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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 Amanda Bronstad | May 15, 2018
Ahead of Facebook's day on Capitol Hill, Richard Fields talks about Wednesday's hearing and its potential impact on the Facebook litigation.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 14, 2018
The bill would require disclosure of third-party litigation funding in class actions and multidistrict litigation within 10 days of a case filing, or 10 days after a funding deal. It would also require disclosure of financing that provides cash to plaintiffs.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 11, 2018
Plaintiffs suing over a 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management—which may have compromised information for 21.5 million persons—have asked a federal appeals court to revive their cases, citing a significant decision last year finding standing to sue over a cyberattack.
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By Terence N. Hawley and Joshua D. Anderson | May 11, 2018
Approval is not a given, and these cases illustrate some of the important factors practitioners should consider in connection with proposed class settlements in an environment of heightened scrutiny.
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By Robert Storace | May 11, 2018
When Boehringer Ingelheim was hit with a new wave of suits over its blood thinner Pradaxa, it changed course and decided to fight, tapping Covington & Burling's Phyllis Jones and Butler Snow's Rod Richmond Sr.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2018
The complaints come as the judge preliminarily approved the settlement on behalf of a class of more than 600,000 farmers who alleged Syngenta sold genetically modified corn seed that China refused to import.
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By Charles Toutant | May 10, 2018
The court's April 16 decision in "Spade v. Select Comfort" and "Wenger v. Bob's Discount Furniture" was welcomed by retailers, who said it could help clear up the many class suits filed over terms of service for online transactions and would also prevent filing of more such cases.
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By Ross Todd | May 10, 2018
The judge overseeing claims Apple deliberately slowed older iPhones heard leadership pitches in front of a courtroom full of about 40 lawyers Thursday, with another 10 or so on the phone.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2018
In a marked shift from the first hearing in the opioid litigation, a federal judge praised lawyers for getting closer to reaching a global settlement…
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By Greg Land | May 10, 2018
Overturning a Florida district court, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Wells Fargo did not waive its rights to compel arbitration when it agreed to defend in court five putative class actions over the way it calculated overdraft charges.
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