While we here in the U.S. continue to litigate class actions over snake oil products and 75 cent charges on our cell phone bills, Canadian class action lawyers have been finding ingenious ways to use class actions to effectuate real social change. The latest example, according to FP Legal Post, is a class action filed in B.C. against the University [...]
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Sticking it to the Man in Canada, Class Action Style
Posted in Class Action News, Human Rights Class Actions, tagged british columbia class action, canadian class action law, International Class Action Law, parking ticket class action on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More on Sotomayor, Class Actions and Business
Posted in Class Action News, Other class action blogs, tagged sotomayor, supreme court nomination, supreme court nominee, u.s. supreme court, United States Supreme Court on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To follow up with yesterday’s CAB entry on Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, here are some key quotes from other entries from around the web discussing her record in class actions and related litigation: Business Week: ”When it comes to class-action lawsuits and securities-fraud cases, Sotomayor’s record holds as a pragmatist.” http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/05/sotomayor_on_di.html?chan=top%20news_top%20news%20index%20-%20temp_news%20+%20analysis (via Securities Docket) Lots, Stocks, [...]
Predicting Claims Rates in Class Action Settlements
Posted in Practice Tips, tagged claim rate, claims filing rate, claims made settlement, claims rate, class action settlement, common fund settlement, notice administrator, settlement benefits, settlement claim, take rate on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Dan Trudeau of Rust Consulting for recommending a useful article authored by his colleague Tiffaney Allen entitled Anticipating Claims Filing Rates in Class Action Settlements. The article is dated November 2008, but it was new to me. The article provides only a basic summary of the many factors that can impact settlement claims rates, but it [...]
California Supreme Court Issues Decision on UCL Standing Issues in In re Tobacco II Cases
Posted in Class Action Decisions, tagged 17200, california consumer class action, consumer protection, tobacco II, tobacco litigation, ucl, unfair competition law on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The California Supreme Court today issued its highly awaited decision in In re Tobacco II Cases, No. S147345 (Cal., May 18, 2009). The 4-3 majority opinion addressed two issues relating to standing in class actions filed under the California Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”): 1) the UCL “standing requirements are applicable only to the class representatives, and not [...]
Chinese Drywall Litigation: How Best to Protect Your Company
Posted in Class Action Trends, tagged chinese drywall, construction class action, product liability class action on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Baker & Hostetler‘s products liability and construction litigation practice teams issued an Executive Alert today on class action and other litigation involving allegedly defective drywall manufactured in China. This is a litigation trend that has been getting quite a bit of press lately. Here is an excerpt from the Alert: Florida homeowners have filed at least six [...]
Speeding Ticket? Don’t Just Fight it, File a Class Action
Posted in Class Action News, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law, manitoba class action, photo enforcement, photo radar, speeding ticket on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to this story from the CBC News, a class action has been filed against the Canadian Province of Manitoba for its policies in issuing and prosecuting photo radar speeding tickets near construction areas. The complaint alleges that the government violated the law by not placing signs properly to mark reduced speed zones and by attempting to enforce reduced speed [...]
May 2009 Federalist Society Class Action Watch Now Available
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, tagged class action article, class action scholarship, federalist society, qui tam on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest issue of the Federalist Society’s Class Action Watch is now up and available on the organization’s website. Thanks to Randy Maniloff of White and Williams LLP, for the tip. A synopsis of Maniloff’s own contribution to the issue, from the author himself, appears below. Other interesting topics covered in the issue include trends in mortgage-backed securities litigation, [...]
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Supreme Court Appointee Sotomayor’s Judicial Record in Class Actions
Posted in Class Action News, Commentary, tagged obama appointee, sonia sotomayor, sotomayor, Supreme Court, supreme court appointee, supreme court appointment on May 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
After hearing and reading countless media reports today about how Supreme Court Appointee Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial record will be scrutinized between now and her confirmation, I got to wondering about her judicial record in class actions. My research turned up a few key cases on class action issues, which I have summarized below. In Dabit v. Merrill [...]
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