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6 Jan 2011, 5:00 am
The action itself was a putative class action, one of several coordinated actions pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 4:04 am
Those complex business, commercial and class action cases also tend to get bogged down in the court system with endless motions, oral arguments, status conferences, and settlement conferences, anything and everything except for, of course, an actual jury trial, the last thing that a guilty corporation wants to go through. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 11:18 am
Legal fees to plaintiff counsel typically take 25-35% of any monetary class action settlement, for example, and the corporation’s defense costs are likely comparable in magnitude.[5] The circularity inherent in the securities class action process reduces the effectiveness of private anti-fraud litigation as both a deterrent and means of compensation. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 9:22 am
These litigation issues continue to shape class action practice and defense strategy, and are likely to do so for the foreseeable future. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 1:17 am
Indeed, 13 of the 177 securities class action lawsuits filed in 2010 involved failed or troubled banks. [read post]
You've Gotcha Mail -- Appellate Term, First Department, Recommends "Time Out" for No-Fault Litigants
4 Jan 2011, 6:38 am
Unfortunately, this class of cases has spawned a body of "gotcha" jurisprudence, marked by a near manic preoccupation with form over substance. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 5:22 am
” Thus, certification was not an abuse of discretion, especially since, realistically, a class action is consumers’ only avenue for redress. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 9:45 pm
Laws 600.2955a.The law provides an absolute defense in an action over the death or injury of a person when alcohol impairment. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 5:49 am
A Zometa class action case had been filed in the Middle District of Tennesee in September 2005 and was pending until November 2007, when the district court denied class certification.Now as you know from our cross-jurisdictional tolling scorecard, most courts don't like it. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 5:39 am
With the recognition by many courts of the inappropriateness of the use of the class action device for personal injury claims, the use of other methods to manage mass torts has emerged. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 5:15 am
See ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPETITION IN SECURITIES CLASS ACTIONS: WHY "EXIT" WORKS BETTER THAN "VOICE", 30 Cardozo L. [read post]
2 Jan 2011, 6:38 am
It is always a pleasure to hear from Lord Shagger, a former Partner at Muttley Dastardly LLP. [read post]
1 Jan 2011, 6:15 am
Plaintiff brought a putative class action on behalf of recipients of "thousands of" unwanted text messages, some of which were allegedly received after plaintiff opted out. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 11:50 am
The Court found that the actions by the hostile bidder posed a threat to the corporate enterprise and their protection was an important corporate objective, and that the board properly conducted an investigation to support that finding. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 11:31 am
For one thing, it adopts cross-jurisdictional class action tolling, contrary to all but a couple of states. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 10:54 am
Litigation Value: Class action by day-laborers hired by Dwight = $500,000; penalties for violations of the Immigration Reform and Control Act = $50,000. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 10:38 am
Singer involved a class of municipal fire fighters whose hours varied among pay periods. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 12:29 pm
Our post on the Court’s November 30, 2010 decision to revive this class-action lawsuit concerning state public defenders can be found here. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 6:30 am
The Best Defense is a Strong Offense Our new chairman, Steve Israel, has built a powerful candidate recruitment team and is already hard at work identifying strong candidates for the 2012 campaign. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 6:58 am
No class certification in light cigarette class action in Maine. [read post]
