PriceWaterhouseCoopers has published its 13th annual report on trends in private securities class actions. The 2008 report offers a variety of statistics, trends, and insights into securities class action litigation from the past year. Some of the statistical highlights include an overall increase in filings but a decrease in the number and amount of settlements. The [...]
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PWC Issues Annual Securities Class Action Report
Posted in Reports and Surveys, Securities Class Actions, tagged class action report, class action statistics, Class Action Trends, securities class action on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
LSI’s Litigating Class Actions Conference to Be Held in Seattle on May 7 and 8
Posted in CLE Programs, tagged class action CLE, class action conference, Class Action Trends on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got an email the other day about LSI’s 5th Annual Litigating Class Actions conference. I’ve been to this seminar in the past and thought it was very well done. I can’t make it this year, but for anyone interested I thought I’d pass along the details: Litigating Class Actions – 5th Annual Conference May 7 & [...]
Forbes: Market Downturn Hasn’t Boosted Securities Class Action Business
Posted in Class Action Trends, Securities Class Actions, tagged Class Action Trends, securities class action on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forbes.com published an insightful article on March 11, 2009 discussing trends in securities class action lawsuits. Citing statistics from the Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, the article discusses various factors that may explain why the total amount of securities class action settlements has fallen from $16.3 billion in 2006 to $3.1 billion last year. Among the possible [...]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Report Offers Nice Summary of Class Action Trends from 2008
Posted in Class Action Trends, Reports and Surveys, tagged Class Action Decisions, class action issues, Class Action Trends, gibson dunn report on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a class action defense lawyer in an Am Law 100 law firm, I usually don’t make it a practice to highlight the class action publications of competing U.S. firms, but Gibson Dunn & Crutcher‘s year-end class action report is such a great resource that I had to make an exception. The report, published earlier this month, highlights statistical [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged class action articles, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, class action settlement, Class Action Trends, class certification 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 [...]
2008 Recap of Class Action Decisions and Trends, America Votes
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, tagged Class Action Decisions, class action reform, class action scandal, Class Action Trends, class certification, FACTA, foreign cubed, International Class Action Law, pollution class action, RICO Class Action, rule 23, scheme liability, securities fraud, tila, wage and hour class action on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As the new year approaches, everyone seems to be doing a “top ten” list for 2008, so of course, ClassActionBlawg has to have one too. However, this “top ten” list has two improvements. First, the rankings will be decided by reader vote. Second, and even better, it goes to 11! So, here are some key class action [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, tagged CAFA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends 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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Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged brinkley, CAFA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, global coordinating counsel, mass tort litigation, securities class action, TCPA, wage and hour class action 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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