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Class Settlements
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Litigation Finance Journal
Shine Lawyers Settles Regency-Funded Class Action
By John Freund
Shine Lawyers Settles Regency-Funded Class Action Australian law firm Shine Lawyers has settled a class action brought by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and funded by Regency Funding. Please log in…
The D&O Diary
Cornerstone Research: Securities Suit Settlement Size Increased in 2018
Aggregate, average, and median securities class action lawsuit settlement amounts all rose in 2018, according to the latest report from Cornerstone Research. The 2018 total settlement amount of just over…
Subscript Law Blog
Frank v. Gaos (Decision March 20, 2019)
Argument: October 31, 2018Decision: March 20, 2019Petitioners’ Briefs: Theodore H. Frank, et al.Respondents’ Briefs: Paloma Gaos, et al.Google LLC Court below: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Supreme Court returns questionable…
Minding Your Business
Will Settling Class Actions Get More Difficult in 2019?
Consumer advocates, defense attorneys, tort reformists, and trial judges are all eagerly awaiting a decision by the Ninth Circuit which all hope will clarify the process for certifying a nationwide…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Seyfarth Shaw’s Jerry Maatman Presents On 2018 Class Action Trend 4: Lower Class Action Settlement Numbers
Seyfarth Synopsis: Of the five major class action developments in 2018, the decline in class action settlement numbers may have been most the striking shift. In fact, when compared to…
Business and Commercial
A Unique Approach to Class-wide Settlement?
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Julie G. Yap, and Phillip J. Ebsworth Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 18, 2019, in Porath v. Logitech, Case No. 18-CV-3091 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 18, 2019),…
Blaneys Appeals
BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 21 – 25, 2019)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Criminal Decisions | Ontario Review Board Good evening, Here are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions…
Class Action & Mass Torts
5 Key Trends For Workplace Class Action Litigation In 2018: #4 Lower Class Action Settlement Numbers In 2018
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Seyfarth Synopsis: As measured by the top ten largest case resolutions in various workplace class action categories, overall settlement numbers decreased significantly in 2018 as…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
New Guidance from the Northern District of California for Class Action Settlements
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has published procedural guidance for parties submitting class action settlements for preliminary and final approval in the Northern District. Details…
Class Defense Blog
Northern District of California adopts guidance for class action settlements
By Lucia Nale, Debra Bogo-Ernst, Kevin Ranlett, Elaine Liu
On November 1, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California published updated procedural guidance for class action settlements (the “Guidance”). While the court made changes to…