Disgraced Class Action Lawyer Enjoying the Good Life
A recent article by Ann Woolner of Bloomberg offers an interesting profile of class action pioneer William Lerach, who has been traveling the world and relaxing in his seaside mansion since his release...
View ArticleColorado Supreme Court Issues Four Decisions Addressing Class Action Issues
The Colorado Supreme Court’s highly anticipated rulings in four class actions were announced earlier today. Here are links to the opinions. I’ll have more commentary on the four decisions soon: No....
View ArticleNetherlands Court Reaffirms Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Approving...
Those of you who attended last month’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions (or followed my series of posts summarizing the conference) will know that the Netherlands has been on...
View Article… More on Amex III
As promised in my post late last week, the Baker Hostetler client alert on last week’s Second Circuit decision in In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871 (2d Cir., Feb. 1, 2012) (Amex...
View ArticleMore on Posner’s McReynolds Decision
For those readers who are interested in additional insights on Judge Posner’s opinion in McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., No. 11-3639 (7th Cir., Feb. 24, 2012), which was...
View ArticleYou May Be Entitled to a Substantial Award in a Class Action Settlement, Just...
The Record staff writer Harvy Lipman authored this article today discussing the New Jersey Attorney General’s warning to consumers about a scam involving a fake class action notice. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Accepts Another Class Action for October 2012 Term
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in another class action to be heard during the October 2012 term. In Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864, an antitrust class action, the Court...
View ArticleClass Arbitration Waivers, TCPA Class Action Trends, and the Latest on Dukes
My colleagues at BakerHostetler have put together some great content on several class action-related topics recently that readers should find interesting. First, the Baker Hostetler Class Action...
View ArticleBakerHostetler Releases 2012 Class Action Year-End Review
I’m pleased to announce that the BakerHostetler Class Action Defense Team has just released its 2012 Year-end Review of Class Actions, a joint project with the firm’s Employment Class Actions,...
View ArticleLandmark Judgment Rendered in Korean Data Breach Collective Action
According to an article in the Korea JoongAng Daily, a Korean court has issued the first ever judgment in a collective action arising out of a data breach caused by alleged mismanagement of the data,...
View ArticleWhat the Heck’s Going on With Class Actions?
My sincere apologies to the loyal ClassActionBlawg reader for the scarcity of new content lately. I’m on the road this week, but thought I should at least drop a note about two interesting...
View ArticleSupreme Court Review Requested in Moldy Washing Machine Cases
Today, Whirlpool and Sears filed petitions for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking seeking review of decisions by the Sixth and Seventh Circuits upholding certification orders in...
View ArticleThe Class Action Fairness Act, Law and Strategy – An Indispensable...
If you’re prosecuting or defending a class action or are interested in class action developments (and I’m not sure why on Earth you would be reading this otherwise) you’ll want to know about a great...
View ArticleNo Supreme Court Review of Moldy Washer Cases
Earlier today, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in two highly anticipated appeals of decisions by the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals to grant class certification over breach of warranty...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court to Address CAFA Removal Pleading Standard
Earlier today, the Supreme Court granted cert in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company, LLC v. Owens, No. 13-719, in which it will take up the contours of the standard for providing factual support in...
View ArticleQuel Horreur! La France a Adopté une Loi d’Action du Groupe?
After years of debate, France has finally passed its first “class action” law. Act No. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 (relatif à la Consommation) went into effect on March 18. Chapter One of the new law...
View ArticleBasically the Same Story after Halliburton II?
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision earlier today in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (Halliburton II), its most highly-anticipated class-action-related decision of the...
View ArticleClassActionBlawg’s Top 10 Most Significant Class Action Developments in 2014
In keeping with the time-honored tradition of end-of-the-year top 10 lists, I’ve assembled my annual list of the top 10 most significant class action developments below. Whether these are actually the...
View ArticleUpdate on Proposed Rule 23 Changes
In September, I reported on the Rule 23 Miniconference that I attended in Dallas to discuss the proposed changes being considered by the Rule 23 Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules....
View ArticleDon’t Miss the 5th Annual ABA Western Regional CLE on Class Actions and Mass...
I’m proud to announce that I’ll be chairing the 5th Annual ABA Western Regional CLE on Class Actions and Mass Torts, scheduled for next Friday, June 22, 2018 at the offices of Clyde & Co. in San...
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