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3 Sep 2017, 9:01 am by Walter Olson
7th Circuit judges take carving knife to lawyers’ “footlong” class action settlement with Subway sandwich chain, after objections from Ted Frank [Lowering the Bar, earlier] Speaking of the Seventh Circuit, Judge Richard Posner, among the most influential legal thinkers and jurists of the past half-century, is stepping down. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 5:00 am by Kevin
This is a short but devastating opinion in which the court agreed with professional class-action-settlement objector Ted Frank that the only people who benefited from this settlement were the plaintiffs’ lawyers. [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 3:11 am by Walter Olson
Ted Frank, crusader against class action abuse and formerly a contributor to this blog, profiled [Caleb Hannan, Bloomberg] Judge: “Milberg attorneys engaged in an elaborate scheme of deceptive conduct” in qui tam relator case [Bailey McGowan/WLF, opinion in Leysock v. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 2:30 pm
"This Lawyer Is Making It Less Profitable to Sue When Companies Merge: Meet Ted Frank, professional objector. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 3:25 am by Walter Olson
Baker, from the just-ended Supreme Court term [Federalist Society podcast with Ted Frank, earlier] Why Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Supreme Court case on state court jurisdiction, “is one of the most important mass tort/product liability decisions ever” [James Beck/Drug & Device Law, earlier] Sandy Hook massacre: “Newtown And Board Of Education Seek Dismissal Of Wrongful Death Lawsuit” [AP/CBS Connecticut] Pennsylvania: “Evidence-Manipulation… [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 9:30 pm by Bryan C. Williamson
For example, in June 2016, President Obama signed the Frank R. [read post]
29 May 2017, 10:33 am by Walter Olson
” [Ted Frank and Will Chamberlain, CEI] Tags: advertising, class action settlements Logic of olive oil settlement might be hard to press is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
19 Apr 2017, 3:44 am by SHG
” One can see the Ted Frank Rule coming into play, and the insertion of the buzzword “cyberbulling,” which has no apparent connection to anything here, but has become a popular catchall for any harm to a child delivered electronically, which obviously must be stopped. [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 3:03 am by Walter Olson
Per more than 30 state attorneys general, the less information lenders can draw on in credit reports, the better the credit system will work [Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ; exclusion of many tax liens and civil judgments under pressure from authorities] Federalist Society podcasts: Ted Frank on Walgreen shareholder litigation, Thaya Brook Knight on “predatory lending” cases before Supreme Court [Bank of America Corp. v. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 8:39 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
The following witnesses will testify: Ted Olson, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Professor Saikrishna Prakash, James Monroe Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Law Adam White, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution Brianne Gorod, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center Mr. [read post]
First, the bill would amend Title X of Dodd-Frank to remove the CFPB’s primary funding mechanism, which is the transfer of funds from the Federal Reserve Board. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 3:38 am by Walter Olson
Gascho case would allow Supreme Court to tackle fee abuses in class actions [Ted Frank, Daniel Fisher, earlier] Will competing versions be introduced of FADA, the religious-exemption First Amendment Defense Act? [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm by Justin S. Daniel
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by repealing the section of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) that establishes the agency. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
[Mississippi Business] One view of emergent controversy: “The Case Against National Injunctions, No Matter Who Is President” [Samuel Bray, LawFare, more from same author] “Court To Review Target’s $10M Customer Data Breach Settlement” [Consumerist; Minneapolis Star-Tribune; Ted Frank’s Center for Class Action Fairness is objecting] In or near Kansas? [read post]
20 Jan 2017, 6:16 am by Walter Olson
Ted Frank writes that four minutes of fact checking would have shown the story wrong. [read post]