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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 Robert Storace | May 4, 2017
Both sides portrayed the deal as a win. The settlement, if approved in July, will end eight years of litigation.
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By Ross Todd | May 3, 2017
The Airline Deregulation Act, which prohibits states from regulating airline prices or services, doesn't pre-empt claims from passengers whose bags were lost or delayed, the appeals court ruled.
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By Jenna Greene | May 1, 2017
Add this to the list of things judges don't like: When they make an erudite ruling from the bench dismissing a suit—and five seconds later are told by the plaintiffs' lawyers that there's a new witness, and could they please re-file the case? Yes, apples are juicy and delicious, but how many bites do you get?
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By Michael Booth | May 1, 2017
A federal judge has once again dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Hertz Global Holdings by its shareholders—this time for good—finding no evidence to demonstrate the company knowingly hid financial problems in order to boost the price of its stock.
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By Todd Cunningham | May 1, 2017
Organizers of this weekend's disastrous Fyre Festival, billed as a luxury music getaway on a posh and private Caribbean island, have been slapped with a $100 million class action lawsuit filed by Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos.
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By ROBERT STORACE | April 28, 2017
A decision this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has paved the way for attorneys to—for the first time ever—bring class action lawsuits on behalf of veterans.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 28, 2017
An appeals court ruling this week doesn't bode well for plaintiff lawyers, who are on the losing end of a fight to keep the cases in state court. The decision, along with a series of dismissals, have left the Flint class actions treading water.
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By Charles Toutant | April 26, 2017
Already under scrutiny from lawmakers over pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine injector, Mylan faces new lawsuits from consumers and a competitor in New Jersey federal courts accusing it of taking anti-competitive actions to protect its product's market share.
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By Ross Todd | April 26, 2017
Uber was its client, according to The New York Times. Now Slice Technologies Inc. is being sued under federal privacy laws that carry stiff statutory penalties.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 25, 2017
The federal judge in the Volkswagen diesel emissions litigation has denied 244 motions for attorney fees but lifted an earlier injunction which had prevented law firms from suing their own clients for payment.
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