It’s not too late to register for Economic Crisis Litigation Update CLE, to be held at the Colorado Bar Association offices in Denver. Here are the details. There are 5 easy ways to register. Download the registration form at 1. FAX the form to the Colorado Bar Association CLE offices at (303) 860-0624 2. MAIL the form [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ERISA Class Action’
Seyfarth Shaw Report Tracks Trends in Workplace Class and Collective Actions
Posted in Class Action Trends, Employment Class Actions, tagged employment and labor, employment class action, ERISA Class Action, labor class action, workplace class action on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Karen Sloan authored this January 21 article in The National Law Journal (available at Law.com) summarizing a recent report by Chicago employment defense firm Seyfarth Shaw summarizing trends in employment-related class and collective actions in 2008. The NLJ article’s summary offers the not-so-surprising conclusion that the poor economy is helping to fuel a surge in class and collective actions [...]
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged CAFA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, ERISA Class Action, International Class Action Law, nflpa class action, PLSRA Class Action, RICO Class Action, TCPA Class Action on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are some blog posts from the (2) weeks that were that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Responses to the October 29 CABWR “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the Week Many thanks to Walter Olson at Point of Law for posting a link to the “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the Week from [...]


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 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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