In a case rife with lessons, a lawyer learned another valuable one today: If you’re going to dish out the vitriol in your briefing with certain judges, be ready to be put in your place. The case of Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co. is already famous for the suggestion made by plaintiffs’ counsel in oral [...]
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The Seventh Circuit is Serious, All Writs Act Allows District Court to Enforce Collateral Estoppel Effect of its Class Certification Denial – Or – Don’t $%#& with Posner
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Settlements, Class Action Trends, tagged all writs act, blackmail settlement, class action abuse, class action reform, Class Action Settlements, collateral estoppel, posner, sears, sears class action, sears dryer, stainless, thorogood on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congressmen seek investigation on practices of class action lawyers: A good use of taxpayer dollars?
Posted in Class Action News, Commentary, tagged class action abuse, congressional investigation, dickie scruggs, william lerach on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is an article on CFO.com that caught my eye today. Reportedly, Republican Congressmen John Boehner and Lamar Smith have sent letters to Democratic majority leaders seeking an investigation into what the article refers to as “the practices of the class actions litigation industry.” Certainly, there have been some high-profile abuses among members of the plaintiffs’ class [...]
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Posted in Class Action Trends, Commentary, Consumer Class Actions, tagged arbitration, arbitration waiver, AT&T Mobility, class action abuse, class action lawyer, class arbitration waiver, concepcion, consumer class action, corporate greed, defense lawyer, entrepreneurial litigation, plaintiffs' lawyer, scalia, trial lawyer on May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In response yesterday’s entry discussing Daniel Fisher’s article on the potential impacts of Concepcion, I got one of the best comments that I’ve ever received on this site. It comes from Portland complex injury and consumer class action attorney David Sugerman, who blogs at www.davidsugerman.com. Of course, I disagree with just about every word of it, but with imagery like a bunch [...]
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