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28 Jun 2011, 3:32 pm
They won probably the most important cases, the ones that you mentioned about class actions. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 8:00 am
California – where we have lots of class action litigation – has no Rule 23. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 5:00 pm
Contact a Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyer first and allow us to advise you on the best course of action. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 9:20 am
If a plaintiff has a property interest in a claim, why not recognize defenses as a form of property? [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 5:27 am
Supreme Court decisions on class actions, arbitration and securities litigation. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 4:30 am
At stake was the future of class actions to redress harm from mass injuries and the future of systemic discrimination cases. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 1:22 am
To be sure, there undoubtedly will be defense attorneys who will attempt to use the Wal-Mart decision in opposition to class certification motions in securities cases. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 11:16 pm
Op here: http://t.co/ZGmnm1X EDNY w/draws ref of atty mal case so Ct can get familiar w/facts & law before trial & benefit of Magistrate involvement. http://t.co/ffMKUMX BK-SDNY approves WARN class action certif & settlement @ 17% of pot. liab. in postpet adv. for prepetition layoffs. http://t.co/DmYCpkM BK-UT compares & contrasts each element of the "good faith" purchaser / transferee defense under §§ 549(c) &… [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 1:44 pm
SJC Expands Scope Of Tenant Protections In Foreclosed Properties Act The Trilogy: Explaining the Deed, Promissory Note and Mortgage at a Massachusetts Closing SJC To Consider “Produce The Note” Foreclosure Defense In MERS Mortgage Case [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 7:46 am
They can’t be sued for their actions, and they can’t lose their tax-exempt status because of them. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 3:25 pm
United StatesDocket: 10-1147Issue(s): Whether a grand jury subpoena always trumps a civil protective order, thus allowing prosecutors to obtain discovery materials from a parallel civil action, regardless of any countervailing considerations.Certiorari stage documents:Opinion below (9th Circuit)Petition for certiorariBrief in oppositionAmicus brief of the Washington Legal FoundationAmicus brief of National A [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 1:24 pm
For a case to proceed as a class action in federal court, plaintiffs must demonstrate all four requirements of Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: that (1) the class is sufficiently numerous that “joinder of all members is impracticable,” (2) questions of law or fact are “common to the class,” (3) “the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the… [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 9:16 am
“[A] class cannot be certified on the premise that Wal-Mart will not be entitled to litigate its statutory defenses to individual claims. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 9:15 am
I have written many times that the best defense of the employer in collective and class actions is to argue that individual issues dominate and that individual scrutiny is needed. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 8:19 am
We go behind the headlines, therefore, to offer a few educated guesses as to what the case will mean for the future of class actions and other forms of aggregate litigation: Statewide classes barred on state law will become more common as claimants will seek friendlier state jurisprudence on the commonality question; Some counsel will seek to litigate claims through “mass actions” of large numbers of individual claimants rather than… [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 3:35 am
" In the category of Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Dechert was ranked in Tier 1, and noted for our "outstanding" practice, class action work, and "key role in many" defense victories. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 1:20 pm
Here’s why: Wal-Mart was one of the most anticipated cases of the Term, because of its effect on class action litigation and big business defense. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 11:41 am
” They held that assumption of risk was a complete defense to some personal injury actions involving sports and other rough activity involving inherent risks. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 11:04 am
(Note also Reuters unquestioningly accepting the incorrect assertion that it is common for lawyers to get 33% contingency fees in large class actions.) [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 8:28 am
A class action suit against the cities of Mount Vernon and Burlington claims that the attorney with the contract to handle public defense of misdemeanor cases has such a high caseload that it violates defendants' right to counsel. [read post]
