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5 Feb 2011, 10:55 am
As a resource to class action defense attorneys, 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]
4 Feb 2011, 7:43 pm
  Obtaining a legal opinion from an experienced attorney is a relatively inexpensive endeavor (sometimes less than $1,000) when compared to potential liability in an FDCPA class action lawsuit (which could be up to $500,000 or more, plus costs and attorney's fees). [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 2:42 pm by Juliana
(podcast.rocketlawyer.com) NFL concussion class action: Could the league withstand a lawsuit from players with brain injuries? [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 1:25 pm by Jeffrey Vlasek
And, specific to the issue of class actions, Villa reminds us that strategic, targeted attack can reap tremendous results: by dismissing Villa’s individual claims, the court was left with no choice but to dismiss the rest of the putative class members’ claims without prejudice, putting an end to the big game before it even began. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 4:56 pm by admin
Although the application deadlines have long passed, certain class action lawsuits mean that some applications haven’t yet been decided on. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 11:03 am by Russell Jackson
Culhane analyzes a number of the legal theories and defenses, although he does not question how such a personal injury class could ever be certified as a class action. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 6:30 pm by Schachtman
  As part of historical review, Rabin describes the growth of strict product liability, the advent of medical monitoring, fear, and increased risk damages, and the application of class action procedures to so-called toxic torts. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 10:57 am by Kevin LaCroix
  There were a number of recurring themes during the opening session, one of the most interesting of which was the recurring suggestion that the nature of securities class action litigation has been changing. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 9:40 am by David Lat
The latest news: eleven Howrey lawyers have left for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, in Chicago and California.A look at the departing attorneys — plus reports about recent and upcoming Howrey conference calls, and questions about the fate of those holding offers from the firm — after the jump….Here’s the report from last night, by The BLT:Morgan Lewis & Bockius [on Tuesday] announced that three partners and two associates in Howrey’s Chicago office have jumped ship,… [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 2:43 am by SHG
  So what.The action of the Jefferson Parish Indigent Defender Board violated the most fundamental precept of criminal defense, that the criminal defense lawyer's first duty is to defend his client. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 2:01 am by Peter Vodola
” Thus, the essence of an extrinsic fraud claim is that one party has deliberately prevented the other party from having his or her day in court either by concealment, failure to give notice of the action, or convincing the other party to refrain from presenting a claim or defense. . . . [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 6:06 pm by Law Lady
Greenstein, 13 No. 15 Westlaw Journal Nursing Home 11, Westlaw Journal Nursing Home January 28, 2011Four low-income Louisiana residents are seeking class-action status in their bid to stop the state from cutting home-care Medicaid services for nearly 11,000 poor people. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 5:02 pm by Jared Sulzdorf
Carlisle & Jacqueline - McLean, Virginia attorney Andrew Trask, of McGuire Woods, on the blog Class Action Countermeasures. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 2:36 pm by Jenna Greene
Morgan Lewis & Bockius today announced that three partners and two associates in Howrey’s Chicago office have jumped ship, including the office’s managing partner and the chairman of the firm’s consumer class action defense group. [read post]