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18 Mar 2010, 1:21 am
In approving the deal following a fairness hearing Monday, Judge Dale Fischer of the Central District of California rejected objectors' claims that the deal amounted to a "coupon" recovery contrary to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 5:05 am
Plaintiffs moved the district court to certify the litigation as a class action; the district court denied class action treatment concluding that individual issues would predominate. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 10:27 pm
Accordingly, although Cravatta was awarded some back pay, DOT’s action terminating him was sustained, such termination to be effective September 23, 2008.* The court’s rationale: Due process, in the absence of a conviction or proven statutory violation such as a residency requirement, requires a hearing so any factors that the employee may have raised to controvert his guilt on the charges could be presented in his defense. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 9:05 pm
Plaintiffs moved the district court to certify the litigation as a class action; the district court denied class action treatment concluding that individual issues would predominate. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 1:53 pm
The opinion includes scholarly analysis regarding the criteria employed by the Court in its selection of lead counsel in class actions, noting that the size of plaintiff's holding is not always determinative. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 1:00 pm
AndreAs previously reported here, a recent report issued by the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts, Office of Court Research, shows that employment cases were the most frequently filed class actions, representing 29.3% of the class actions filed and that over half of the employment cases filed alleged violations of Labor Code provisions governing payment of wages, rest and meal periods, and related claims. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 10:21 am
Countrywide Financial Corporation, 585 F.3d. 753 (3rd Cir. 2009), the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit held that homebuyers may pursue a class action claim that Countrywide Financial Corporation engaged in taking kickbacks in violation of Section 8(a) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) by steering private mortgage insurance policy referrals to insurers who agreed to reinsure a portion of the policies with Countrywide's affiliate. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 7:22 am
Are you a member of Tyson chicken or H&R Block Express IRA class action settlements? [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm
The plaintiffs in the MDL pending in Maine wanted to use more than a thousand of Judge Kessler's findings of fact to bind Philip Morris and its parent, Altria, in the subsequent civil class action cases brought by individual smokers under state consumer protection laws and for unjust enrichment. [read post]
Indicted Former Democratic Assemblyman Louis Manzo Would be Wise to Stop Blabbing and Simply Shut Up
15 Mar 2010, 10:42 pm
After two years of stonewalling government investigations, class action litigations brought by our victims, and lying to my former attorneys, I hired criminal attorney Anthony Mautone and civil attorney Jonathan D. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 2:17 pm
The laws of some states grant an exception to the self-defense doctrine in a murder charge. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 12:22 pm
The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed the Court of Appeals decision, concluding that the Georgia Natural Gas Act, which has the clear purpose of protecting natural gas consumers, provides a private right of action for damages, thus removing the voluntary payment doctrine as a defense. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 11:27 am
. - Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to authorize any action by the United States to interfere with foreign national censorship in furtherance of law enforcement aims that are consistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 11:22 am
The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed the Court of Appeals decision, concluding that the Georgia Natural Gas Act, which has the clear purpose of protecting natural gas consumers, provides a private right of action for damages, thus removing the voluntary payment doctrine as a defense. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 8:00 am
Remember, you, the defense attorney, portray the image of your client to the prosecution. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 5:43 am
Phillip ultimately rejected as unfair a class action settlement that she had preliminarily approved last August. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:59 am
Defense attorneys removed the class actions to federal court, and the moved to dismiss the class action complaints. [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 8:59 pm
Defense attorneys removed the class actions to federal court, and the moved to dismiss the class action complaints. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 9:28 pm
This unusual question arises from a putative class action pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Oakland County Medical Examiner and a putative defendant class of all Michigan counties. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 3:38 pm
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]
