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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
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | June 12, 2017
Employees of TransPerfect Global who said they faced "increased risk" of identity theft after their personal information was stolen in a January 2017 data breach lack standing to sue because they had not suffered an actual or impending injury, attorneys for the company said last week in filings in New York federal court.
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By Charles Toutant | June 12, 2017
A U.S. magistrate judge in Newark has approved a $1.2 million settlement of an overtime suit against Galaxy Recycling of Jersey City on behalf of residential trash collectors who claimed they were denied overtime pay.
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By Amanda Bronstad | June 12, 2017
In a ruling reverberating through the class action bar, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a controversial procedural tool that allowed plaintiffs attorneys to appeal class certification orders by dismissing their own case.
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By Michael Booth | June 12, 2017
A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action against clothing company J. Crew Group Inc. claiming the company issued receipts that were too revealing.
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By Samantha Joseph | June 12, 2017
A class action lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale alleges a company used lead-scraping software to send unsolicited text messages to real estate professionals.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | June 9, 2017
An antitrust suit filed in the Southern District Thursday seeks to push major financial institutions toward greater transparency in the credit default swap market, potentially opening the door to more investor litigation in the space.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | June 7, 2017
A Long Island physician is using a novel defense against federal prosecutors accusing him of overprescribing narcotic painkillers: The drug manufacturers are responsible.
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By Joseph M. McLaughlin and Yafit Cohn | June 7, 2017
In their Corporate Litigation column, Joseph M. McLaughlin and Yafit Cohn discuss the recent Second Circuit decision in 'Whalen v. Michaels Stores', in which the court held that the plaintiff in that consumer data breach action did not allege injury sufficient to satisfy the constitutional standing requirement.
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By Cogan Schneier | June 7, 2017
Sessions said DOJ attorneys may no longer enter settlement agreements on behalf of the nation that direct or provide “for a payment or loan to any non-governmental person or entity that is not a party to the dispute.”
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By Amanda Bronstad | June 6, 2017
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh awarded $13.8 million to the firms who negotiated a $150 million settlement with The Walt Disney Co. and DreamWorks on behalf of animators and engineers.
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