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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 thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Plaintiffs' claims against the defendant investment company were not pre-empted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 since they did not assert that defendants' alleged misrepresentations regarding brokerage commissions made a significant difference to their decision to purchase securities. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss in part.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 16, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday reversed its position in a key labor case, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace agreements that ban class actions do not run afoul of federal labor law.
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By Samantha Joseph | June 16, 2017
Q Club Hotel LLC appeared cornered when condominium owners won class certification in a suit over soaring maintenance fees.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 16, 2017
The ruling opens the road for an Alabama class action lawsuit over traffic cameras that catch drivers running red lights.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Class Action Does Not Fall Into Mandatory Exception to Class Action Fairness Act
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By Tom McParland | June 15, 2017
A shareholder in Cabela's Inc. has filed a new class action complaint over the outdoor retailer's $5 billion sale to rival Bass Pro Shop, accusing the Cabela's board of failing to make important disclosures regarding the deal.
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By Amanda Bronstad | June 15, 2017
Eli Lilly & Co. plans to move this month to dismiss a long-standing appeal in a case brought on behalf of a proposed class of consumers who used Cymbalta, an antidepressant prescription drug, according to a status report filed this week. The reason: Monday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in "Microsoft v. Baker," which blocked a controversial procedural tool that allowed plaintiffs to appeal class certification orders by dismissing their own case.
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By Samantha Joseph | June 15, 2017
Coral Springs attorney Mitchel Chusid filed a class action lawsuit to force Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association to cover his wife's $15,600-per-month cancer medication.
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By Ben Hancock | June 14, 2017
The legal saga continues for the once-vaunted blood testing company. But it has scored a significant win in a lawsuit brought on behalf of unhappy patients.
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By Michael Booth | June 14, 2017
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor accusing the operator of 17 Houlihan's restaurants in New Jersey and New York of illegally pocketing portions of servers' and bartenders' tips, and failing to pay them for working overtime.
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