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21 Jun 2011, 4:00 am
It means that the best defense against a class action might be a policy directing decision-makers to follow the law. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 6:45 pm
That said, it's hard to argue with the notion that Dukes embraces many positions advanced by class action defense lawyers. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 4:18 pm
Such requirements impose significant potential expense on would-be class-action plaintiffs. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 3:41 pm
Most employers are already generally familiar with the facts of the Dukes case, which was the largest employment class action ever certified. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 3:24 pm
I think defense attorneys, however, will be feeling armed by today's decision to vigorously fight efforts to certify a class, that, if the plaintiff in most cases can get class certification, the feeling is the case has to settle. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 1:50 pm
The Court disapproved of this "novel project" because it deprived Wal-Mart of its due process right to assert individualized defenses to each class member's claim. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 1:34 pm
All in all, this was an extraordinarily useful opinion for class action defense counsel -- beyond even employment discrimination lawyers. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 12:27 pm
Over at Western New England University School of Law and Tornado Defense, Dean Art Gaudio is also planning on voluntarily reducing the size of the class. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 12:02 pm
But there were overtones of constitutional protection for companies facing money claims in a class-action case, ensuring that they must be able to mount a full defense in trying to fend off such claims. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 9:35 am
The decision has far-reaching implications for both Title VII class actions and for class actions generally, and an adverse decision for Wal-Mart could have dramatically expanded the circumstances in which class certification is appropriate. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 9:31 am
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20 Jun 2011, 8:41 am
The company can then raise individual affirmative defenses and demonstrate that its action was lawful. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 8:23 am
The two issues are at the heart of most class actions, and the resolution of these questions often casts the die for success or failure in the prosecution or defense of complex discrimination lawsuits. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 8:12 am
This is the basis for most class actions seeking money. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 7:33 am
Dukes was the largest of all, and frankly was a good case from an employers standpoint to end up before the Court.Today's decision is going to severely restrict the use of class actions in discrimination cases going forward. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 6:41 am
As Rancho Cucamonga foreclosure defense attorneys, we know class-action lawsuits over the Home Affordable Modification Program have fared less well in courts than individual claims. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 3:45 am
(The fifth involved class actions, a subject so dear to my heart that I just can’t bring myself to discuss it.) [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 10:13 pm
The Court of Errors has become a butchery. [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 7:05 pm
Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a major wage-and-hour class action which could impact many employee - litigants. [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 8:34 am
Travelers class action settlements provide for the structured settlement industry? [read post]
