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Eighth Circuit Reverses $78.75M Attorney Fee Award in T-Mobile Data Breach Litigation, Finding Multiplier of 9.6 Unreasonable

"If we permitted the fee award here to stand, it would mean that counsel could make $7,000 to $9,500 an hour, which we think no reasonable class member would willingly pay to an attorney to help resolve this claim, especially when, as here, dozens of other attorneys were offering their assistance," said Judge Morris S. Arnold. "Reducing the fee award to, say, half of what was requested (resulting in fees of $3,500 to $4,750 per hour) could hardly be considered a penalty."
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The Recorder

Amazon, Starbucks Win Motion to Dismiss Most Claims in Biometric Data Privacy Case

Washington's Western District Court in Seattle gutted the claims made under N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 22-1201(a) and § 22-1201(b), dismissed Starbucks as a defendant in the case, and dismissed all claims of unjust enrichment but one against Amazon.
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The Recorder

'Ready to Fight': Former Public Justice Chairman to Lead Title IX Practice at Clarkson Law Firm

Bryant launched a career of litigating high-profile gender equity cases in 1984, when he tried a class action that resulted in the admission of female students to the formerly all-male Central High School in Philadelphia. In 1988, he tried the first Title IX case in the United States as lead trial counsel and won the suit filed on behalf of Temple University female athletes.
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Law.com

Is This Allstate Subsidiary Shortchanging Policyholders? New Class Action Filed

"[The] plaintiff brings this lawsuit individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated insureds who suffered damages due to Safe Auto's refusal to pay [actual cash value] sales tax and regulatory fees for total-loss vehicles," the complaint said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Trial Judge Not Required to Narrow Overly Broad Class, Supreme Court Says

"Although we urge trial courts sua sponte to consider redefining the scope of the class if the proposed definition in the operative complaint and motion for class certification is overbroad, we agree with the defendants that the trial court does not abuse its discretion when it does not do so," the high court said.
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Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: What Could a CrowdStrike Class Action Look Like? Key Vote Coming Up in Talc Bankruptcy Plan

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Law.com

'Collusion' and 'Mudslinging' Fuel Attorney Fight in Oregon Wildfire Case

"The statements made in their reply brief are simply untrue, not based in reality, and defaming in nature," said George McCoy, a partner at Warren Allen.
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Daily Business Review

Attorneys Brace for Wave of CrowdStrike Litigation

"In some ways, I think it really set off a big nuclear bomb of legal actions across a lot of different players in the industry," Beth Waller, a principal and chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy practice at Woods Rogers, said.
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Law.com

Could There Be Class Actions Over CrowdStrike's Global Tech Outage?

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.
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National Law Journal

Appeals Court Ruling That College Athletes Can Be Employees Leaves 'Lots of Open Questions'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Division I student-athletes could fall under the Fair Labor Standards Act if they perform services for a university, under the university's control and in return for implied compensation or benefits.
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