By Amanda Bronstad | January 24, 2018
The court's parsing of a lower court's “choice-of-law” analysis in a multistate class action settlement could cause hurdles for future nationwide classes.
By Erin Mulvaney | January 24, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the consolidated cases at the start of the term in October, just before the #MeToo movement would take off nationally.
By Monika Mesa | January 24, 2018
The Moskowitz Law Firm began operating in early January and expects to expand quickly.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 23, 2018
Plaintiffs lawyers are fighting accusations by an objector that their $38 million fee request in the Anthem data breach settlement was “outrageous on its face” and required a special master to investigate potential over-billing.
By Charles Toutant | January 23, 2018
A federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, has denied class certification in multidistrict litigation claiming that Tropicana orange juice was falsely promoted as all-natural.
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By Richard J. Schager Jr. | January 23, 2018
Richard J. Schager Jr. writes: In a 4-3 decision last month, a divided New York Court of Appeals held that where an action brought as a class action is voluntarily dismissed, CPLR 908 requires both (1) judicial approval and (2) notice to the putative class, even where the class has not been certified, and even if no class certification motion has been made.
By Jenna Greene | January 23, 2018
IP litigator Constance Ramos' sex bias suit against Winston & Strawn is a tale of a lateral move gone bad. Now, the case may hinge on whether a non-equity partner is really just an employee. Also, Gibson Dunn wins big for Tropicana.
By Colby Hamilton | January 23, 2018
At a fairness hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald indicated she has no issue with the fairness of the proposed settlements in a leading LIBOR class action.
By Erica Rutner | January 23, 2018
On Dec. 8, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted China Agritech's certiorari petition in Resh v. China Agritech, 857 F. 3d 994 (9th. Cir. 2017). In accepting certiorari, the Supreme Court will decide whether a class action filing tolls the limitations period for putative class members who wish to file additional class actions—an issue that fundamentally impacts the often-criticized practice of filing successive class action litigations.
By Colby Hamilton | January 22, 2018
Arent Fox's Les Jacobowitz asked but no one—not class counsel, the judge, and certainly not the banks—had an answer. So he tried to answer the question himself, and in doing so hopes to convince Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald to blow up proposed settlements with the banks.
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