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Class Settlements
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Class Action Defense Blog
Duane Morris Class Action Review – 2025/2026: Mid-Year Class Action Settlement Report & Analysis
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaways: Corporate defendants saw unprecedented settlement numbers across all areas of class action litigation in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement
Survivors of federally run facilities will receive compensation for decades of abuse under a newly approved agreement
Class Action Defense Blog
Sunglasses Manufacturer Cannot Settle Class Claims In Federal Court After Seven Years Of Litigation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Kevin E. Vance, and Ryan T. Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: On June 17, 2025, in Smith, et al. v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., No. 18-CV-1011,…
Class Actions Insider
Data Breach Class Action Settlement Approval Affirmed by Ninth Circuit with Attorneys’ Fee Award Reversed and Remanded
Some data breach class actions settle quickly, with one of two settlement structures: (1) a “claims made” structure, in which the total amount paid to class members who submit valid…
Legal Profession Blog
A Fraught Situation And The Joys Of Willful Blindness
The Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers split over the appropriate sanction in a matter involving a fee petition seeking $75 million in a class actionWhen class actions settle, courts face…
Inside Class Actions
Ninth Circuit Holds That Third-Party Intervenors Do Not Have Standing to Challenge Class Action Settlements
By Stephen Rees
Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit held in Sweet v. Cardona that although a third-party intervenor who wishes to object to a class settlement may have Article III standing based…
Law Times News
Ontario Superior Court approves Biomet hip implant class settlement
The settlement features a claims-made structure that does not cap the total compensation
Food Safety News
The Litigated Dish: A layperson’s guide to class action settlements
Welcome back to my series on food safety and litigation. Earlier this year, I addressed some of the most frequently asked food safety questions online, covering topics like incubation periods…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 74: $65 Million Data Breach Settlement Tops 2024 Class Action Charts
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, special counsel Justin Donoho, and associate Ryan Garippo with their analysis of…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 72: Billion-Dollar Benchmark: 2023 & 2024 Class Action Settlements
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Jennifer Riley with their analysis of class action settlements over the…