Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer has authored an article summarizing the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation, No. 07-1689 (3d Cir., Dec. 30, 2008), which the article calls a “ruling that is sure to be required reading for antitrust lawyers.” The decision also addresses more general class certification issues that are [...]
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Third Circuit Examines Impact of the Rigorous Analysis Standard on Conflicting Expert Testimony
Posted in Antitrust Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged antitrust class action, antitrust injury, class certification, falcon, frcp 23, hydrogen peroxide, rigorous analysis, rule 23 on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
2008 Recap of Class Action Decisions and Trends, America Votes
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, tagged Class Action Decisions, class action reform, class action scandal, Class Action Trends, class certification, FACTA, foreign cubed, International Class Action Law, pollution class action, RICO Class Action, rule 23, scheme liability, securities fraud, tila, wage and hour class action on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As the new year approaches, everyone seems to be doing a “top ten” list for 2008, so of course, ClassActionBlawg has to have one too. However, this “top ten” list has two improvements. First, the rankings will be decided by reader vote. Second, and even better, it goes to 11! So, here are some key class action [...]
Seasons Greetings from ClassActionBlawg
Posted in General Site Information, tagged happy holidays, hiatus, merry christmas on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to take a week away from the blogosphere while I focus on family obligations during Christmas. ClassActionBlawg will be back with more class action-related content next week. In the meantime, my very best wishes to everyone during this holiday season. May your 2009 be filled with joy, peace, and prosperity.
AAJ Weighs in on “Judicial Hellholes”
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, class action reform, tagged aaj, atra, forum shopping, judicial hellholes on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The AAJ hasn’t published a “generous dispensers of recompense” list to compete with the ATRA’s list of “judicial hellholes,” as I very seriously suggested yesterday. But the AAJ did send an email response to Robert J. Ambrogi of Legal Blog Watch in response to his well-publicized post yesterday discussing the ATRA report. Ambrogi has summarized the AAJ response in this follow-up entry. [...]
Where Not to Get Sued
Posted in Class Action Trends, Reports and Surveys, class action reform, tagged class action reform, judicial hellhole, tort reform on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Legal Blog Watch has a new post from Robert J. Ambrogi up today summarizing the latest edition of the American Tort Reform Association‘s annual “Judicial Hellholes” rankings for 2008-09 (see the link on the executive summary page for the full report). Class action lawyers won’t be too surprised by the “honorees” on this year’s list. One [...]
And Now, for Something Completely Different…
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Settlements, Human Rights Class Actions, tagged amnesty, human interest, immigration, immigration class action, immigration law on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking for a refreshing story about a class action settlement that isn’t all about money, the LA Times has a story for you. This article by Teresa Watanabe recounts the history of a series of class actions brought against the U.S. government to obtain amnesty for a classes of immigrants who came to the [...]
“Public Nuisance Class Actions” Clarified
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, environmental class actions on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thomas R. Bender, who blogs on Nuisance Law, recently posted an article entitled Pollution vs. Lawful Product: Nuisance vs. Non-Nuisance, which clarifies some nuances and distingushing characteristics between the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision in Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association and the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette. A November 22 ClassActionBlawg entry [...]
Class Action Blogojevich Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, class action reform, tagged aggregate litigation, class action commentary class action scholarship, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, class certification, International Class Action Law, UDCPA on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action-Related Post of the Week Kudos to the folks at Drug and Device Law Blog on their excellent review, with the help of O’Melveny’s John Beisner, of the most recent draft of ALI’s Principles of Aggregate Litigation: http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/2008/12/umm-what-he-said.html [...]
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Posted in CLE Programs, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, tagged CAFA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Top Stories that Are Hopefully Not Indicative of Class Action Trends Overlawyered reports on a courtroom fistfight between two lawyers pursuing rival class action suits against the same defendant: http://overlawyered.com/2008/12/new-orleans-brawl-between-class-action-lawyers/ Class Action Decisions How Appealing summarizes and [...]
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