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21 Apr 2011, 12:35 pm
In the meantime, the servicer, OneWest, has also filed foreclosure action. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm
Class action defendants frequently argue, under the class certification superiority rubric, that potentially annihilating penalties means class treatment is not superior to individual litigation, and thereby precludes certification. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 12:22 pm
(Although I want to stay neutral, as a defense lawyer, I am compelled to point out that the fallacy in this reasoning is the class action settlement context, the defendant hasn’t been found to have done anything wrong. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 12:11 pm
A group of asset protection coordinators had filed a class action against Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, claiming they had been misclassified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act; the plaintiffs sought a nationwide class. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 8:40 am
Before the Supreme Court, these thirteen Latinas took everything from criminal law, racial discrimination class actions, first amendment right to free exercise of religion, to pro bono housing discrimination claims to the highest court of lands. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 1:43 am
It is apparent that the settlements examined in the NERA study were largely class or at least mass actions involving large numbers of plaintiffs acting collectively. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 3:50 pm
In April 2004, defendants and Armor Holdings, a body armor manufacturer, were jointly sued in a class action lawsuit. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 2:57 pm
For this class of 2005 associate billing 2200 hours at Vinson & Elkins, the comparable Cravath and S&C total bonus money — paid to all Cravath and S&C associates, on a lockstep basis — is $15,000 to $20,000 higher.In defense of Vinson & Elkins, though, remember that Cravath and S&C are New York-centric, while V&E is Texas-centric. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 12:02 pm
The ruling is instructive to all employers facing ERISA class actions. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 10:23 am
In addition to generating caselaw bearing on whether large class action damages constitute “annihilating” penalties that render individual actions superior to class treatment, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) also defines the common term willfulness, a measure of conduct with considerable application beyond FACTA consumer class actions, or wage-and-hour class actions. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 8:44 am
The class action has been in the U.S. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 6:12 pm
There is something here for everyone: the right to abortion and the right to life; the right to health insurance and the right not to have health insurance; the right to class equality and the right to purely individual treatment. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 5:00 pm
. - MN lawyer Chuck Ramsay on his blog, Minnesota DWI Defense The Economic Imperative of Transforming Sick Care into Health Care - Kansas attorney Martie Ross of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne on the firm's blog, Health Law Navigator Class Representative "Credibility Problem" Sinks Class Certification - Washington, DC lawyer Ronald Wick of Cozen O'Connor on the firm's blog, Class… [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 11:09 am
In the first part of the paper, I summarize the results of an empirical study which asked class action lawyers to identify the categories of cases being litigated, including those that come within the rubric of "consumer protection actions. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 8:01 am
In this post, we will explore the basic concepts of a class action lawsuit. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 1:58 pm
If you were charged with domestic violence and your actions were a result of drunkenness or severe intoxication, you need to consult with a Salt Lake City criminal defense attorney. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 8:38 am
” Various plaintiffs filed suit: first one suit in New York, then three actions were filed in Delaware. [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 1:47 pm
To aid defense attorneys in anticipating the types of class actions against which they will have to defend in California, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 2:41 pm
Given that the Gottlieb/Wilson version of what Levicy told them was completely consistent with what Levicy told the defense attorneys in their interview with her, this strikes me as a difficult argument to make. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 10:41 am
The IWPR Report analyzes the injunctive relief provisions contained in those class action settlements. [read post]
