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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 P.J. D'Annunzio | July 27, 2018
After fumbling in the first round of litigation, former Villanova University football wide receiver Lawrence “Poppy” Livers has scored a second chance to pursue his lawsuit against the NCAA and dozens of colleges claiming he should have been paid for his time as a scholarship athlete.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision earlier this week, in a matter of first impression, found that a class representative has standing to sue in federal court on behalf of a class of consumers subject to laws outside her own state.
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By Abraham J. Gafni | July 26, 2018
Miscalculation of an award by an arbitrator represents one of the few grounds warranting modification. But what evidence and what procedures are required by a court when reviewing a contention of arbitrator miscalculation?
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By Ross Todd | July 26, 2018
In a win for California employees, the court said state law doesn't recognize a rule that federal courts often apply when dismissing wage claims for small amounts of time that are difficult to track.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2018
An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states opposed…
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2018
An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states, including…
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By Edward T. Kang and Kandis Kovalsky | July 26, 2018
While arbitration clauses are often a topic of concern in the consumer context, they can also be a major issue in sophisticated party transactions as well—the agreements where the arbitration clause is the least of everyone's worries.
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By Robert Storace | July 25, 2018
The appellate panel found plaintiff Heidi Langan has standing to bring the class action, but it vacated a lower court ruling certifying a class.
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By Ross Todd | July 25, 2018
Judge James Donato wrote that Fitbit's refusal to pay arbitration fees after routing a consumer case to arbitration "bolstered the perception that arbitration is where consumer lawsuits go to die."
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 25, 2018
A record pace of shareholder class action filings continued during the first half of 2018—and the cases are getting much bigger, according to a midyear report released today.
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