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18 Aug 2010, 4:36 pm by Steven G. Pearl
Land Rover has identified no defenses that are unique to Gable and Wolin that would make class certification inappropriate.Finally, the Court held that the plaintiffs had satisfied Rule 23(b)(3)'s requirement that a class action be "superior to other available methods for fairly and efficiently adjudicating the controversy. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 5:06 am by Rebecca Tushnet
The plaintiffs filed a putative class action against defendants alleging violations of California, New York, and New Jersey consumer protection laws, as well as warranty, deceit and unjust enrichment claims under the common law. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 4:44 am by Steve McConnell
And he's right.For those of you who took the Economic Analysis of Law class, this will sound familiar. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 10:59 am by Russell Jackson
Overall, the decision in Weiner is instructive on a variety of issues, and is a must-read opinion for those who regularly oppose the certification of fraud class actions in suits involving consumer products. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 4:03 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Finding a workaround—there, I fixed it—can be great when the restrictions are self-imposed; not so great when they put a class of works outside the realm of creation (collage, as Evans points out) and restrict other classes (single-sample works) to artists wealthy enough to pay for them.) [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 8:46 am
Labor law class actions often account for more than half of all class actions filed in any particular week, and during this reporting period 27 new class actions (representing 56% of the total number of new class actions filed). [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 5:06 am
Distribution of Unclaimed Class Action Settlement Funds to Non-Profit Organization Unconnected to Harm Suffered by Class Members Inappropriate Massachusetts Federal Court Holds Plaintiff filed a putative class action against American Tower Corp. alleging violations of federal securities laws and purported to be brought on behalf of “members of the public who were harmed by the securities fraud. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 7:26 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
"This is a typical intellectual property value defense lawsuit, but it can have serious consequences on the Android market and its adoption by OEMs. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 4:54 am
Defense attorneys removed the class action to federal court under CAFA (Class Action Fairness Act); plaintiffs then amended the complaint to remove the class action allegations and the district court remanded the matter to state court on the ground that without the class action allegations federal court jurisdiction was lacking under CAFA. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 1:58 am by Kevin LaCroix
First, there are the various securities class action lawsuit which have been brought by Lehman security holders. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 1:57 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Vincent L. DiTommaso
Partner Vincent DiTommaso also has more than a decade of mediation experience, including experience in large multi-state class actions. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 10:09 am by Bexis
  Thus, it could be that any product liability class action, no matter how far-fetched, is subject to disclosure. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 2:09 am by Kevin LaCroix
  According to data compiled by Adam Savett, the Director of Securities Class Actions at Claims Compensation Bureau, there have been nine securities class action lawsuits that have gone to trial post-PSLRA involving post-PSLRA conduct, including the Thane International case. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 9:19 pm by Transplanted Lawyer
  The policy adopted by my city is modeled very strongly after a policy written by the Alliance Defense Fund, the same group that recently was utterly crushed in Perry v. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 12:59 pm by Mark Bennett
But, because our duty is to the client, criminal defense lawyers can't engage in such collective action. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 3:53 pm by Aaron Morris
Some rascally class action attorneys had won a huge payday, claiming that Starbucks was violating the sanctity of the community tip jar. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 9:31 am by PaulKostro
N.J.S.A. 30:13-8 creates a private cause of action for damages for “[a]ny person or resident whose rights . . . are violated [under the Act] . . . against any person committing such violation. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 6:10 am by Russell Jackson
Regular readers of this blog know that there are a plethora of decisions dismissing class actions brought by so-called "third party payors" (e.g., union health and benefit plans) to recover sums they paid for medicines that their members took. [read post]