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New Jersey Law Journal

State Courts Are Ill-Equipped To Deal With Mass Torts

When mass-tort cases are heard by state courts, forum shopping is inevitable, and an unfair burden is placed on the states where the claims are filed.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What's Terrible About the TCPA? Almost Everything

There are laws worse than the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act. Yet, if you are a U.S. business, you will be hard pressed to identify one with more irrational remedies for worthy objectives.
8 minute read

Law.com

L'Oreal Anti-Wrinkle-Cream Suits Survive Dismissal Motion in N.J.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss putative class actions alleging that L'Oreal made outlandish claims about its anti-wrinkle products, such as that they 'boost the activity of genes' and 'stimulate cell regeneration.'
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bank v. Independence Energy Group

Federal Rule 23, Not CPLR §901(b), Governs When TCPA Suit May Proceed as Class Action
1 minute read

The Recorder

Williams v. Superior Court (Allstate Insurance Company)

By | December 09, 2013
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

GMOs in Whole Foods Cornflakes? Customers Sue, Seek Class Status

Two plaintiffs have sued Whole Foods Markets Inc. and some of its subsidiaries in federal court in Houston. "Testing by an independent laboratory found that more than 50% of Whole Foods' 365 Everyday Value Corn Flakes were genetically modified," the plaintiffs allege in their complaint.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Should Review 'Washing Machine' Class Cases

In his Complex Litigation column, Herzfeld & Rubin member Michael Hoenig writes that the Supreme Court's grant-vacate-remand orders in two consumer class action suits seemed to be telling the Sixth and Seventh circuits that those courts needed to reconsider their approaches to class certification because their rulings presented grave "predominance" issues, but each circuit panel rejected the Supreme Court's "hint."
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Eastman v. First Data Corporation

The petition for permission to appeal the order denying class certification is dismissed as untimely.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

U.S. Judge Gives Tentative Approval to Ticket-Padding Class-Action Settlement

Concertgoers who paid extra fees at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., will get up to $38 million in free and reduced admission under a settlement given preliminary approval.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Class Action Waivers Validated in NLRB Loss

A decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans upheld the use of class or collective action waivers in arbitration agreements.
4 minute read

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