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25 Jan 2018, 7:47 pm
Jan. 23, 2018) is getting a lot of attention in the class action bar. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 1:34 pm
Posted by Greg MersolJury trials of employment class actions are rare. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 8:18 pm
Defense attorneys moved to dismiss the class action complaint for failure to meet the heightened pleading requirements established by the PSLRA (Private Securities Litigation Reform Act), _id._ The district court granted the motion and dismissed the complaint. [read post]
17 Mar 2022, 1:16 pm
(The securities class action is known as the Smilotvits Action). [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 6:59 am
Seyfarth Synopsis: In our continuing coverage of the top trends found in Seyfarth’s 2021 Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, wage & hour litigation remained the sweet spot for the plaintiffs’ class action bar over the past year. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 8:52 am
Jeanine Conley Editor's Note: Analysis of the Cuevas decision can also be read on Baker Hostetler's Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. [read post]
17 May 2007, 5:27 am
The district court granted the defense motion to dismiss the class action and compel arbitration based on a Dispute Resolution Program that had been distributed to employees via interoffice mail and via the office intranet site. [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 1:23 pm
Bottom Line: The Bowerman case roadmaps a number of potential defenses against independent contractor misclassification class action claims under both California law and Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 12:21 pm
Plaintiff’s lawyer for the North Carolina class action filed a motion with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the class actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 3:16 pm
”Antitrust Impact on Proposed ClassThe central issue under Rule 23(b) (3) was whether the purchasers could show on a class-wide basis the antitrust impact of the merged entity's actions on the proposed class. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 8:14 pm
The following is a copy of an SEC filing recently submitted by IMH Financial Corporation (formerly IMH Secured Loan Fund) in connection with a proposed class action settlement: On January 31, 2012, IMH Financial Corporation ("IMH") reached a tentative settlement in principle to resolve all claims asserted by the plaintiffs in the putative class action lawsuit captioned In re IMH Secured Loan Fund Unitholders Litigation ("Litigation"), pending… [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 4:37 am
Though the case was not filed as a class action, the ethical issues raised are important not only to class action defense counsel, but to class action plaintiff lawyers as well. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 12:21 pm
Discovery Sanctions Imposed in Securities Fraud Class Action After Parties Entered into Class Action Settlement and Informed District Court that Sanctions should not be Imposed must be Vacated because Parties may "Bargain Away the Right to Receive Compensatory Sanctions" Fifth Circuit Holds Various individual and class action lawsuits alleging were filed against former outside directors of Enron following its collapse; some… [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 11:50 am
Defense counsel argued there is no principled distinction between a PAGA representative action and a conventional employment class action. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 12:25 pm
Plaintiffs in 9 of the class actions separately filed 5 motions with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the class actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 8:04 am
(Relatedly: Brian Anderson's and Andrew Trask's new book, The Class Action Playbook, arrived in the mail yesterday, and instantly became the best practitioners' guide to class actions out there: I would definitely go to Anderson-Trask now before I go to the often sloppy Newberg treatise. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 5:20 am
Defense attorneys moved to dismiss the action; the federal court agreed with defense arguments that RESPA's one year statute of limitations period had run and granted the motion. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 2:59 pm
The Defense Perspective on the Rise in Class Arbitration: An interesting new article by two big-firm defense lawyers in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel warns that the drafters of mandatory binding arbitration clauses should be careful what they wish for: "The pervasiveness of arbitration agreements that are silent on the issue of class proceedings . . . ensures that class arbitrations will occur with increased frequency, possibly… [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 9:00 am
A group of employees filed suit in 2007, alleging a collective action under the FLSA and a Rule 23 class action under state wage law. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 5:00 am
This is a class-action lawsuit on behalf of about 10,000 homeowners and is the first filed to try and get to the bottom of the issue since the Department of Health has been slow to recognize and identify the problem. [read post]
