By Catherine Wilson | July 16, 2018
The class action proposal addresses Takata air bags installed in 10 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models made over various periods from 2004 to 2018.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2018
A federal judge in Michigan has refused to remove lead attorneys in the Flint water contamination case but plans to bring in a special master to review their fees and expenses.
By Marcia Coyle | May 25, 2018
There may be another way: "non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel." The concept is fairly established in the law, but it has not been used much. And judges and arbitrators have broad discretion whether to apply it in any given case.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | May 21, 2018
"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."
By Greg Land | May 18, 2018
Morgan & Morgan filed the putative class action against the bank yesterday on behalf customers whose private information may have been disclosed in a data breach.
By Greg Land | May 10, 2018
Overturning a Florida district court, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Wells Fargo did not waive its rights to compel arbitration when it agreed to defend in court five putative class actions over the way it calculated overdraft charges.
By R. Robin McDonald | May 3, 2018
U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash issued a 34-page protective order in the Equifax data breach multidistrict litigation but warned lawyers and their clients that they should treat documents filed in the case as "presumptively public" and use their "best efforts" to limit confidential filings.
By Marcia Coyle | April 30, 2018
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., writing in a 2013 case, said cy pres relief raised "fundamental concerns." The Google settlement involved funds distributed to third parties, with no compensation to the class.
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By Max Mitchell | April 16, 2018
The NFL has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to appoint a special investigator to look into alleged "widespread fraud" that is "infecting" the $1 billion concussion litigation settlement.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 10, 2018
A lawyer accused of unethical conduct in the Flint water case called an attempt to oust him from his leadership appointment “nothing but a retaliatory smear campaign” and a “blatant money grab.”
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