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Judge Grants Final Approval to 3M's PFAS Settlement, Cites 'Lack of Substantive Opposition'

Under the deal, 3M will provide at least $10.5 billion but could pay up to $12.5 billion, depending on the number of participants.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Up to $1.1 Billion: Inside the Settlement Resolving Most of Philadelphia's Risperdal Cases

According to settlement records, the settlement's group expenses were $33 million, with additional costs expected to be incurred.
7 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Upholds $8.8M Judgment, Finding Retailer Violated Overtime Pay Laws

"Simply put, a sales employee's commissions are one type of compensation, and overtime and Sunday pay are separate types of compensation that require employers to make additional payments to employees. By attempting to allocate amounts owed to its sales employees in commissions toward their overtime and Sunday premium draws, Jordan's did not provide its sales employees with separate and additional overtime and Sunday pay, thereby violating the overtime and Sunday pay statutes," Justice Serge Georges, Jr., said.
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National Law Journal

Arguing Class Actions: The Supreme Court's Evolving 'Standing' Standard and What It Means for Class Actions

Arguing Class Actions is a monthly column for the National Law Journal written by DiCello Levitt's Adam J. Levitt.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

These South Florida Yacht Brokers May Need Representation as Antitrust Class Surfaces

"Because this is such a big case, ... we expect other suits to follow," said Ricardo Martinez-Cid, of Miami's Podhurst Oreck.
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The Recorder

9th Circuit Rejects Securities Allegations Against Biotech Company's COVID-19 'Cure' Claim

"It seems likely that the bump in the price of Sorrento's stock in the week of May 15 provided it with more revenue from its agreement with Anarki to purchase stock, but Zenoff does not allege any particular improper or inflated sales. Indeed, as defendants note, Zenoff identifies no individual stock sales at all," Judge Consuelo Callahan wrote on behalf of the court.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

3M Legal Chief Moves Onto Company's Highest-Paid List After Year of Taming Threats

Chief Legal Affairs Officer Kevin Rhodes "drove actions to reduce risk and uncertainty through reduced exposure to litigation and regulatory risk," 3M's compensation committee says in the company's newly filed proxy statement.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyer Sues Bank of America in IOLTA Class Action

"If you talk to Bank of America about why they did it, you can't really get a consistent explanation for that," class attorney Neil R. Anapol said.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Trying to Make Some Order Out of All This Chaos': Thoughts on the MDL Process from 3 Federal Judges

"We love trying to get to the end of what seems like an intractable problem and the MDL is the perfect mechanism for that problem-solving talent to come out in members of the federal bench," said U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, chair of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification of Class of Advertisers Accusing Meta of Misrepresenting Ad Reach Potential

"Given that all class members encountered the same misrepresentation about Potential Reach—the nucleus of the fraud—the slight variations in the other information available on the Ads Manager did not defeat the commonality of the misrepresentation," Judge Sidney R. Thomas said.
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