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The Perfect Video Game for Anyone Fed Up with Class Action Lawyers

Posted in Class Action Humor, Off Topic, tagged , , on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I shouldn’t encourage this, but I just couldn’t resist.  OTS Software offers a free game called “Class Action Killers,” which it describes as follows: Class Action Killers is a 3D 3rd-person shooter game. Attorney Max Fees has dispatched his lethal lawyers to destroy the city. You must stop his lawyers and put an end to [...]

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5 Blogs & 5 Blawgers

Posted in Off Topic, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , on September 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »

“A good fortune may forebode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune.”  – Chinese Proverb I’ve been sent the blogging equivalent of a chain letter.  The kind folks at Drug and Device Law Blog have tagged ClassActionBlawg.com with an Internet Meme (if you don’t know, click the link–It was the first I’d heard of such a [...]

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Class Action Haiku

Posted in rule 23, tagged , on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Certification of a class requires proof of numerosity.

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Your Team Didn’t Win the Super Bowl? A Class Action Might Make You Feel Better.

Posted in Class Action News, tagged , , , , , , on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I couldn’t resist commenting on this tidbit of class action-related news today.  A New Jersey federal judge has granted a motion for extention of time to amend the complaint and make service of process in a would-be class action filed by a disgruntled New York Jets fan against the New England Patriots and their coach, Bill [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. See You in Court!

Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Browsing the class action newswires today I came across this press release announcing a class action filed by a group of disgruntled mothers against their ungrateful offspring.  The suit, apparently a putative injunctive class action sought to be certified under Rule 23(b)(2), seeks an order that children “stop asking because from now on they are not getting – without more gratitude.”  [...]

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Partial Glossary of Representative Actions and Terms

Posted in Class Action Trends, Other Representative Actions, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I commented recently on the fact that the well publicized “class-action” trial against the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs was never actually certified as a class action.  Instead, the case is being pursued by two nonprofit veterans’ advocacy groups who are pursuing the case on behalf of their members based on a concept called associational [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , , on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some blog posts of interest to class action lawyers from this past week.  Special thanks this week to Kimberly Kralowec of The UCL Practitioner and Scott Leviant of The Complex Litigator for adding links to ClassActionBlawg.com on their blogrolls… The Complex Litigator critiques the continued use of coupon settlements in class action settlements: http://thecomplexlitigator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/coupon-only-set.html The UCL [...]

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Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged , , , , , on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are some blog entries of interest to class action lawyers from this past week: The Complex Litigator provides a thoughtful response to recent criticisms of California class action law and plaintiffs’-oriented class action lawyers.  (See earlier article for analysis): http://www.thecomplexlitigator.com/2008/04/daily-journal-f.html http://www.thecomplexlitigator.com/2008/03/class.html Pom Talk blog for institutional investors discusses proposed EU class action reforms: http://www.pomtalk.com/pomtalk/2008/04/european-union.html D [...]

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