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May 25, 2010 |

Lawyers assemble again in Toyota MDL

6 minute read
October 03, 2012 |

Suit alleges BMW sells 'demos' as new, shorting buyers on warranty

BMW purchasers have filed a class action in federal court alleging the car maker sells demonstration vehicles to customers who think they are getting new cars.
4 minute read
October 10, 2006 |

Goodyear Union Workers Strike, Prepared for 'Long Haul'

More than 12,000 United Steelworkers union members from 16 Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants in the United States and Canada walked out Thursday, and they're prepared for the "long haul," according to one worker who predicts the strike will last weeks, if not months. In 2003, Goodyear workers agreed to a plant closing and cuts in pay and other benefits, and so union members are not happy with a current proposal that they say includes pay and other cuts, particularly when they saw top executives get big bonuses.
4 minute read
June 05, 2007 |

Corporate Exposure Under the Alien Tort Claims Act

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's effort to restrict and clarify the Alien Tort Claims Act, the number of ATCA lawsuits against multi-national companies continues to grow, as does the divergence among courts interpreting the act. Some courts have construed the ATCA narrowly, but others have recognized novel claims and theories of liability. Attorney Jonathan Drimmer highlights two recent cases that demonstrate the unpredictability of ATCA cases, and discusses what companies can do to reduce their exposure.
10 minute read
February 15, 2001 |

Georgia Legislature Considering Bill to Warn About Defective Tires

In light of the Firestone tire recall, the Georgia legislature is considering a bill proponents say would warn consumers about defective tires. The bill would require that consumers have access to statistics on tires that purchasers return to dealerships. The tire industry closely guards these statistics as proprietary information, and tire retailers say the bill is well-intentioned but misdirected.
4 minute read
December 06, 2000 |

Federal Judge Won't Dismiss Class Action Over Malfunctioning Audi Fuel Sensors

A federal judge refused to dismiss a consumer class action brought by owners of Audi A6s who say the cars are defective and can suddenly lose control due to a fuel-system malfunction that allows them to run out of gas unexpectedly. Audi admits the car has problems. But the suit, brought under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, says Audi's remedial measures have been ineffective.
3 minute read
October 09, 2000 |

ATLA's War Room

When trial lawyers team up for coordinated attacks, it's rarely as public as a Firestone or fen-phen fusillade. The 61 American Trial Lawyers Association litigation groups usually operate beneath the consciousness of everyone but the defense lawyers in the industries they target. The groups work in secret in order for plaintiffs' lawyers to share information, and to keep defense-side infiltrators out.
6 minute read
May 11, 2012 |

Inadmissible

Short takes on lawyers, firms and judges.
5 minute read
June 03, 2003 |

Firestone's Secret Recipe

The plaintiffs in some 150 cases alleging Firestone tire-tread separations and Ford Explorer rollover accidents failed to show how access to the tire maker's skim-stock formulas is necessary for a "fair adjudication" of their claims, the Texas Supreme Court held. The decision that the trade secrets don't have to be disclosed is significant for the Firestone litigation nationwide, says its counsel Marie Yeates.
6 minute read
March 04, 2013 |

U.S. Tax Court Rules McAllen Lawyers Used Improper Tax Shelter

A federal tax court judge issued a ruling Feb. 14 finding three personal injury lawyers in the Rio Grande Valley used an improper tax shelter to reduce tax liabilities from contingent fees they received in 2001 from Firestone tire litigation.
4 minute read

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