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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 Mason Lawlor | February 28, 2024
"As our recent decision in Williams makes clear, a district court abuses its discretion in approving a class action settlement when the named plaintiffs lack Article III standing to pursue injunctive relief, yet the district court considers the injunctive relief when determining whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate," Judge Elizabeth L. Branch wrote the 12-page opinion for the circuit's panel.
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By Riley Brennan | February 28, 2024
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Jane Wester | February 27, 2024
The lawsuits in New York and California all concern alleged copyright violations related to the training of OpenAI's large language models. Microsoft is an investor in OpenAI.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
A third trial opened on Tuesday involving a class action brought against PacifiCorp on behalf of 5,000 survivors of wildfires in Oregon over Labor Day 2020.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 23, 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 first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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By Chris O'Malley | February 23, 2024
The automaker argues that the racial discrimination lawsuit suffers from "factual vacuity." Separately, it has asked the court to stay the case, asserting the agency skipped a required "conciliation" process in a mad rush to to outshine the California Civil Rights Department, which had filed its own suit.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 23, 2024
"This lawsuit emphasizes how important it is for companies to be on their toes at all times when it comes to cybersecurity, privacy and data protection," said Ella Shenhav, a partner at an Am Law 200 firm.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 23, 2024
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, who is overseeing most of the 35 lawsuits against 23andMe in the Northern District of California, said he planned to wait until the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides next month whether to coordinate the cases into multidistrict litigation.
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By Jane Wester | February 22, 2024
The complaint, which was filed in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday, accuses ACS caseworkers of using "coercive tactics" to enter and search families' homes.
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By Jane Wester | February 22, 2024
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, accuses child protective services workers of using "coercive tactics" to enter and search families' homes.
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