Two colleagues separately sent me a copy of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision yesterday in Greenberger v. GEICO General Insurance Co., slip op., No. 09-1603 (7th Cir., Jan. 10, 2011) (Sykes, J.), so I thought it was worthy of a summary. Greenberger involved would-be class action claims against an insurer for the alleged practice of not [...]
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A Breach of Contract Doesn’t Equal Fraud, and Other Observations
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Consumer Class Actions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged aftermarket parts, avery, breach of contract, CAFA, Class Action Fairness Act, consumer class action, consumer fraud, federal jurisdiction, fiduciary, fraud, geico, greenberger, insurance class action on January 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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What Fraud Claims Make for a Good Class Action? Justice Breyer has an Idea.
Posted in Commentary, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged breyer, erica p. john fund, fraud, fraud on the market, halliburton, oral argument, presumed reliance, presumption of reliance, reliance, scotus, securities fraud, Supreme Court on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument today in the case of Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., No. 09-1403. A transcript of the argument is now available on the Court’s website. Erica P. John Fund involves the appropriate standard for assessing class certification in securities fraud cases brought under the “fraud [...]
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