Anyone interested in curious in an outsider’s critique of the U.S. class action system should be following the debate over the adoption of an opt-out collective action scheme in the U.K. Opponents of opt-out collective actions point to the “looniness” of the American system as a reason why not to adopt a similar scheme. Proponents [...]
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UK Facing Identity Crisis in Class Action Debate?
Posted in Class Action Legislation, Class Action News, class action reform, International Class Action Law, tagged class action reform, european class action, International Class Action Law, opt out collective action, uk class actions, UK collective action on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UK’s Civil Justice Council Recommends US-Style Procedures for Collective Actions
Posted in Class Action Legislation, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Reports and Surveys, tagged British class action, civil justice council, class action reform, collective action, cy pres, european class action reform, International Class Action Law, UK class action, UK collective action on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As reported today in the UK trade publication Professional Pensions, the Civil Justice Council, a governmental advisory committee charged with studying and recommending policy decisions relating to civil justice issues, issued a report earlier this month recommending that enhanced collective action procedures be adopted in the British civil courts. The procedures, if adopted, would include many of the [...]
Institute for Litigation Reform: “America’s securities class action system is broken . . .”
Posted in Class Action Legislation, class action reform, Class Action Trends, Reports and Surveys, tagged Class Action Legislation, class action reform, class action statistics, securities class actions, SLAATA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two news sources reported today on a forum sponsored by the Manhattan Institute to discuss a research paper releaseed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute of Legal Reform (ILR). See the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch section and an American Lawyer article by Brian Baxter posted on Law.com. The report and press release is available for [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Legislation, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, Other class action blogs, Reports and Surveys, tagged blawg review, blog review, class action blawg review, class action blog review, class action blogs on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some blog postings from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners. The topic headings may or may not be a permanent addition to this weekly column. They made sense this week given logical groupings in the topics being discussed around the blogosphere. Let me know what you think. Class Action Decisions The Complex [...]
Bill Proposed to Address Perceived Problem of Systemic Class Action Abuse
Posted in Class Action Legislation, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, tagged Bill Lerach, class action reform, lawsuit abuse, lodestar, Milberg Weiss on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
According to an AP story published today, Texas Senator John Cornyn has introduced a bill “aimed at protecting shareholders from rogue attorneys” in securities class actions. Senator Cornyn’s bill, not coincidentally, was introduced on the same day that class action attorney William Lerach reported to prison for a 2-year term for paying illegal kickbacks to securities class action [...]
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