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The Legal Intelligencer

Is NFL Concussion Accord on Shaky Ground?

A federal judge's unexpected rejection of the settlement in the NFL concussion case earlier this month has drawn praise from lawyers for some of the former football players who allege they've been kept in the dark on the details of the deal.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Latest Data-Breach Lawsuit Targets Michaels Stores

Michaels Stores Inc. has yet to confirm a suspected security breach announced over the weekend, but at least one lawsuit already has been filed on behalf of its customers.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Class Status Revoked In Lawsuit Against Progressive Insurance

The state Superior Court has revoked the class certification issued to medical providers who have received overdue medical benefit payments from Progressive Insurance Co. excluding interest.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Big Business Wins—Court OKs Antitrust Class Action Waivers

Melvyn B. Ruskin and Natasha A. Moskvina of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek trace the history of arbitration and waiver of class action clauses in the Second Circuit and discuss the stated and hidden reasons behind the enforceability of such clauses.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Pharma Company Fails to Nix Class Action

A class action brought against Hemispherx Biopharma by its shareholders has survived a motion to dismiss in federal court in Philadelphia.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report: Securities Class Actions Up in 2013

The bigger settlements got bigger, while the smaller ones shrunk.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Truck Stop Chains Set to Settle With Class for $130 Mil.

Lawyers representing a proposed class of about 4,000 independent truck stops announced Tuesday that they've reached a $130 million settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against leading trucker fleet payment card company Comdata Inc., as well as three national truck-stop chains.
3 minute read

Law.com

BP Takes Bid to Rewrite Settlement to Full Fifth Circuit

BP PLC has petitioned an en banc panel of a federal appeals court to rehear a three-judge panel's recent decision upholding the fairness of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The 'Genesis' of a New Era for Class Action Defendants?

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk has sparked a debate over the ruling's future impact on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 class actions.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Nat'l Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litig., PICS Case No. 14-0065 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 14, 2014) Brody, J. (12 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
NFL Class Action • Preliminary Approval • Class Certification • Potential Class Members' Rights • Sufficiency of the Record • Adequacy of Settlement Fund
3 minute read

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