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5 Dec 2013, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
AU Optronics, new Fifth Circuit decision will fuel parens patriae actions by AGs in state courts [Alison Frankel, earlier] Justice Alito blasts federal district judge Harold Baer for insisting on race quotas for class action lawyers [Michael Greve/Liberty Law, Tom Goldstein/SCOTUSBlog] “Unfortunately, even if SCOTUS does away with fraud on the market, plaintiff lawyers will still bring omission cases” [Bainbridge, earlier] Ted Frank’s adventures, as… [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 12:00 pm
Last week Law.com reported, in an article by Alison Frankel of the American Lawyer (“Wal-Mart Loses $6.5 million Wage-and-Hour Class Action”) that Wal-Mart had lost a non-jury trial on complaints of violation of the Wage-Hour laws that resulted in an award of damages of $6.5 million. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 6:02 am by Rachel Sachs
Briefly:  Alison Frankel at her On the Case blog for Reuters and Tony Mauro at the National Law Journal (subscription required) have additional coverage of Wednesday’s opinion in Already, LLC v. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 6:51 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
” An excerpt: As Alison Frankel of Reuters reports, the Redskins’ attorneys from Biglaw heavyweights Arnold & Porter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan wrote: “This court relies on a robust adversarial process to fully vet questions before it,” the cert petition said. [read post]
12 Jul 2015, 6:00 pm by Francis Pileggi
Two rejections by the Delaware Court of Chancery last week, on the same day, of two separate proposed settlements of two unrelated class actions challenging a merger, were reported by The Chancery Daily, Professor Bainbridge and Alison Frankel of Thomson Reuters. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 1:03 am
People who bought stock in Countrywide Home Loans and New Century Mortgage have brought class action lawsuits against the lenders for their reckless lending activities, according to an article by Alison Frankel of The American Lawyer. [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
“Tulane sophomore unknowingly named as plaintiff in lawsuit over college bribery scandal” [John Simerman, New Orleans Advocate] “Admissions scandal class action is ‘fascinating’ but likely doomed – experts” [Alison Frankel, Reuters] Plus advice from Ken at Popehat; Some problems with the idea of a sweeping presidential order to decree free speech on campus — and a promising if more modest step the White House could take instead… [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[The Hill] Contrary to imaginings in some quarters, anti-business side doesn’t lack for access to front-rank Supreme Court advocates [Tom Goldstein, SCOTUSBlog] Speaking of which, Alison Frankel’s profile of Prof. [read post]
23 Feb 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
New Yorker legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin as unreliable narrator, part 483 [Damon Root, Pejman Yousefzadeh re: attack on Justice Clarence Thomas] Background of Halliburton case: Lerach used Milwaukee Archdiocese to pursue Dick Cheney grudge [Paul Barrett, Business Week] More/related: Alison Frankel, Stephen Bainbridge (rolling out professorial “big guns”), Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (paper, “What’s Wrong With Securities Class Action Lawsuits? [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 8:07 am by Walter Olson
I was a guest Friday on Fox Business Network’s The Willis Report, with guest host Dennis Kneale, to discuss two antitrust cases in the news: Apple’s vigorous efforts to fight back against a monitor appointed as part of its e-books antitrust case [Roger Parloff/Fortune, Alison Frankel/Reuters], and the FTC’s enforcement action against music teachers for anti-competitive practices. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 2:57 pm by Kevin LaCroix
According to Alison Frankel’s interesting June 25, 2018 Reuters article and interview (here), Grant is leaving his firm effective June 30, 2018, because, in his own words, he doesn’t like losing, as he has been doing in the past few years. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Don’t be so sure [Alison Frankel, Reuters] Tweet Tags: banks, securities litigation, Wall StreetJP Morgan’s $920 million fine is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 9:16 am by Walter Olson
[Alison Frankel/Reuters, Science magazine, earlier] And from the New York Times: …mesothelioma doctors and personal injury lawyers specializing in asbestos-related litigation have developed over the years what some medical ethical experts describe as an unseemly alliance. [read post]
8 Jun 2017, 4:32 am by Edith Roberts
At Reuters, Alison Frankel reports on the possible effects of recent tweets by President Donald Trump on his administration’s request that the Supreme Court reinstate a ban on entry into the U.S. by nationals of six Muslim-majority countries; ethics experts, she recounts, say that at best, “the solicitor general’s office can no longer argue that the president himself wanted the executive order only to pause immigration … temporarily so the U.S. can study… [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: For online Publishers, Editing Can Lead to Copyright Liability: 9th Circuit First off today, Alison Frankel at Reuters reports that the 9th Circuit has ruled against the blogging platform LiveJournal and exposed the company to liability for copyright infringement despite Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbors that, according to LiveJournal, should protect it. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 7:07 am by David Markus
  From Alison Frankels' blog:The acerbic judge was at his worst – or best, depending on your perspective – in an opinion Wednesday that’s already become an instant classic. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 8:48 pm
.'" And Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report headlined "Thanks to 3rd Circuit, companies are accountable for lax cybersecurity. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 6:34 am
" Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight reports that "Justices stick to middle of the road in Omnicare securities opinion. [read post]
20 Dec 2024, 6:04 am by Above the Law
[ABA Journal] * Alison Frankel is leaving the world of legal journalism after 37 years. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 5:14 pm
" And Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight today has a post titled "10th Circuit strikes down SEC ALJ regime, debates reach to other agencies. [read post]