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Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.

By | January 14, 2014
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Slowpoke Report: Hurricane Ike, Ponzi Scheme and Border-Fence Cases Swamp Judges

Federal judges would rather not be on Texas Lawyer's annual Slowpoke Report, but sometimes it's out of their control.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Seek to Consolidate Target Data Breach Suits

Attorneys who filed class actions against Target Corp. over its security breach last month have moved to coordinate the swelling tide of litigation, estimated at nearly 50 lawsuits.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Seyfarth Report Says Wage and Hour Class Actions Rising

Trends that emerged in workplace class and collective action litigation during 2013 probably won't be going anywhere fast, according to Seyfarth Shaw's annual study that tracks these trends and provides detailed information on relevant litigation.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Court Bars Offers of Judgment in Class Actions

N.J. court decides to ban offers of judgment in class actions, bringing it into agreement with the Third Circuit.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

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

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