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Legal ethics issues affecting funding of class actions, how funding affects ability to bring class actions and implications for settlement values
By Miriam Rozen | June 27, 2017
The fire that killed 79 people in London's Grenfell Tower was a U.K. tragedy, but it's also getting the attention of the securities plaintiffs bar in the United States. That could spell legal trouble for Arconic, the New York-based company that made the exterior paneling being blamed for the fire's ferocity—and potentially for its directors and officers.
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By Ben Hancock | June 27, 2017
The court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could determine whether securities fraud class actions can move forward in state courts.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | June 27, 2017
Defendants in the long-running Goldman Sachs gender bias suit are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to clarify conflicting rulings in the Southern District, which would effectively nullify the plaintiffs' claims.
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By Ross Todd | June 27, 2017
Facebook reached a $3.8 million deal to settle a privacy class action earlier this year, all of which goes to attorneys for the plaintiffs.
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By AMANDA BRONSTAD | June 27, 2017
Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in a closely watched securities case was the first class action in which newly appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch participated, and he didn't disappoint. Gorsuch joined the majority in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in "California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities," in which the court ruled that the time period after which a defendant could no longer be sued by shareholders was a statute of repose that couldn't be tolled.
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By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2017
In a 5-4 ruling delivered at its final sitting, the court strictly interpreted deadlines for opting out of ongoing securities litigation.
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By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court put another hurdle in the path of class action plaintiffs Monday with a 5-4 ruling that strictly interpreted deadlines for opting out of ongoing securities litigation.
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By John Council | June 26, 2017
The Texas Supreme Court will decide this issue of whether a payday lender waived the civil litigation arbitration agreements it had with its customers by filing criminal charges against them and landing some of the borrowers in jail.
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By Catherine Wilson | June 26, 2017
Consumer litigation against major automakers moves forward after Takata seeks bankruptcy protection.
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By Ross Todd | June 26, 2017
If approved, the deal would be the largest data breach settlement in history.
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