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Class Settlements
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Class Action Countermeasures
Auctioning Class Settlements
By The Editors
It's a matter of conventional wisdom that class action settlements rarely benefit absent class members as much as they could. Despite a valid fear of either explicit collusion or bad…
Eye On Privacy
Seventh Circuit Affirms Lodestar Method to Determine Attorneys’ Fees in TCPA Class Action Settlement
By David Poell, Shannon Petersen
In Americana Art China Company, Inc. v. Foxfire Printing & Packaging, Inc., 743 F.3d 243 (7th Cir. Feb. 18, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
BP Loses 5th Circuit Appeal – Class Action Settlement Stands
By joetort
In a decision issued on March 3, the Fifth Circuit held that BP must stick to the settlement it signed on to, even if it doesn't like any longer the broad…
Ad Law Access
The Hits Keep on Coming: New “Natural” Settlements and Filings
By Kelley Drye
Two more food companies have reached settlements over “natural” claims. In a class action suit against Popchips, Inc., plaintiffs alleged that the maker of Popchips snacks misled consumers by labeling and…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Everyone Gets To See The Evidence: The California Court Of Appeal Rejects an Attorneys’ Fee Award Based On The Trial Court’s In Camera Review Of Class Counsel’s Billing Records
By Isaiah Weedn
In Concepcion v. Amscan Holdings, Inc. et al., --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2014 WL 595822 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. Feb. 18, 2014) the California Court of Appeal rejected class counsel’s fee award…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Objectors Seek Writ of Certiorari to SCOTUS Over Monsanto Agent Orange Settlement
On January 21, 2014, objectors to a class action settlement over contamination from Monsanto Agent Orange herbicide filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Unites States Supreme Court. …
Litigation & Trial
Why The NFL Concussion Settlement Wasn’t Approved – And Why It Might Never Be
UPDATE, July 22, 2014. I wrote the below post a little over six months ago. As predicted, the BAP Fund problem was easily solved by removing the cap entirely. Also…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
What Happened to the BP Settlement?
By joetort
The Fifth Circuit issued a decision on January 10th affirming the class action settlement in the In re Deepwater Horizon litigation. You can find the opinion here. This opinion is the…
Class Action Countermeasures
Cy Pres & Benefit to the Class – Dremak v. Iovate Health Sci. Group, Inc
By The Editors
A brief one this week, involving a settlement that did not reach final approval. Dremak v. Iovate Health Sci. Group, Inc., No. 09md2087, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165225 (S.D. Cal.…
EvidenceProf Blog
Litigation Happens Over Coffee: Northern District of California Finds No Settlement Privilege in Class Action Against Starbucks
By Colin Miller
Following up on yesterday's post today I wanted to post an entry that deals directly with the question of whether Federal Rule of Evidence 408 creates a federal settlement privilege. To answer that question,…