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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 Colleen Murphy | February 12, 2024
"The court finds that the settlement agreement is reasonable," U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said. "As discussed at length ... success against defendants, which 'are responsible for only three to seven percent of the MDL defendants' total alleged PFAS-related liabilities,' is not guaranteed and would only come, if ever, after years of protracted, expensive, complex litigation."
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By ALM Staff | February 12, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Allison Dunn | February 9, 2024
"Google is well aware of the Product's Defect; Google has included a section on its website entitled 'Help keep your Pixel phone from feeling too warm or hot.' Google has failed to initiate a campaign informing consumers of the Defect and/or recalling the Product and removing it from the market," the complaint said about the Google Pixel Pro 6 smartphone.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 9, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 9, 2024
"Plaintiffs have not sufficiently shown they failed to receive the benefit of the bargain as they have not alleged that they had 'a reasonable belief about the product induced by a misrepresentation'—and in fact they have asserted the opposite, that their ascertainable loss theory is not based on misrepresentation—or that they were misled into buying insulin that was worth less than was promised," Judge Brian R. Martinotti said.
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By Chris O'Malley | February 9, 2024
Six former Bank of America loan officers says the financial institution "systemically" misclassified loan officers as exempt from overtime.
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By Amanda O'Brien | February 8, 2024
The suit says that income partners and counsel were forced to defer a portion of their annual compensation into the firm's pension plan, despite the pension plan itself not requiring such a contribution, and that money was ultimately commingled with firm operating funds.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 8, 2024
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kirkland & Ellis and other Big Law firms have appeared in court for shale oil producers accused of conspiring to fix gas prices since early 2021.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 8, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 7, 2024
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