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Class Settlements
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Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Supreme Court Nixes Defendants’ Attempts to Get Rid of Class Actions by Making “Pickoff” Offers to Settle Named Plaintiffs’ Individual Claims
Editor’s Note: Originally published by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, this article appeared on their website March 10 2016. It is republished to BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog with their permission.…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Notice to Unnamed Members of Putative Class After Plaintiff Accepts a Precertification Tender Under New York CPLR § 908
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(1), claims, issues, or defenses of a certified class may be settled, voluntarily dismissed, or compromised with the court’s approval. While many states look…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
California Court Rejects Tuna Settlement Over Scope of Release
In recent years, courts have been more carefully scrutinizing class action settlements. A recent example is Hendricks v. Starkist Co., Case No. 3:13-cv-00729 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 19, 2016), where the U.S.…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Arkansas Federal Court to Consider Sanctioning Attorneys for Using Federal Jurisdiction as “Bargaining Chip” in Negotiating State-Court Class Settlement
In Adams et al. v. United Services Automobile Ass’n et al., W.D. Ark. No. 2:14-cv-02013, Chief District Judge P.K. Holmes III of the Western District of Arkansas will soon decide…
All About Advertising Law
Court Rules Settlement Offers Can’t Kill Class Actions
By Cody S. Lonning, Laura Reathaford, Leonard L. Gordon
In a hotly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court yesterday refrained from permitting defendants to end class action cases by offering to make named plaintiffs whole by paying their damages before…
Mass Tort Defense
Supreme Court Rules on Effect of Offers to Named Class Plaintiffs
By Sean Wajert
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this week in a case raising the issue whether a defendant can cut off a Telephone Consumer Protection
TortsProf Blog
Sheley & Frank on Prospective Injunctive Relief and Class Action Settlements
Erin Sheley (Calgary) and Ted Frank (Competitive Enterprise Institute) have posted to SSRN Prospective Injunctive Relief and Class Action Settlements. The abstract provides:Despite much controversy and criticism, the class action…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Erin Sheley and Theodore Frank on Prospective Injunctive Relief and Class Action Settlements
By Byron Stier
Professor Erin Sheley (Calgary Law) and Theodore Frank (Competitive Enterprise Institute) have posted to SSRN their article, Prospective Injunctive Relief and Class Action Settlements, Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y (forthcoming).…
In Solvency
Capsule International Holdings Preference Actions UPDATE
By way of update to the Capsule International Holdings preference action filings (see original post here), the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the "Committee") recently filed a Motion for Authority to…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Grants Fees to Class Settlement Objector
In re Riverbed Technology, Inc. Stockholders Litigation, Consol. C. A. No. 10484-VCG (Del. Ch. Dec. 2, 2015). This short Delaware Court of Chancery decision is noteworthy to the extent that it…