The Class Actions, Derivative Suits, and Mass Torts subsection of the Colorado Bar Association has scheduled its inaugural CLE luncheon for June 25, 2008 at noon at the CBA offices in Denver. The topic will be “appropriate” government official notification of federal class action settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. 1715 (a topic previously discussed [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Get The “Official” Perspective on CAFA Notice to Appropriate Government Officials
Posted in Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, Colorado Class Action News, tagged CAFA notice, class action CLE, CLE program, official notice, section 1715 on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged blog review, blogosphere review, class action blog, class action review, conflict of interest, fen-phen, FLSA, kickback scandals on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of the week already. Here are some blog postings from the past week that might be of interest to class action practitioners. The fallout from several plaintiffs’ class action corruption scandals took center stage in the class action blogosphere this week. Mass Tort Litigation Blog discusses the sentencing of plaintiffs’ class action lawyer Melvyn Weiss… http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/2008/06/mel-weiss-recei.html [...]
Did You Ever Wonder Where Class Actions Came From?
Posted in legal history, tagged 1966 amendments to rule 23, class action history, legal history, legal theory on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you are new to class action law or even if you are a seasoned class action practitioner, you may be curious about the origins and history of class actions. Below you will find a sampling of articles available on the Internet that trace the history of class actions from medieval England to the 1966 amendment to [...]

