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Legal ethics issues affecting funding of class actions, how funding affects ability to bring class actions and implications for settlement values
By Brian Lee | March 12, 2024
Prior to Monday's settlement, state courts routinely failed to make the assessment, plaintiffs counsel from the New York Civil Liberties Union, practitioner Yolande Nicholson, Mehri & Skalet, and Valli Kane & Vagnini said jointly.
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By Emily Cousins | March 12, 2024
"This action arises from Cigna's illegal scheme to systematically, wrongfully, and automatically deny its insureds the thorough, individualized physician review of claims guaranteed to them by law and, ultimately, the payments for necessary medical procedures owed to them under Cigna's health insurance policies," the complaint alleged.
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By Ross Todd | March 12, 2024
D. Matthew Allen, the chair of the national class actions practice at Carlton Fields, and co-director of the firm's annual survey of senior in-house lawyers at large companies, expands on the latest findings.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 11, 2024
Brizuela, who joined Scott + Scott's San Diego office last year, is involved in some of the most cutting-edge antitrust cases, suing crude oil producers over high gas prices and real estate management software provider RealPage over its algorithmic pricing.
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By Allison Dunn | March 7, 2024
"This case is an outlier, one arising from the rare occurrence of a worldwide pandemic. It appears that the majority reached its conclusions on jurisdiction because this is one of those unicorns. Its holding should not be universally applied. Otherwise, egregious situations caused by the state would go unchecked, despite the existence of specific statutes by which the state waives sovereign immunity," Justice Jennifer Brunner wrote in a dissenting opinion.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2024
At a Wednesday hearing, lawyers predicted that as many as 80% of the claims made in Altria's $45.5 million class settlement over Juul could be invalid or fraudulent.
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By Christopher Niesche | March 6, 2024
The firm sees in Australia a very strong opportunity, said firm Australia head Amie Crichton.
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By Mason Lawlor | March 6, 2024
The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court for the County of Sacramento, raised California Insurance Code Sections 10113.71 and 10113.72, which require life insurers to comply with a 60-day grace period and provide proper notice before terminating a policy for nonpayment of premiums.
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By Riley Brennan | March 6, 2024
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2024
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