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6 Dec 2010, 4:18 pm
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the landmark wage and hour class action case Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 2:56 pm
“The current confusion in class-action law is harmful for everyone — employers, employees, businesses of all types and sizes and the civil justice system. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 11:34 am
Dukes) class action today. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:57 am
Thus, for attorneys who deal with class actions, the case could have some fairly significant ramifications and may give some guidance as to whether a class action might actually be too big. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 7:37 am
Dukes (Granted )Docket: 10-277Issue(s): (1) Whether claims for monetary relief can be certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) and, if so, under what circumstances; and (2) whether the class certification ordered under rule 23(b)(2) was consistent with rule 23(a). [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 7:09 am
The outcome will not decide whether the company did engage in discrimination, but only whether the lawsuit may proceed as a class-action. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 6:32 am
Since a textual construction would support AT&T Mobility’s position, this installment considers whether non-statutory sources of statutory intent and purpose may support a construction of the savings clause that supports the Concepcions’ position that the “equal footing” principle embodied in the savings clause is satisfied so long as the Discover Bank rule places arbitration agreements with class waivers on the same footing as contracts that bar class… [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 4:09 am
[Fisher @ Forbes] However, unlike the case of class action settlements, disciplinary committees go after these unethical attorneys. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 6:26 am
As a resource to California 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]
3 Dec 2010, 5:48 pm
Winter is Here - Now is the Time to Inspect Your Heating System - New York attorney Frank Dito of Decker, Decker, Dito & Internicola on his blog, Staten Island Injury Law FCC Announces Filing Window and Minimum Bids for Next Auction for 144 New FM Stations - And a Freeze on FM Minor Change Applications - Washington, D.C. lawyer David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog Supreme Court Considers Enforceability of California Consumer Class… [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 1:24 pm
Weinstein, Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation: The Effect of Class Actions, Consolidations, and other Multi-Party Devices 117 (Evanston 1995). [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 10:03 am
Specifically, plaintiffs assert that the indigent defense systems in these counties are underfunded and poorly administered. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 7:41 am
While truth may be a partial defense to defamation, Dwight (as always) went a little too far. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 2:20 pm
To resolve that litigation, Wyeth entered into a class action settlement, which established a Trust to pay benefits to persons injured by Fen-Phen with money contributed by Wyeth. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 2:20 pm
To resolve that litigation, Wyeth entered into a class action settlement, which established a Trust to pay benefits to persons injured by Fen-Phen with money contributed by Wyeth. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 2:15 pm
” Even the Louisiana courts admitted, the filing said, that they left out the kinds of factual development and legal defenses that would have been indispensable for individual claims, and they did so in order “to make this case ‘work’ as a class action. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 5:12 am
He also pays close attention to class action settlements and cy pres recovery. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 12:29 am
In March 2004, investors who had held shares of the retired class of stock filed class action lawsuits alleging that the company’s board breached its fiduciary duty by implementing a conversion ratio that undervalued the retired shares. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 5:54 pm
DukesDocket: 10-277Issue(s): (1) Whether claims for monetary relief can be certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) and, if so, under what circumstances; and (2) whether the lower court's order certifying a class conforms to the requirements of Title VII, the Due Process Clause, the Seventh Amendment, the Rules Enabling Act, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.Certiorari-Stage Documents:Opinion below (9th Circuit)Petition for certiorariBrief in oppositionAmicus brief… [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:51 am
But there are many, many more legal defenses that they must surmount, and it remains to be seen whether the claims can be tried together as a class action. [read post]
