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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 Scott Flaherty | June 20, 2017
It was a record year for securities settlements and for the plaintiffs lawyers that represented investors in securities class actions.
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By Ross Todd | June 20, 2017
Elizabeth Cabraser will reprise her role leading an emissions-related MDL—to the chagrin of at least one of her co-counsel.
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By Matthew F. Gately | June 19, 2017
When Spokeo v. Robins is properly understood as a jurisdictional decision, it becomes clear that it will not, as some have predicted, spell the demise of an entire category of class actions. Instead, it will simply shift the adjudication of those cases to state court.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 19, 2017
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check specializes solely in litigation on behalf of investors and consumers.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Plaintiffs' claims against the defendant investment company were not pre-empted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 since they did not assert that defendants' alleged misrepresentations regarding brokerage commissions made a significant difference to their decision to purchase securities. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss in part.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 16, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday reversed its position in a key labor case, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace agreements that ban class actions do not run afoul of federal labor law.
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By Samantha Joseph | June 16, 2017
Q Club Hotel LLC appeared cornered when condominium owners won class certification in a suit over soaring maintenance fees.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 16, 2017
The ruling opens the road for an Alabama class action lawsuit over traffic cameras that catch drivers running red lights.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Class Action Does Not Fall Into Mandatory Exception to Class Action Fairness Act
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By Tom McParland | June 15, 2017
A shareholder in Cabela's Inc. has filed a new class action complaint over the outdoor retailer's $5 billion sale to rival Bass Pro Shop, accusing the Cabela's board of failing to make important disclosures regarding the deal.
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