The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sean R. Keegan | June 7, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis is a win for employers who have included or wish to include class action waivers in arbitration agreements that employees are required to sign as a condition of employment.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 7, 2018
Facebook and several of the plaintiffs had supported the move to multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 6, 2018
Claims by and on behalf of 22 women are going to trial over whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused ovarian cancer
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | June 5, 2018
Manufacturer John Crane Inc. can't sue Shein Law and Simon Greenstone for fraud in its own home state.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael A. Sabino and Anthony Michael Sabino | June 5, 2018
Epic is notable, not only for its precise enforcement of the agreements to arbitrate, but also for the valuable lessons it imparts regarding statutory construction and judicial restraint.
By Jenna Greene | June 4, 2018
Some would-be class actions are so ridiculous that all you can do is shake your head and think “Wow, the lawyer who filed that passed the bar?” But what if there's actually something more nefarious afoot?
By Amanda Bronstad | May 31, 2018
A Boston federal judge has ordered the head of a pension fund to explain why the fund should still continue to be lead plaintiff, in light of suggestions that it didn't catch millions of dollars in overcharges by lawyers leading the class action.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 30, 2018
Plaintiffs' lawyers appointed to lead multidistrict litigation are starting to be less and less of a "boys club," but those gains are coming slowly. According to ALM statistics that I compiled, women increasingly are getting leadership posts--although they aren't always at the very top and still make up less than 30 percent.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 30, 2018
U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan found that individual officers of New Jersey-based Bil-Jim Construction Co. Inc., a subcontractor hired to rebuild the beaches near Barnegat Bay, were not personally liable under the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act.
By Jenna Greene | May 30, 2018
Ah, constitutional law. Where judges can reach back to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in defense of the proposition that it's OK to smoke (as opposed to eat or vape) medical marijuana.
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