In the entertaining Free Refills and Why I Love America, Ann Arbor, Michigan blogger Wally has listed class actions as the number #11 best thing about living in the U.S., just behind the Super Big Gulp. Class action-philes might feel a bit slighted about not making the top 10, but at least we got a mention! Wally’s colorful description of [...]
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Class Actions Make America Great
Posted in Class Action Humor, tagged america class action, entrepreneurial litigation on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Prospecting for Class Action Gold in Canada
Posted in Class Action Trends, Commentary, International Class Action Law, tagged canadian class action law, Class Action Trends, class counsel, employment class action, entrepreneurial litigation, International Class Action Law, lead counsel, private ordering on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian attorney Howard Levitt has an interesting article published today on FinancialPost.com about trends in Canadian employment class action law. The article offers some practical preventative tips for employers, but also makes a few keen observations about the dynamics surrounding a recent increase in employment class actions in Canada, including this gem: It’s a new phenomenon: Roving groups of lawyers searching for corporate [...]


Concepcion Point/Counterpoint
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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