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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

Corporate Counsel

Class Action Takes Aim at Home DNA Diagnosis Kits

Plaintiffs disputes claim that the kits sold by 23andMe Inc. can diagnose a range of illnesses.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Mississippi v. Au Optronics Corp.

By | January 16, 2014
Suit by single state on behalf of itself and its citizens does not constitute a mass action under the federal Class Action Fairness Act, since Congress evidently did not intend the law's numerosity requirement to be satisfied by counting unnamed real parties in interest.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What Not to Do When Settling Injury Litigation

Judges can object to inadequate funding, stratospheric legal fees and terms that are too tough.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Class Actions Mount Over Damages From Bridge Lane Closure Gridlock

The scandal over the closure of local Fort Lee access lanes to the George Washington Bridge last September orchestrated by Gov. Chris Christie's aides and appointees has spilled into the courts, as class-action suits are being lodged by people and businesses claiming they were damaged by the gridlock.
6 minute read

Law.com

Progress in Settling Injury, Death Claims Against Toyota

An attorney for Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that the automaker is in negotiations with attorneys for nearly one-third of the 450 remaining wrongful-death and personal injury cases filed over sudden-acceleration defects.
3 minute read

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