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6 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
  Class action plaintiffs’ firms, government agencies, and attorneys general dedicated to enforcing workplace rights protected by employment law and employment discrimination statutes also can be important allies in targeting under-represented workforces. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 1:39 am by Kevin LaCroix
”   SLUSA precludes most state-law class actions involving a “misrepresentation” made “in connection with the purchase or sale of a covered security. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 11:08 am by Caleb Mason
  (Think of that scene at the beginning of "Garden State. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 4:03 pm by Sam E. Antar
If it weren't for the heroic efforts of the FBI, SEC, Postal Inspector's Office, US Attorney's Office, and class action plaintiff's lawyers who investigated, prosecuted, and sued me, I would still be the criminal CFO of Crazy Eddie today. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 1:32 am by Kevin LaCroix
  Following the filing of the securities class action lawsuits, additional plaintiffs filed five derivative lawsuits in California state court, seeking indemnification from the individual defendants for any expenses the company incurs in the class actions. [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 1:08 pm by Cicely Wilson
Illinois) The A.K. case is one of a series of class-action lawsuits against Google over the way Gmail scans emails to deliver personalized ads. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 5:58 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  The California Constitution protects not just against invasions of privacy by state actors, but also against invasions by private parties. [read post]
1 Oct 2023, 7:53 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Since 2018, Sheehan’s firm has filed more than five hundred consumer-protection class-action suits, making New York one of the top states for such cases. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 5:31 am by Paul Stephan
Carving out an exception for this narrow class of judgments would not disrupt the fabric of international law in a way that might come back to bite the United States—a concern I had with respect to proposals in the past on similar subjects. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 6:11 am by Dan Bressler
.'” “Cadwalader Hit With Class Action Stemming From Data Breach” — “Law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is at fault for exposing personal data in a November 2022 breach, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Manhattan. [read post]
7 Jun 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
While StoneRidge decreased the use of class action litigation against auditors in the United States, more foreign countries are permitting class action suits against auditors as a way to enhance shareholder protection. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 7:40 am by Maureen Johnston
Catholic Healthcare West 13-873Issue: (1) Whether contract-expectation damages are a permissible remedy in a civil RICO action based on alleged fraud, and if so, whether such damages are available even where any expectation was created only by the alleged fraudulent conduct; (2) whether but-for causation in a civil RICO class action may be satisfied by a class-wide presumption of reliance on alleged fraudulent conduct in the absence of any individualized proof… [read post]
25 Oct 2021, 5:01 am by Eric Halliday, Rachael Hanna
In Indiana, an individual found to have conspired with a protester whose actions fall under the law faces a maximum fine of $100,000. [read post]
30 Apr 2017, 7:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Sovereignty has always been an artificial concept, and states have never abided by it perfectly. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
The good news is that the class action lawsuit was filed in federal court where class actions must give victims a right to “opt out” of the lawsuit. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:27 pm
It prohibits all legislative, executive or judicial action at any level of state or local government designed to protect the named class, a class we shall refer to as homosexual persons or gays and lesbians. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 11:50 am by Sheppard Mullin
Mar. 5, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of two related class action complaints brought on behalf of purchasers of auction rate securities (“ARS”) and ARS issuers, respectively, against a number of large financial institutions. [read post]
Investors argue that managerial agency costs are high and that class actions and derivative suits are key shareholder monitoring mechanisms that they can deploy to keep managers in line. [read post]
13 Jun 2023, 6:30 am by Ezra Rosser
When the Social Security Administration stopped making Supplemental Security Income payments to 5-year-old Brian Zebley, despite his continuing and severe disabilities, lawyers at the legal aid organization Community Legal Services filed a class action. [read post]