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April 15, 2005 |

Class Actions: New Field, Same Game?

Some plaintiffs lawyers appear less worried about the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act on their practices than might be expected. Even Stephen Tillery -- name partner in the firm that won a $10 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA Inc. and perhaps the most famous class action lawyer in the most famous pro-plaintiff jurisdiction -- says his firm will simply switch to federal court. And another attorney says there might be some surprises in store for businesses that pushed for the law.
4 minute read
December 15, 2009 |

Qui Tam Suit Against University Nets $78.5 Million Settlement

Plaintiffs lawyers struck a $78.5 million deal in a long-running false claims suit that accused the University of Phoenix of rewarding recruiters for enrolling students, according to a settlement agreement announced Monday. The deal, which includes $11 million in attorney fees for the plaintiffs, is among the largest settlements of a False Claim Act fraud case in which the government didn't intervene, said a qui tam expert. Plaintiffs attorney Cliff Palefsky noted that "the win rate is ridiculously low" in such cases.
3 minute read
September 03, 2003 |

Regularly Scheduled Programming

Lawyers spent $311.3 million on TV commercials in 2002, a 75 percent increase from 1999. And those ads have come a long way from the old days of quirky, amateurish productions. Today, commercials by subject are available for any interested law firm to purchase, and a broader range of lawyers see in television a way to find clients and get the word out about cases and settlements. "It's still frowned upon by a lot of lawyers, but the attitudes are changing," says attorney William Berg.
5 minute read
June 17, 2008 |

Objections Interrupt Morgan Stanley Settlement

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson withheld final approval of a class action settlement on behalf of African-American retail brokers at Morgan Stanley after hearing objections Monday that the deal was "lawyer driven." Linda Friedman, an attorney for about 30 brokers, claimed that James Finberg and other class counsel fished for a lead plaintiff after they already negotiated the settlement -- $16 million plus diversity protocols -- with defense lawyers at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
4 minute read
August 10, 2004 |

Wal-Mart Suit Will Test Alliance of Public and Private Firms

The Wal-Mart sex discrimination case has drawn serious attention for its size, and rightly so. Some 1.6 million women are confronting the retail colossus in what's billed as the largest civil rights class action ever certified. But the class is also noteworthy for its representation: three nonprofit groups and four plaintiffs firms, headed up by a public interest lawyer. Theoretically overmatched, the plaintiffs team has done well so far, and can boast of a state-of-the-art strategy.
5 minute read
August 16, 2005 |

Lerach Hunkers Down After Indictment

A five-year criminal probe of plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach's former firm is heating up, and has already resulted in the indictment of a former client for allegedly taking kickbacks from the firm. With the federal investigation seeking informants from a trail of disgruntled former partners across the country, the brash outspokenness with which Lerach typically faces down adversity is no more. He and his partners are now hunkering down behind a wall of criminal defense lawyers and a high-powered PR team.
6 minute read
December 17, 2007 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
4 minute read
March 03, 2005 |

Class Action Reaction

For the plaintiff's bar, it could be d�j� vu all over again. And the recently enacted Class Action Fairness Act aimed at curbing the plaintiffs' bar may not turn out as planned for its proponents in corporate America.
5 minute read
September 14, 2004 |

Judge Slashes Fees in Microsoft Class Action

San Francisco-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew is getting less than half the attorney fees it sought for winning a $1.1 billion California consumer class action against Microsoft. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Paul Alvarado awarded 35 firms $112.4 million in fees and costs, saying the $270 million requested was unwarranted given the relatively low level of risk it faced in pursuing the case.
3 minute read
July 11, 2012 |

Ex-Football Players, EA to Face Ninth Circuit

When football legend Jim Brown sued Electronic Arts Inc. in 2009 for using his likeness in its video games, EA argued that its games are expressive activity protected by the First Amendment.
7 minute read

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