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June 13, 2011 |

2010 Settlements Chart

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October 01, 2012 |

Deals & Suits

16 minute read
August 29, 2012 |

Big Suits

U.S. v. GSK; USA et al. v. Barclays; In Re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation; Facciola et al. v. Greenberg Traurig et al.
13 minute read
October 21, 2004 |

Insurers Get Bill for Race-Based Pricing

After four years of litigation, major insurance companies are settling suits and regulatory actions for allegedly charging African-Americans higher premiums than whites. So far, the tailspin has cost the industry $497 million in settlements to owners of 6.9 million policies. Plaintiffs lawyers say the civil litigation started when attorneys from five firms began discussing what they saw as a history of overt discrimination, in some instances stretching back to policies written in 1900.
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July 23, 2009 |

Aetna Recoils at Five-Headed Plaintiffs Leadership of Class Action Suit

Five competing plaintiffs firms in a class action for millions of Aetna insureds and doctors have agreed to share the role of interim class counsel rather than pick one to take the lead. But Aetna doesn't like the idea. Its defense counsel maintains that a five-headed leadership would be unwieldy, would worsen bickering among the firms and would drive up litigation costs -- something a federal judge sought to avoid when warning earlier this year against a class counsel feeding frenzy over fees.
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September 19, 2012 |

Judge decertifies class of black mortgage borrowers in light of 'Wal-Mart'

A Boston federal judge has decertified a class of African-American mortgage borrowers, finding that evidence of their statistically higher payments isn't enough to establish commonality in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
3 minute read
May 28, 2013 |

Amgen a Victory for the Investing Public

In an important vindication of shareholder rights, the U.S. Supreme Court in February's Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, on a 6-3 vote, held that securities fraud plaintiffs have no obligation to prove that defendant's misrepresentations and omissions were material at the class certification stage.
5 minute read
September 21, 2012 |

Class of black mortgage borrowers decertified

A Boston federal judge has decertified a class of African-American mortgage borrowers, finding that evidence of their statistically higher payments isn't enough to establish commonality in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
3 minute read
May 29, 2013 |

Was Amgen a Real Win for the Investing Public?

In an important vindication of shareholder rights, the U.S. Supreme Court in February's Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, on a 6-3 vote, held that securities fraud plaintiffs have no obligation to prove that defendant's misrepresentations and omissions were material at the class certification stage.
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