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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 Colleen Murphy | January 24, 2024
"Defendants agreed with OPEC to constrain production of crude oil worldwide, with the purpose and effect of fixing, raising, and maintaining the price of crude oil in and throughout the United States of America and worldwide," the complaint said. "Defendants are not sovereign nations, and they are not immune to U.S. antitrust law."
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By Ross Todd | January 23, 2024
According to court papers, Yale University and Emory University have agreed to pay $18.5 million apiece, Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million, and Columbia University and Duke University both agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims they colluded to limit the amount of need-based financial aid provided to undergraduates.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 23, 2024
An Oregon jury awarded $62.3 million on Tuesday to victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020. Based on a prior jury's findings, the award could balloon to $85 million.
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By Jane Wester | January 23, 2024
The plaintiff alleged the beauty giant failed to disclose the extent of the company's reliance on resellers in the Asian market.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 23, 2024
"Any flight attendant who needs to take time off work for an ADA qualifying medical reason is subjected to accruing 'absence points,' which are then used to harm the employee, including discipline and/or termination," the complaint said.
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By Edward T. Kang | January 23, 2024
Antitrust claims can successfully navigate last decade's reforms. As market concentration intensifies, especially in the technology sector, it is crucial for class counsel to adequately represent plaintiffs and bring antitrust class actions to safeguard their rights.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 23, 2024
"This issue needs to get settled in Pennsylvania as to whether or not these damages are available," Saltz Mongeluzzi partner Patrick Howard said.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 22, 2024
"If allowed to stand, the recertification order would have enormous implications for class litigation, multidistrict litigation, and class-action waivers," said Matthew Hellman, co-chairman of Jenner & Block's appellate and Supreme Court practice.
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By Riley Brennan | January 22, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Mason Lawlor | January 22, 2024
This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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