April 30, 2007 1:44 PM | Posted by Robert Ciotti | Arbitration
After compelling arbitration of a particular claim on which it denied summary judgment, may a court opine on the merits of that claim?
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April 27, 2007 1:45 PM | Posted by Kenya Reddy | Insurance, News | Link
Judge approves $63.8 million settlement in Paxil class action State Farm settles tornado class action after seven years of litigation 350 plaintiffs to receive $5000 apiece in settlement of class action alleging illegal strip-searches
Massachusetts banks file class action against T.J. Maxx owner over data theftMorgan Stanley settles gender bias class action for $46 million Wells Fargo settles subprime mortgage class action Two federal class actions filed against Vitamin Shoppe
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April 25, 2007 2:03 PM | Posted by Kenya Reddy | News | Link
Class certification denied in tobacco case Mentally ill prisoners file class action suit against State of California Tax-savings company agrees to pay $6 million to settle class action suit Oklahoma may become first state in nation with an “opt in” provision for class-action lawsuits
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April 25, 2007 1:34 PM | Posted by D. Matthew Allen | Florida State Courts
Florida's Second District Court of Appeal issued a new class certification decision in a Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act case against an automobile dealer. Want to know more? Click the link.
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April 19, 2007 7:43 PM | Posted by D. Matthew Allen | Analysis
I am at the Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Section. Today, I attended a presentation on "Antitrust Litigation After The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: The Experience So Far." Here's a report.
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April 19, 2007 5:55 PM | Posted by Blaise Huhta | News | Link
Motorola to pay $190 million in deal to settle securities fraud class action.
Former client files class action against lemon-law firm for mishandling of cases. Third class action lawsuit alleging company officials withheld information filed against Coast Financial Holdings Inc., parent company of Bradenton-based Coast Bank.
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April 17, 2007 3:11 PM | Posted by Robert Ciotti | Arbitration
Does an arbitration class action in one state bring in all potential claimants even if their contracts have different state forum provisions?
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April 13, 2007 8:24 AM | Posted by Matthew Allen | Analysis, Eleventh Circuit
Yesterday we summarized the salient points on mass action law from the Eleventh Circuit's Lowery v. Alabama Power opinion. Does the decision provide any important clarifications of removal law, either in the context of the Class Action Fairness Act or as a general matter?
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April 12, 2007 12:27 PM | Posted by Dean Morande | Eleventh Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit cleared up some ambiguities in CAFA’s “mass actions” provision, including what it requires and where the jurisdictional burden lies. The court also determined that any defendant entitled to remove under CAFA can do so, regardless of whether any other defendants are permitted by law to remove the action.
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April 11, 2007 4:38 PM | Posted by D. Matthew Allen | Florida State Courts
In recent months, several Florida state appellate courts have issued decisions reversing trial court class certification orders on the ground that the order was insufficiently specific. Here's another.
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April 11, 2007 11:28 AM | Posted by Kenya Reddy | Insurance, News | Link
State of Texas settles long-running Medicaid class action suit. Judge refuses to unseal records of how attorney’s fees award was divided in 2004 class action suit against Shell Oil Co. Laid off employees file class action against Circuit City alleging age bias. American class action lawyers swoop in on European cases. After 10 years of litigation, $62.5 million judgment affirmed for farmers in consumer fraud class action against BASF.
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April 9, 2007 3:42 PM | Posted by Amanda Sansone | Alabama District Courts
A state inmate in Alabama unsuccessfully sought to certify a class of all inmates transferred from the Alabama prison system to private correctional facilities. In his one page order, which was later adopted by the district judge, Magistrate Judge Charles S. Coody concluded that Mr. Grice could not fairly represent the class, and a class action was therefore improper.
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April 4, 2007 6:40 PM | Posted by Blaise Huhta | News | Link
ConAgra sued. The first suit seeking class action in the Peter Pan brand peanut butter recall was filed Wednesday.
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April 3, 2007 6:33 PM | Posted by Blaise Huhta | News | Link
Microsoft sued over Windows Vista marketing. Proposed class action focuses on efforts by Microsoft and computer makers to avoid a lull in PC sales.
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