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Class Settlements
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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Objections in the Google Book Settlement
By joetort
The New York Times has an article on the large numbers of objections filed in the Google book settlement as the date of the fairness hearing looms. The article is…
InsureReinsure
First Circuit Upholds Decision to Deny Insurer Recoupment of Deductibles Following Class Action Settlement
The First Circuit recently affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Maine to deny American National Fire Insurance Company’s (“ANFIC”) plea for recoupment of…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Move Over Public Citizen…
By joetort
Ted Frank, formerly a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has moved into the business of objecting to consumer class action settlements. Here is a link to an interview with…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Decides Participation Issues in Class Action Settlement
CBOT Group, Inc. v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., No. 2369-VCN (Del. Ch., July 29, 2009), read letter decision here. Summaries of the several prior decisions by the Chancery Court…
California Employment Law Update
Class Member Who Failed To Timely Submit Claim Form Could Not Recover Unpaid Wages
By Tony Oncidi
Martorana v. Marlin & Saltzman, 2009 WL 1875681 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009) Ron Martorana was a class member in a wage and hour class action that had been filed against…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Resolves Objections of Class Members Excluded from Class Action Settlement Involving Chicago Board Options Exchange
CME Group, Inc. v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., No. 2369-VCN (June 25, 2009), read opinion here. See several prior Chancery Court decisions in this case summarized here, including the…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Interesting Cases in this BNA Class Action Litigation Report Released Today
By joetort
Some of the highlights include:Class members may sue an attorney who altered a class settlement in a smokeless tobacco class action without first notifying class members, the Fourth Circuit held…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Fourth Circuit Enforces Class Action Settlement Agreement
The Fourth Circuit ruled yesterday in Huttenstine v. Mast on the Defendants' effort to back out of a class action settlement to which they had agreed, and affirmed an entry…
The Energy Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Reverses, Allows Texas to Intervene in Cy Pres
By Marie Carlisle On May 28, 2009, the Fifth Circuit decided In the Matter of: Lease Oil Antitrust Litigation, case no. 08-40230, reversing the District Court’s denial of the State…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Splits Fees in Cablevision Class Action Between Lawyers for Related New York Suit and Delaware Counsel
In Re Cablevision/Rainbow Media Group Tracking Stock Litigation, No. 19819-VCN (May 22, 2009), read opinion here. This Chancery Court decision resolved a dispute regarding the amount of fees and the division of…