three years after the latest date encompassed by the settlement class definitions. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 1:40 pm
In opposing certification, defendant argued that the lead plaintiff was not adequate to represent the class. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 2:46 pm by McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
  The Court found that the plaintiff had alleged that Frazee failed to properly staff the work locations, which deprived the plaintiff and class members of overtime and meal breaks. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 5:00 am by Beth Graham
From the plaintiffs’ perspective, the two class arbitration cases currently before the Court will have significant impact on broader questions of access to justice. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 12:18 pm
A while back we posted on a topic involving the protection of a potential class action suit by a court after the defendant offered to settle the case with an individual named plaintiff. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 10:41 am by Mays & Kerr LLC
The notice stage is a fairly lenient standard by which plaintiffs seeking class certification must demonstrate that there are similarly situated employees who desire to opt in. [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 3:32 pm
Nathan Koppel of the Wall Street Journal reports today on the long-anticipated criminal charges leveled against well known class action plaintiff lawyer Melvyn Weiss. [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 1:23 pm by Todd Lebowitz and Matthew Goodman
A plaintiff’s path toward certifying a class can be relatively smooth when all vendors of a particular kind are treated as contractors. [read post]
3 May 2009, 11:11 pm
CashCall stated that class action plaintiffs who never had standing should not necessarily be treated less favorably than class action plaintiffs who once had but then lost standing, and that the Parris weighing test should apply in both circumstances. [read post]
18 May 2009, 7:06 am
On May 7, 2009, a jury in the Northern District of Illinois reached a mixed verdict finding in plaintiffs’ favor on several counts in the Household International securities fraud class action. [read post]
In a nutshell, the plaintiffs met the tests to go ahead with the class action. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 6:09 am
Court Expands Holding in Pioneer Electronics to Employer-Employee Relationship and Essentially Grants Class Action Plaintiffs Unrestricted Access to Personal Contact Information of Putative Class Members Prior to Certification of Class Action and Without any Showing of Likelihood that Class Action will be Certified Plaintiffs filed a labor law class action against their former employer, Belaire-West Landscaping, alleging wage and… [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 4:11 am
Absent Class Members Play Limited Role in Class Action Lawsuits and do not Enjoy Traditional Attorney-Client Relationship with Class Action Counsel, so Absent Class Members must Establish Right to Review Files Maintained by Law Firm Representing Plaintiffs in Class Action on a Case-by-Case Basis New York Court Holds In connection with a motion seeking court approval of a proposed class action settlement, Sam Wyly, an absent… [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 11:27 am
Kentucky sometime between January 1, 1991 through the present, and as such, the Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of persons and/or entities who purchased and/or sold real estate during this class period. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 12:14 pm by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
The conference’s primary purpose was to discuss how to organize the plaintiffs’ leadership counsel. [read post]