New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Marty M. Judge and Franklin J. Riesenburger | September 6, 2018
Two seemingly unrelated recent events are likely to have a significant impact on environmental litigation in New Jersey.
By Michael Booth | September 6, 2018
The settlement, which provided that each class member was eligible to receive $4 as compensation, was challenged by one plaintiff who claimed she did not receive proper notice of the settlement because the notice was sent to her attorney and not directly to her.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 5, 2018
Amicus briefs from the Chamber, 31 state AGs, and others are flowing in, in advance of an Oct. 31 U.S. Supreme Court argument weighing administration of cy pres funds in class settlements.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 5, 2018
Amicus briefs from all side are flowing in, in advance of an Oct. 31 U.S. Supreme Court argument weighing administration of cy pres funds in class settlements.
By R. Robin McDonald | September 5, 2018
Attorneys representing hundreds of consumer plaintiffs whose financial and personal information was exposed in a massive data breach at Equifax last year challenged arguments by the credit bureau's lawyers that no one suffered harm, and if they did, Equifax is not at fault.
By Zach Schlein | September 5, 2018
Broward attorney Justin Zeig filed a class action lawsuit against the Pollack & Rosen firm in the Southern District of Florida Monday. The suit alleges that the firm and debt buyer Midland Funding violated consumers' rights during debt collections.
By Kristen Rasmussen | September 4, 2018
A recently filed securities class action against CBS is the latest attempt by investors to hold company directors and officers responsible for an executive's alleged sexual misconduct. But will the courts buy it?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok, Jay A. Dubow and Matthew D. Foster | September 4, 2018
On Aug. 13, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in a securities fraud class action, Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, which could dampen a defendant's use of judicial notice and incorporation-by-reference to aid in its motion to dismiss, especially in the securities class action setting.
By Charles Toutant | August 31, 2018
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt found that the city intentionally destroyed evidence and made deliberate mischaracterizations to the court. He ruled that the putative class, consisting of thousands of individuals formerly detained in the city jail, is now entitled to an adverse inference at trial.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | August 31, 2018
Cigna lost in its attempt to dismiss a prospective class action alleging it overcharged clients. The federal lawsuit against it now goes to the discovery phase.
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