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5 Feb 2010, 11:33 pm
To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the types of lawsuits against which they will have to defend in California courts, 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]
5 Feb 2010, 6:53 am
The central theme of this panel was that derivative litigations provide a fertile area, which can be expected to continue to grow and take on lives of their own.Derivative claims are claims brought on behalf of the company, for harm caused to the company, and any damages awarded go to the company (as opposed to a class action in which the class is the recipient of any recovery). [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 4:10 am
Accordingly, the district court dismissed the putative class action complaint. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 3:44 am
A class action suit against a women’s apparel retailer had resulted in a mediated settlement whereby the lead plaintiff would get $2,500, the plaintiff’s attorney would get $125,000, and the remaining members of the class would get gift cards worth $10 each. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 8:10 pm
Putative Class Action Against American Airlines Asserting Claims under Montreal Convention based on Flight Delays caused by Weather Dismissed without Leave to Amend because Two Year Limitations Period Expired Texas Federal Court Holds On December 17, 2009, plaintiff filed a putative class action against American Airlines for alleged violations of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (“Montreal… [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 4:37 pm
- Portland lawyer Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm's World of Work Blog Leaving the Air to Run For Office - What to Do With The Broadcaster Who Becomes a Candidate - Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog Understanding Texting and Negligence - Palm Coast lawyer Philip Chanfrau on his Palm Coast Injury Law Blog The Alabama Supremes Hold That Two Is Not Better Than One - New York attorney Russell Jackson of… [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 12:17 pm
The judge says there will be 3 seats each for the defense, prosecution and victim. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 9:45 am
Tropicana Products, Inc. as an example of good pleading practice in a putative consumer fraud class case. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 9:45 am
Tropicana Products, Inc. as an example of good pleading practice in a putative consumer fraud class case. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 6:02 am
Alabama had some class action authority suggesting that where two identical class actions were pending at the same time, the second should be stayed pending resolution of the first. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 5:02 am
When a company is in bankruptcy, it is at increased risk of being named in a securities class action. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 8:47 pm
The "ATRA Gold Medal" went to Oklahoma, for enacting tort reform by reducing appeals bonds for defendants, requiring experts to file a "certificate of merit for professional negligence," limiting class actions, limiting joint and several liability, limiting noneconomic damages, exempting fast-food outlets from obesity cases, and lowering and delaying prejudgment interest. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 3:33 pm
Rather, the Court noted that a motion for summary judgment could waive arbitration if it approached a "voluminously documented defense. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 11:39 am
The rating agencies dismissal from this subprime-related securities class action lawsuit is not as significant as it would have been if it had based on the rating agencies’ claims that their ratings opinions are proteced by the First Amendment. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 9:24 am
In doing so, the Court noted that CAFA applies “to any class action [within the Act’s scope] before or after the entry of a class certification order” and that there is no requirement in CAFA that a class action be certified before the case can be removed. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 7:24 am
Many of our readers liked the ruling, but someone didn't: "Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards" [BoingBoing, ABA Journal, Leonard/L.A. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 4:57 am
Shutts context.While some plaintiffs' attorneys have retooled to bring nationwide class actions on a state by state basis, the defense bar has started to look to the nationwide nature of the class for their salvation. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 4:10 am
The district court dismissed the first amended class action complaint without prejudice, but defense attorneys challenged the second amended class action complaint also for failure to meet the pleading requirements of the PSLRA. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 4:00 am
The teacher was arrested and charged in October with making terroristic threats against an 11th grade student in one of his classes. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 8:10 pm
The district court dismissed the first amended class action complaint without prejudice, but defense attorneys challenged the second amended class action complaint also for failure to meet the pleading requirements of the PSLRA. [read post]
