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ClassActionBlawg.com Slapped with Class Action Lawsuit

Posted in Commentary, tagged , , on August 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Not really.  I just had to vent. Try typing the phrase “class action” into a Google news search on any given day and you’ll find hundreds of catchy headlines like: Blue Sky Mining Company Hit with Class Action Suit Over Deplorable Work Conditions Dewey Cheatham & Howe Announces Major Class Action Against Quickie Mart Stores Class Action Could Bring [...]

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CAB Showcase on Class Action-Related Print Materials

Posted in Lawyers' Resources, Reports and Surveys, tagged , , , , , , on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I finally found a few moments the other day to organize the teetering stack of professional journals, magazines, and flyers that had been piling up in my inbox.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the most recent issue of the ABA Commercial & Business Litigation section’s Winter newsletter is a collection of articles focusing on [...]

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Class Action News Tidbits

Posted in Class Action News, tagged , , on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m still on the road with plans to return to Denver later today, but in the interest of keeping the loyal reader completely up to date on the latest in class action news, here are a couple of quick items: This Vancouver Sun article summarizes a NERA Consulting report on trends in securities class action litigation continues [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action-Related Post of the Week Debbie Schlussel does not think too much of a class action settlement offering “victims” free makeup and perfume that the named plaintiffs’ claimed cosmetics companies cheated them out of in an [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

CABWR is finally back after a three week holiday hiatus!  Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action Decisions CAFA Law Blog discusses a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision addressing jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) before reversing class certification in [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in CLE Programs, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Top Stories that Are Hopefully Not Indicative of Class Action Trends Overlawyered reports on a courtroom fistfight between two lawyers pursuing rival class action suits against the same defendant: http://overlawyered.com/2008/12/new-orleans-brawl-between-class-action-lawyers/ Class Action Decisions How Appealing summarizes and [...]

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Class Action Blogojevich Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, class action reform, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Class Action-Related Post of the Week Kudos to the folks at Drug and Device Law Blog on their excellent review, with the help of O’Melveny’s John Beisner, of the most recent draft of ALI’s Principles of Aggregate Litigation: http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/2008/12/umm-what-he-said.html [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, Reports and Surveys, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , , , on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Class Action Blawgosphere Review “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the Week In Monday’s ClassActionBlawg entry, I commented about the possibility of “nested” class actions, or class actions seeking damages for breach of fiduciary duty for failing to make a claim in another securities class action.  Bruce Carton of Securities Docket was quick to point out in response that not only was [...]

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Collective Suit Filed over Tainted Milk in China After All

Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged , , , , on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Chinese lawyers have decided to pursue a collective action against the government-owned manufacturer of milk that sickened tens of thousands of people earlier this fall.  As discussed in this October 1, 2008 ClassActionBlawg entry, victims and their lawyers were slow to turn to the courts for redress due at least in part to pressure from government officials that pursue redress through [...]

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