This evening, I came across an excellent blog article by David J. Sales, a trial lawyer with the Florida personal injury firm, Searcy Denney. His article discusses Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s vote in favor of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and the significance of that vote in demonstrating an independent streak, allowing him to counter John McCain’s claim to being the [...]
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Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged attorneys fees, blawg review, blog review, CAFA, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, class action publicity, class action review, Class Action Trends, fee sharing, fee splitting, International Class Action Law on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some blog entries from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action Decisions The UCL Practitioner quotes a recent California Court of Appeal decision reversing a trial court’s order denying class certification on the ground that the court had not allowed pre-certification discovery of the identity of [...]
CAFA Official Notice Requirements in Action
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, tagged 28 U.S.C. 1715, appropriate government official, attorney general actions, CAFA, Class Action Fairness Act, class action notice, class notice, consumer class actions on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’re interested in what “appropriate” governmental officals could do after receiving notice of a federal class action settlement, here’s a case that might interest you. (See my earlier entries on the official notice requirements of 28 U.S.C. 1715 dated March 28 and April 9). In Figueroa v. Sharper Image Corp., Case No. 05-21251-CIV-ALTONAGA/Bandstra (S.D. Fla., [...]
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Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, Reports and Surveys, tagged CAFA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, class certification decision, ERISA Class Action, International Class Action Law, securities class action, transnational class action on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CABWR Challenge of the Week Recap I’m very disappointed to have to report that last week’s “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the Week did not generate a single vote or comment. This means that I must arbitrarily assign a label for class actions filed against institutional investors for failing to make a claim in another [...]
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