Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 3/5/2008 11:13 PM and filed under Class Action News Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP made its pitch to U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon in Houston today for a $700 million fee award in the settlement of a class action on behalf of Enron investors. See this [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Class Counsel Seeks Large Fee Award in Enron Settlement
Posted in Class Action News on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Journal Record: Oklahoma Appeals Court Bars Multiple Class Action Suits by Members of the Same Class
Posted in Class Action News on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 2/26/2008 9:30 PM and filed under Class Action News According to an article in the Journal Record, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has outlawed the tactic of filing multiple class action suits in different courts by members of the same would-be class. Here is a link to the [...]
Supreme Court Considers Issues in Mass Action Lawsuits
Posted in Supreme Court Decisions on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 2/25/2008 9:29 PM and filed under Supreme Court decisions The U.S. Supreme Court turned down one appeal in a mass tort lawsuit today, but will hear oral arguments in another on Wednesday.The Court denied a Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by several tobacco companies in hundreds of consolidated product liability and fraudulent concealment [...]
“Price Inflation” and “Fraud on the Market” Theories in Consumer Class Actions
Posted in Class Action Trends on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 2/24/2008 6:12 PM and filed under Class Action Trends The “price inflation” theory of causation is a relatively new trend in consumer class actions. Under this theory, the plaintiff asserts that misleading advertising had the effect of artificially inflating the market for a product or service, causing every purchaser to pay [...]
Colorado Supreme Court Accepts Cert in Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Benzing
Posted in Colorado Class Action News on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 2/21/2008 9:43 PM and filed under Colorado Class Action Law In what could be the most important Colorado case involving class action law this year, the Colorado Supreme Court has granted defendant’s petition for cert in Farmer’s Insurance Exchange v. Benzing. Review was granted on the following issues: 1) [...]

