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What's Next for Class Actions After Scalia?

Justice Antonin Scalia penned three majority opinions that left an indisputable mark on class actions, but now the court must grapple with key issues that linger.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

How Arbitration Swallowed up Consumers' Ability to Bring Lawsuits

When arbitration clauses force the consumer to waive the right to bring a class action, but the dollar amount in dispute is too small to merit a regular lawsuit, the consumer is left without recourse.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Winners & Losers of the Week

1 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Takes Up Suit Over Apple's Siri

Judge Richard Tallman seemed to favor Apple's argument that reasonable customers couldn't expect the new personal assistant feature to work flawlessly on its debut.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Dodges Pre-emption Issue in Arbitration Dispute

A U.S. district judge's refusal to compel arbitration in a putative class action over a debt adjustment scheme has been reversed a second time by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which said the lower court needlessly waded into a potential pre-emption issue without first determining whether an arbitration agreement existed in the first place.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Here's Why Plaintiffs Lawyers Deserve Those Fat Fees

In a Duracell battery case, plaintiffs lawyers got $5.7 million. Their clients got just $345,000. Here's why that's fair.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Flint Water Suits Rise | Sotomayor, the Trial Judge

Lawsuits from victims of the Flint water crisis continue to rise. Justice Sonia Sotomayor at NYU talks juries, post-SCOTUS plans. A federal judge throws out a Texas suit that attempted to block the Obama administration's resettlement of Syrian refugees. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE: Cheesed Off

By | February 08, 2016
A man claims McDonald's is starching up its cheese sticks. Plus: tattoos in video games, Marcia Clark apologizes for permanent damage, and the real reason to vote for John Kasich in this week's column.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

GM Trial Spotlights MDL Flaws

The rift among plaintiffs lawyers that followed last month's stunning collapse of the first trial over General Motors Co.'s ignition-switch defect raised serious accusations of backroom deals and lucrative fee arrangements.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawmakers Look to Regulate Consumer Arbitration, Auto Financing

New Jersey lawmakers have taken initial steps toward enacting three pieces of legislation aimed at increasing consumer protections—two that would regulate the use of arbitration in consumer contract disputes and one that would place restrictions on the use of "payment assurance devices" on financed vehicles.
4 minute read

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