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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 Aleeza Furman | May 7, 2024
Brody ruled that Ikea's deletion of four email accounts significantly prejudiced the plaintiffs, and the company's "conduct and strategy of delay and obfuscation since plaintiffs first inquired about the deleted accounts in January 2023 displayed a lack of candor that is offensive to a court."
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By Amanda O'Brien | May 7, 2024
The proposed settlement would max out the firm's insurance limits and ultimately net $37 million for defrauded investors. It also includes $1.2 million set aside for two groups that seek to pursue their own claims against the firm.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 7, 2024
In a May 4 opening brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, objectors said that the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal discounted the statutory claims of 253 million class members by more than 99.7%.
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By Michael A. Mora | May 6, 2024
Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks are the remaining defendants, with a trial set tip off in November.
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By Adam J. Levitt | May 6, 2024
Arguing Class Actions is a monthly column for the National Law Journal written by DiCello Levitt's Adam J. Levitt.
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By Daniel B. Garrie and Michael Mann | May 3, 2024
While AI in the legal profession still has a long way to go before it truly replaces the role of lawyers and judges on a large scale, AI has many uses that can increase efficiency. It is likely that we will only see AI take on a larger role and continue to change the way we practice law.
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By Jane Wester | May 2, 2024
The panel of Circuit Judges Steven Menashi, Eunice Lee and Sarah Merriam ruled that the definitions of "All Natural" as pleaded failed to create a triable issue of fact. The decision was a win for a team of King & Spalding attorneys.
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By Rhys Dipshan | May 2, 2024
Western Alliance Bank's "2024 Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report found that fraud grew regardless of whether claims were paid via digital payment or paper checks, though digital payments are fast becoming the norm.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 2, 2024
The inaugural Class Action Litigation Report, released on Thursday by Lex Machina, a division of LexisNexis, found class action filings steadily increased from 2014 to 2020, dipped 10% in 2021, then started rising again in 2022. Last year, class action filings jumped 4% to 9,705.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 2, 2024
The inaugural Class Action Litigation Report found class action filings steadily increased from 2014 to 2020, dipped 10% in 2021, then started rising again in 2022. Last year, class action filings jumped 4% to 9,705.
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