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Former College Athletes Say Atlanta Suit Could Scuttle Their National Video Game Settlement

Lawyers representing thousands of former college athletes waiting for a federal court in California to approve a settlement worth a reported $40 million have accused the National Collegiate Athletic Association of trying to scuttle the deal by bringing a separate suit in Atlanta.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Payout Resolves Objections to $1.6B Toyota Settlement

Some of the most vocal objectors to the $1.6 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. have agreed to drop their challenge in exchange for $1.5 million to research electronics systems used in cars.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, reviews 'Charron v. Weiner,' an appeal involving the issue of when a class-action settlement requires subclassing of the plaintiff class to ensure adequacy of representation pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [FRCP] 23(e) and (a)(4).
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.S. Judge Claims Jurisdiction Over State LIBOR Cases

Southern District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, who gutted federal LIBOR class action litigation back in March, ruled Monday that she has jurisdiction over two high-profile investor state lawsuits filed against banks that set the LIBOR interest rate.
3 minute read

Law.com

Lieff Cabraser Sues Facebook Over Scanning of 'Private' Messages

Partner Michael Sobol accuses the social networking site of trampling users' privacy to sell targeted ads.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Special Master Probing Delays in Health Net Class Settlement Payout

Administration of a $215 million class action settlement with a health insurer is under a microscope as a special master investigates delays in payments to class members.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

State Class Actions 2013 And Call to Repeal CPLR §901(b)

Thomas A. Dickerson and Leonard B. Austin, associate justices of the Appellate Division, Second Department, write: The positive trend in the receptivity of New York courts in making our class action statute more readily available to groups of litigants continued in 2013. In addition, it is time for the Legislature to consider shedding the unnecessary and vestigial CPLR §901(b) so as to make our class action statute as modern and relevant as those of most other states.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Class Counsel Clumsiness No Bar To Certification of Junk-Fax Suit

A federal judge in Camden has certified a junk-fax class-action suit despite objections that class counsel acted unethically in obtaining information about potential plaintiffs and soliciting their participation.
5 minute read

The Recorder

First District Gives Plaintiffs Lawyers Second Bite at Fee Request

4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs Lawyers in Cobb EMC Litigation Seek $29 Million in Fees

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the Cobb Electric Membership Corp. have asked for a total of $29.4 million in fees for their work that led to the $100 million settlement.
4 minute read

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