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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 Jenna Greene | May 19, 2017
It was a one-two punch for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett litigator Joseph McLaughlin, who racked up a pair of wins this week.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 19, 2017
Plaintiffs who have been removed to federal court can't slip out by amending pleadings in ways intended to defeat federal jurisdiction, the court ruled in a 2-1 decision.
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By Erin Mulvaney | May 19, 2017
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s multimillion-dollar agreement this week to compensate employees who were refused benefits for same-sex partners marks one of the first class action settlements brought on behalf of LGBT workers, and it comes at a time when the legal and corporate landscapes are moving toward embracing equal protections.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 19, 2017
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson came out with an order approving class certification in a $10 million data-breach settlement.
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By Cogan Schneier | May 19, 2017
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll partner Joseph Sellers just won approval of a major settlement in a decades-old discrimination class action, for what he hopes is the last time.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 18, 2017
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson reconsidered issues related to class certification at the direction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit but reached the same conclusion.
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By Celia Ampel | May 18, 2017
Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW agree to the settlement affecting more than 15 million consumers.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 16, 2017
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson is considering a $7.75 million settlement to resolve claims against Uber under the Private Attorneys General Act.
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By Cogan Schneier | May 16, 2017
The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allows the use of the controversial practice in a decades-old class action discrimination case.
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By Andrew Denney | May 15, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge has certified a class to bring suit against an investment management firm accused of misleading the investing public with trumped-up performance data for its trading strategy.
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