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Critical Mass: The Torts You Need to Watch This Year

Also up, a look at a law school attempt to diversify MDL appointments.
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Critical Mass: Equifax Exhaustion? | 15 Firms Fight Over $500M in Fees | Who's Handling Marriott Data Breach Lawsuits

In a lengthy Atlanta courtroom appearance, lawyers from 400 class actions stemming from Equifax's massive breach last year made their case as to why the suits should be dismissed.
5 minute read

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Europe's Oui to Class Actions | Monsanto Raises Red Flag in Roundup Take Two | Who Tops the 'Worst Corporate Conduct' List?

Consumer Education Foundation's Laura Antonini says the EU's incorporation of "the loser pays principle, together with the new prohibition on contingency fees" in its class action proposal "slams shut the courthouse doors" for plaintiffs bringing "legitimate" cases.
5 minute read

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Critical Mass: Marriott Data Breach, Lawyers Are Plaintiffs | A New No. 1 in Judicial 'Hellholes' Report | Objecting to Class Action Objectors

For lawyers, the Marriott breach "hits close to home," says Whitfield, Bryson & Mason's Gary Mason, himself a Marriott member, who is repping another attorney in a class action against the hotel chain.
5 minute read

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Critical Mass: Martian Attack at SCOTUS? Plus, Talc Set for Debut in New York Supreme Court

As NASA landed a vehicle on the surface of Mars, two U.S. Supreme Court justices spun a hypothetical during oral arguments that involved a 'Martian invasion.'
5 minute read

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Critical Mass: Judge Greenlights $300 M in Fees in Currency-Exchange Price-Fixing Case. Plus, Complaint Alleges Online Retailer Spied on Shoppers.

Litigation over banks' pricing of currency trades involved several hundred attorneys working over the course of five years, resulting in what the plaintiffs claim is the third largest antitrust class action settlement in history.
7 minute read

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Critical Mass: Midterm Class Actions | New Settlement Guidelines in California | J&J's New Firm for Talc Retrial

A look at this week's happenings in the world of class actions and mass torts.
5 minute read

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Critical Mass : MDL Rules in the Works? | SCOTUS Hears Cy Pres Case | Ghosts of Mirena's Past

Also up, a look at how a pancake eating contest turned perilous, and Morgan & Morgan gets hit with a $5M malpractice verdict.
5 minute read

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Critical Mass: Judge Rounds Down the RoundUp Verdict. Plus: First Circuit Excludes Uninjured Claimants From Class

A San Francisco judge slashed a $289 million Roundup verdict, but her decision left plaintiffs' lawyers cheering as it accepted punitive damages as justified.
4 minute read

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Critical Mass: The Roundup Ruling That Could Slash a $289M Verdict

Plus, Talc on Trial: Who Won?
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