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28 Sep 2010, 2:32 am
Following the bailout, the company’s share price plummeted and securities class action litigation ensued. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:00 pm
” Other Equal Pay Act provisions in the PFA would make class sizes larger in class actions, enhance penalties, and prohibit retaliation for certain salary-sharing activities. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 12:22 pm
In misdemeanor cases, the defendant will be required to complete a four to six hour drug class. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 9:11 am
So, this was social framework evidence, a topic that I have discussed in a couple of prior posts, including my post about an excellent essay, A Matter of Context: Social Framework Evidence in Employment Discrimination Class Actions, 78 FORDHAM L. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 6:48 am
Superior Court, 40 Cal. 4th 360 (2007) was unnecessary for wage and hour class actions brought in Federal court. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:58 am
But unless you can get a class action certified — tricky, but possible, like in Dukes v. [read post]
25 Sep 2010, 2:50 pm
Cozen O'Connor lanched their fourth blog on the LexBlog Network this week as the Class Action Defense Review gets rolling. [read post]
25 Sep 2010, 7:29 am
To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the types of cases 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]
24 Sep 2010, 8:04 am
(Relatedly: Brian Anderson's and Andrew Trask's new book, The Class Action Playbook, arrived in the mail yesterday, and instantly became the best practitioners' guide to class actions out there: I would definitely go to Anderson-Trask now before I go to the often sloppy Newberg treatise. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 2:32 pm
Such a defense, though, would not be consistent with First Amendment law, under which the constitutional rules cannot turn on whether a reviewing judge agrees with the speech at issue. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 12:56 pm
"Democrats will protect Social Security, give tax cuts to the middle class and help the middle class through our 'Make it in America' manufacturing strategy. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 12:38 pm
District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. ordered two firms serving as co-lead counsel in a securities class action to "make every effort" to assign at least one minority and one woman to the case. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 11:24 am
The top 10 law firms in the Am Law 100 are home to over 17,000 attorneys worldwide — and only two law blogs, Jackson on Consumer Class Actions & Mass Torts (at Skadden) and Product Liability Monitor (at Weil).Russell Jackson, a partner at Skadden, spends 10 hours per week on his Consumer Class Actions & Mass Torts blog. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 9:01 am
Among the class action cases in which Thornhill has been involved, Thornhill class action settlements over the years include: A. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 5:53 am
Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an eight-figure settlement in a class action predatory lending suit on the grounds that the trial judge failed to follow the rigorous and precise steps involved in certifying a settlement class. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 5:49 am
They include modifications to the defenses can use, enhanced damages, new non-retaliation provisions, changes from an opt-in to an opt-out class action status, and new reporting obligations. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 7:09 pm
This is the largest punitive damage award in any class action lawsuit, I am told. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 12:56 pm
The New York Court of Appeals recently allowed a class action lawsuit regarding inadequate representation to go forward. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 11:07 am
The PFA would amend the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) in numerous ways, including: providing for compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the EPA; reversing the requirement that employees opt in to class-action EPA lawsuits (instead permitting them to opt out of the suit); and prohibiting retaliation against employees who inquire about, discuss, or disclose wage information. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 6:00 am
Put aside that Weinberg didn't say plaintiffs could never certify a consumer fraud class action, but rather affirmed a trial court holding it couldn't certify that particular consumer fraud class action. [read post]
