By P.J. Dannunzio | December 7, 2017
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California has granted final approval of the settlement and approved more than $41 million in attorney fees to class counsel, making up 20 percent of the overall award.
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By Max Mitchell | December 6, 2017
A federal judge has sided with class counsel in the NFL concussion litigation on several disputes, including how the former players' claims should be processed and whether attorney fee awards should be delayed until more payments are made to the claimants.
By Ross Todd | December 1, 2017
SeaWorld is on the offensive against lawyers at Covington & Burling who have been pursuing a class action claiming customers were duped by false portrayals of the park's orcas being healthy and stimulated.
By Ross Todd | November 30, 2017
In what might best be termed a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Uber Technologies Inc. and its outside lawyers, Michael Li-Ming Wong of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher gave the company a sorely needed legal win.
By Samantha Joseph | November 30, 2017
The complaint alleges the hotel illegally attaches an automatic 18-20 percent gratuity to every food and beverage purchase through its restaurants, mini-bars and room service.
By Ross Todd | November 29, 2017
Plaintiff Chad Eichenberger claimed ESPN violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by handing over his Roku device serial number and the identity of the videos he watched to Adobe Analytics.
By Tony Mauro | November 28, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to agree on one aspect of a 1998 statute aimed at reforming securities litigation: It's all gibberish. An exasperated Justice Samuel Alito Jr. used the word "gibberish" three times during arguments in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund. The California case asks the high court to interpret the language of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act regarding state jurisdiction over securities class actions.
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By Max Mitchell | November 27, 2017
A lead attorney in the NFL concussion settlement has been very critical of numerous third-party litigation funding companies that have loaned money to retired players involved in the class action, but it is his alleged failure to publicly disclose his history with another litigation funding company that has raised some eyebrows recently.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 22, 2017
Houston property owners who suffered flood damage have brought "takings" claims against the government.
By Ross Todd | November 21, 2017
Investors had accused the online review site of propping up its earnings by coercing businesses into buying ads to get fake negative reviews removed.
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