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SEC's $47M Life Partners Win Could Derail Investor Class Action

The SEC's award is far less than the $2 billion that the agency was seeking. But it may be more than enough to frustrate plaintiffs lawyers pressing a parallel investor class action against the "life settlement" company and its executives.
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National Law Journal

Takata Exec Defends Decision to Limit Air Bag Recall

Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president for global quality assurance at Takata Corp., on Wednesday defended his company's decision not to initiate a nationwide air bag recall, saying a regional recall is sufficiently addressing a deadly safety defect.
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Corporate Counsel

Takata Exec Defends Decision to Limit Air Bag Recall

Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president for global quality assurance at Takata Corp., said a regional recall is sufficiently addressing a deadly safety defect.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ferraro Team Links Asbestosis Death to FPL

Janpaul Portal and Juan Bauta of the Ferraro Law Firm won a $5.67 million verdict on behalf of a Miami widow whose husband died of asbestosis in 2013 at 88.
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Law.com

Safety Group Seeks to Intervene in Chrysler Case

A federal judge is weighing whether a prominent auto safety group can intervene in a class action to obtain sealed documents about an alleged electronic defect in Chrysler vehicles.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Kotsur v. Goodman Global Inc., PICS Case No. 14-1888 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2014) Shapiro, J. (9 pages).

By | December 02, 2014
CAFA • Class Action • Jurisdiction • $5 Million Threshold
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The Legal Intelligencer

Szczurek v. Prof. Mgmt., Inc., PICS Case No. 14-1885 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2014) Dazell, J. (12 pages).

By | December 02, 2014
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act • Collection Letters • Validation Notice • "Least Sophisticated Debtor"
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The Legal Intelligencer

Joy v. Cutler Group, Inc., PICS Case No. 14-1900 (C.P. Chester Nov. 10, 2014) Tunnell, J. (9 pages).

By | December 02, 2014
Residential And Commercial Real Estate • Construction Defects • Contracts
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New York Law Journal

Jackson v. Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc.

By | December 02, 2014
Motion Seeking Subscriber Data in Suit Over Unsolicited Text Message Only Partly Granted
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Corporate Counsel

Let's Make a Deal. Maybe.

It's still unclear how much leniency a new agency is offering violators that self-report wrongdoing.
4 minute read

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