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Class Settlements
403 published works
The Contingency
Third Circuit Restores Global Diamond Class
Remember the antitrust settlement class that a Third Circuit panel struck down last year? The one that went en banc a few weeks later? The one whose oral argument Blawgletter…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Lead Plaintiff Opposes Class Action Settlement
Thomson Reuters has an article by Tom Hals here about a objection filed by a lead plaintiff to the proposed settlement and the amount of attorneys fees requested by class…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Liquid Hoodia/Slimquick Class Action Settlement
Colleagues of mine in Stark & Stark's Mass Tort Litigation Group, are currently representing a group of plaintiffs in a class action arising from the sale of various types of…
Proskauer on Class and Collective Actions
Decapitating Class Actions
One potential early approach to a class action is to "decapitate" it -- to knock out the claims of the class representative(s), often by finding some deficiency in their individual…
Law and the Workplace
Decapitating Class Actions
One potential early approach to a class action is to "decapitate" it -- to knock out the claims of the class representative(s), often by finding some deficiency in their individual…
Class Actions Insider
Class Action Settlements: New Ninth Circuit Opinion Vacating Approval of Settlement Teaches Some Lessons
The Ninth Circuit recently vacated the approval of a class action settlement where the class received non-monetary relief and $100,000 of cy pres awards, and class counsel was awarded $800,000…
CAFA Law Blog
CAFA Imposes A Heightened Level Of Scrutiny In Reviewing Coupon Settlements
Sobel v. The Hertz Corp., No. 3:06–CV–00545–LRH–RAM,2011 WL 2559565 (D. Nev. June 27, 2011). How about sprinting through the airport to the car rental counter only to find out that…
The D&O Diary
$627 Million Wachovia Bondholders’ Settlement: Largest Subprime Securities Suit Settlement Yet
In what is the largest settlements so far to arise out of the subprime meltdown-related securities class action litigation wave, and apparently the largest settlement ever of a securities suit…
Class Actions Insider
Insights from DRI Class Action Seminar – Part Three
This third and final part of my takeaways from the DRI seminar will focus on the presentations on threshold dispositive motions in class actions, class action settlements, and responding to…
Class Actions Insider
Insights from DRI Class Action Seminar – Part One
The DRI Class Action Seminar I attended last week provided a wealth of insights. It was great to meet some readers of this blog there. On the blog I will…