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21 Dec 2017, 9:09 am
A district court recently disqualified a plaintiff from acting as a class representative because his spoliation of evidence rendered him an atypical class member. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 6:00 pm
These wiretap cases follow the common playbook of plaintiffs’ counsel with privacy class actions – testing to see whether they can dust off pre-digital age laws and persuade courts that these laws should apply to modern technologies never contemplated when the laws were enacted. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 7:55 am
” Following is an excerpt: On June 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit dismissed a wage and hour class action on the grounds that once the class representative plaintiff settled his individual claims and no longer had any financial stake in the litigation’s outcome, the entire litigation was moot. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 12:22 pm
Plaintiffs typically argue that Dukes should be limited to its context—a mega Title VII discrimination case brought as a Rule 23(b)(2) class action. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 11:00 am
Don’t miss Microsoft’s in-house counsel Tim Fielden’s post on two important new Ninth Circuit decisions that permitted class action plaintiffs to dismiss their cases voluntarily and then appeal adverse class certification orders without first taking their individual cases to trial and securing a final judgment. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 6:45 am
In Evon, plaintiff settled her individual claims without any mention to her class claims – thus rendering her class claims moot. [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 5:34 pm
When class certification is denied because the named plaintiff’s claim fails for some reason, sometimes an absent class member will try to intervene rather than filing their own separate suit. [read post]
27 Oct 2006, 11:24 am
The bigger the better, it seems, when it comes to lead plaintiffs in securities class actions. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 3:00 am
The plaintiff alleged ten causes of action, nine of which were brought as class claims. [read post]
12 Apr 2008, 5:04 pm
In the meantime, they also seem to be providing fairly fertile grounds for plaintiff class action lawyers. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 8:14 am
No matter what one thinks of class action plaintiffs’ firms, the reality is that both the threat of breach of fiduciary duty class actions and the changes imposed by suits that are successful play a significant role in maintaining the standards and integrity of benefit and pension plans. [read post]
22 May 2015, 5:22 pm
Plaintiff Aladdin Zackaria alleged Wal-Mart incorrectly classified its Asset Protection Coordinators (“APC”) as exempt and moved to certify a class of all APCs that worked in California. [read post]
8 May 2008, 10:10 am
With the courts of Canadian provinces willing to take jurisdiction over a "national" class claim, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in other provinces, and with American courts willing to take jurisdiction over "international" classes, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in Canada, Canadian courts are increasingly having to confront the [...] [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 11:47 pm
The putative class action also names the well known plaintiff class action law firm of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins as a defendant. [read post]
12 May 2016, 1:09 pm
Join me on June 2 for a live webinar when I will be among a panel of plaintiff and defense attorneys discussing developments and trends in consumer finance class actions. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 1:58 pm
Plaintiff, seeking declarative and injunctive relief, brought a putative class action alleging that the city and county of San Francisco failed to comply with certain requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, specifically alleging that many of San Francisco’s public rights-of-way, pools, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities were not readily accessible to and usable by […] [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 6:34 pm
Plaintiffs seeking to bring a class action must receive class certification. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 6:00 am
In Addison, a plaintiff represented a class of plaintiffs in a state court class action against defendant. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 7:59 am
Class action plaintiff lawyers have been known to do some pretty sleazy things. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 5:00 am
The standard for certification though may be more generous to plaintiffs. [read post]
