As a class action defense lawyer in an Am Law 100 law firm, I usually don’t make it a practice to highlight the class action publications of competing U.S. firms, but Gibson Dunn & Crutcher‘s year-end class action report is such a great resource that I had to make an exception. The report, published earlier this month, highlights statistical [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Report Offers Nice Summary of Class Action Trends from 2008
Posted in Class Action Trends, Reports and Surveys, tagged Class Action Decisions, class action issues, Class Action Trends, gibson dunn report on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Strong Article on International Class Arbitration
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged class action scholarship, International Class Action Law, international class arbitration on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to University of Missouri Law Professor Stacie I. Strong for the following tip about her article on international class arbitration. If you’re interested in developments in either class arbitration or international class action law, this article is a must read: Your readers may be interested in an article on international class arbitration that [...]
Legislator Says Interlocutory Appeals of Class Certification Orders Key to California Economic Recovery
Posted in Class Action News, class action reform, tagged california class action law, class action appeal, class action reform, interlocutory appeal on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to the Daily Pilot and the California Chronicle, a California lawmaker has introduced a bill, AB 298, to allow defendants to file interlocutory appeals of class certification decisions. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Van Tran, has authored a guest blog post on The California Civil Justice Blog explaining the objectives behind the bill, which include helping [...]
Could Korean Serial Killer Class Action Be Worth Billions?
Posted in Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged International Class Action Law, south korea class action, south korea serial killer on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, families of five victims have filed a “class-action” against a confessed serial killer, seeking to recover more than a billion won. The eye-catching amount sought in the case loses some of its “wow” factor when one considers that a billion won, translated into U.S. dollars, amounts to just over $700,000. Regardless of [...]
Is There Hope Yet for Group Lawsuit in Chinese Tainted Milk Case?
Posted in Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, chinese class action, chinese group action, International Class Action Law, melamine, tainted milk on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A February 12 article by Dune Lawrence on Bloomberg.com offers several keen insights into the legal and political challenges facing a group of victims seeking collective relief in the Chinese courts for injuries caused by melamine-tainted milk last year. The article quotes a Chinese lawyer whose thoughts echo those made in previous commentaries about the impact of the [...]
New CADS Report Highlights International Class Action Litigation Trends
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged ABA class action, CADS committee, canada class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just received my quarterly issue of the ABA Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee (CADS) Newsletter. The Winter 2009 issue features several articles on trends in international class action law, highlighted by Class Actions San Frontiers, an article authored by three Canadian panelists from a presentation of the same name from November’s ABA National [...]
Word of Advice for European Class Action Reformers?
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, class action reform, tagged class action reform, european class action, european class action reform, International Class Action Law on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Laptop Legal‘s “Class Action Thought for the Day” looks to West’s “Headnote of the Day” as food for thought for those considering the expansion of class actions in Europe and the former Soviet Union: Purpose of a class action is to simplify the resolution of complex litigation, not complicate it. Ah, if only West headnotes [...]
Second Circuit Strikes Down Class Arbitration Waiver Provision
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged class arbitration, class arbitration provision, class arbitration waiver on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably already heard about the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ opinion on class arbitration waivers in In re: American Express Merchants’ Litigation. But in case you’re as out of the loop as I have been over the past week, the court has posted a copy of the slip opinion on [...]
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Reader Mail: “Do You Think this is for Real?”
Posted in Class Action News, Commentary, tagged class action irony, Class Action Settlements, gift card settlement, Song-Beverly Credit Card Act on February 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I got the following query by email yesterday from Erik Cansler of Class Action Administration, Inc., probably my most loyal reader (maybe my only loyal reader), and got his permission to share with the world. Unfortunately, I can’t confirm the story, but I can say that other reputable blogs, such as Overlawyered, seem to have picked it up, maybe [...]
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