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5 Sep 2007, 4:58 am
Jul 31 , 2007) (NO. 06 CIV 13761 CM KNF):Although PSLRA permits the appointment of a group of persons as lead plaintiff, courts within the Second Circuit are divided over whether unrelated plaintiffs may join together, aggregate their claims and compete, within the context of the rebuttable presumption, for the designation of lead plaintiff. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 12:56 am
Jul 31 , 2007) (NO. 06 CIV 13761 CM KNF):Although PSLRA permits the appointment of a group of persons as lead plaintiff, courts within the Second Circuit are divided over whether unrelated plaintiffs may join together, aggregate their claims and compete, within the context of the rebuttable presumption, for the designation of lead plaintiff. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 6:11 am
[Plaintiff] Gentry did not do so. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 9:29 am
The Georgia plaintiffs supported centralization but urged the Judicial Panel to coordinate the class actions in either Arkansas or Georgia, but lawyers for plaintiffs in the remaining 17 class action lawsuits opposed centralization. [read post]
2 Sep 2007, 5:50 pm
In Goodlin, the plaintiff sued the manufacturer of a PMA-approved pacemaker lead. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 3:32 am
"If class action is certified, it's more likely that the record companies would settle," said Ronnie London, an attorney versed in class-action law with the firm of Davis Wright Tremaine, which specializes in communications law.Settlement could also lead to less aggressive legal tactics in pursuit of online pirates.Complete Variety articleThe Associated Press (via Forbes.com) reports as follows:Woman Targets RIAA With LawsuitBy WILLIAM McCALL 08.29.07, 4:05… [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 1:50 pm
In short, combining choice-of-law problems, Rule 23(b)(3)’s manageability requirement, and CAFA’s prerequisite that putative class actions be national in scope leads to less certified classes. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 9:04 am
Class certification denied in a claim for racial profiling of African-American males seeking DNA samples to solve a serial rape case because the lead plaintiff was had become sufficiently acquainted with one of the defendants that it was doubtful he could vigorously pursue the claim. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 4:10 am
Lerach, a leading securities class-action lawyer who has been embroiled in a seven-year federal investigation into possible kickbacks to plaintiffs for their testimony, is retiring from his firm. [read post]
28 Aug 2007, 1:12 am
DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Civil Practice Fund Appointed Lead Plaintiff in Class Suit; Notice Satisfied PSLRA; Adequacy, Typicality Conditions Met Jolly Roger Offshore Fund Ltd. v. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 3:32 pm
In July, David Bershad, a former name partner at Milberg, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, acknowledging that he and others agreed to conceal from judges secret payment arrangements that the firm had with named plaintiffs in class actions. [read post]
26 Aug 2007, 10:42 pm
Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Product Liability Litig., 55 F.3d 768, 790 (3d Cir. 1995), Circuit Judge Becker noted the deleterious effect of a certifying a sprawling class action for settlement:Cases could be filed without any expectation or intention of litigation, with the foreknowledge that the natural hydraulic pressure for settlement may in fact lead to a class settlement, especially given the incentive a defendant has to bind as many potential claimants as possible with… [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 8:03 am
The parties are leading importers and distributors of spirits, and thus direct competitors - plaintiff is the third largest in the US by sales value, fourth by volume. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 7:20 am
Ted Frank at Overlawyered thinks the real problem is corrupt Texas judges ("in the pocket of the plaintiffs' bar," is the phrase Frank uses);The New York Sun rips trials lawyers over a medical malpractice commission being formed after a 14% malpractice rate hike (see my prior post, Why New York Medical Malpractice Insurance Jumped 14%), and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association sets them straight in a response.As we move into litigation:With dangerous products filling… [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 3:23 am
To the extent that they have not adequately accounted for and disclosed their MBS holdings, they will likely be the subjects of securities class actions.Indeed, securities class actions are to be expected where the disclosure of MBS holdings leads to a large stock price drop. [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 4:40 am
Indeed, one of my very first posts asked whether federal legislation would bring us new protected classes. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 5:46 pm
Maybe $20,000 tops for testing for lead burden and intelligence tests? [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 5:11 am
Two similar class actions have been filed in the U.S. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 1:10 am
Two similar class actions have been filed in the U.S. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 12:04 am
Anchor Capital was appointed lead plaintiff. [read post]
