Magnified by the most recent credit crisis, subprime mortgage litigation continues to be a hot topic among those following developments in class actions. Peter Page of the National Law Journal authored an interesting article, published today, discussing the most recent wave of lawsuits stemming from the ugly recent turn in the subprime mortgage crisis. The article focuses on recent securities fraud [...]
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Trends in Subprime Crisis Class Action Litigation
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, tagged Class Action Trends, credit crisis class action, securities fraud class action, subprime class action, subprime crisis, subprime litigation trends on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Does an Opt-Out Collective Action Scheme Spell Doom for Businesses in the UK?
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged British class action, class action reform, Class Action Trends, collective action, International Class Action Law, opt in, opt out, opt out collective action, UK class action on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fullbright & Jaworski International attorneys Antony Corsi and Ian Pegram authored an article published yesterday in the Times Online discussing whether proposed opt-out collective action procedures are likely to lead to huge increases in litigation costs for companies doing business in the UK and due to a rash of frivolous class actions. As I have noted in previous entries, the British [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged class action blawg review, class action blog review, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some blog entries from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action-Related Post of the Week Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log provides a nice overview of a Massachusetts federal court’s decision to certify two multi-state subclasses of consumers in a case against pharmaceutical companies for allegedly inflating the Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs), used in establishing reimbursement [...]
Pair of Upcoming CLE Programs to Focus on International Group Litigation Issues
Posted in Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, International Class Action Law, tagged class action CLE, CLE Programs, international law on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you’re interested in following international developments in class action law, there are a couple of upcoming ABA CLE programs that might be of interest. Unfortunately, the are both scheduled for the same weekend, so you’ll have to choose: The 12th Annual National Institute on Class Actions is scheduled for November 7 at the New York [...]
Governmental Immunity from Negligence Claims an Issue in Recent U.S. and Canadian Class Action Rulings
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Commentary, Federal Court Decisions, International Class Action Law, tagged canadian class action law, Crown Liability Act, Federal Tort Claims Act, FEMA, FTCA, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina class action on October 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Class action suits against governmental agencies in the U.S. and Canada for alleged negligence saw mixed results in a pair of recent rulings this past week, with a favorable ruling for the plaintiffs from a federal trial court in Louisiana and a ruling for the government by an appellate court in Ontario. As the AP reported on Friday, a federal [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged blawg review, blog review, CAFA, class action blog, Class Action Decisions, class action developments, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, class certification decisions on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A bout of the stomach flu delayed this week’s CABWR, but better late than never. Here are some blog entries from the week that was (plus a few days) that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action-Related Post of the Week This entry from Wage Law about a conversation overheard between two judges in [...]
Tainted Milk Case Accentuates Differences Between Chinese and American Tort Law
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, china law, chinese class action, chinese law, comparative law, tainted milk on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Christian Science Monitor published an interesting article on September 22 exploring the reasons why the scandal involving melanine-tainted milk that has killed at least four children and sickened tens of thousands more in China has not resulted in the flood of litigation that the incident would have caused in the United States. The article discusses several reasons why Chinese consumers have been slow to resort to [...]
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“Not Enough Class Action Suits”
Posted in Class Action Trends, Commentary, International Class Action Law, tagged consumer class action, consumer fraud, International Class Action Law, israel class action, israeli class action, product liability class action on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Jerusalem Times published an interesting op-ed article today praising a Tel Aviv court’s decision in a consumer class action. The case arose out of allegations that the defendant had knowingly used a carcinogenic silicon compound to line its milk cartons. The class action was brought not on behalf of a class of persons alleged to have been physically harmed by the milk [...]
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