Topic
Class Settlements
403 published works
Mass Tort Defense
Justice Souter To Resign — A Mass Tort Perspective
By Sean Wajert
Justice David Souter plans to retire from the Supreme Court when the current term ends in June. This announcement, and the inevitable speculation abou
The Contingency
High Court Rejects Wyly Plea for Milberg Weiss Work Product
The New York Court of Appeals today upheld denial of a demand by an "absent class member" for access to class counsel's work product. Wyly v. Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP,…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Class Counsel Says To Wells Fargo, That Will Be $1,975,000. Please.
One million nine hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Those are the fees applied for by the lawyers representing the Plaintiff in the almost completely unsuccessful effort to get an injunction…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Jonathan Macey and Geoffrey Miller on Judicial Review of Class Action Settlements
By joetort
Professors Jonathan Macey (Yale) and Geoffrey Miller (NYU) have co-authored Judicial Review of Class Action Settlements, which has been published in the new, on-line, peer-reviewed Journal of Legal Analysis. Here's…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Approves Class Action Settlement of Claims Of Inadequate Disclosure in Tender Offer
MARIE RAYMOND REVOCABLE TRUST v. MAT FIVE LLC, (Del. Ch., Dec. 19, 2008), read opinion here. The Chancery Court in this 39-page decision approved a class action settlement regarding claims of…
CAFA Law Blog
To Avoid Rejection, Make Sure Your Coupon Has All the Trimmings!
Navigating the Minefield: Lessons of Figueroa v. Sharper Image and Defense Counsel's Guide to Settling Coupon Based Class Actions After CAFA, 15 No. 8 Andrews Class Action Litigation Report 1. …
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Thomas Cook Printing Co. v. Subtle Impressions, Inc., 2008 NCBC 17 (N.C. Super. Ct. Oct. 24, 2008)
Following the procedure of Moody v. Sears Roebuck and Co., 664 S.E.2d 569 (N.C. App. 2008), and Judge Tennille's Order in Moody v. Sears Roebuck and Co., 2008 NCBC 14 (N.C.…
CAFA Law Blog
Spend a Grand or Two at Cartier, and Don’t Forget to Use That $100 Credit Your Attorneys Won for You!
Fleury v. Richemont North America, Inc., C-05-4525 EMC, 2008 WL 3287154 (N. D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2008). After the Northern District of California’s ruling on their application for attorney fees,…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Moody v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 2008 NCBC 14 (N.C. Super. Ct. August 6, 2008)
Counsel taking a pre-certification dismissal of a class action must file a statement which includes: (1) the reason for dismissal, (2) the personal gain received by the plaintiffs in any settlement, (3)…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Limited Discovery Allowed For Objectors to Class Action Settlement
In the Chancery Court case of In re Countrywide Corp. S'hldrs Litig., 2008 WL 4173839 (Del. Ch., Sept. 10, 2008), the objectors to a proposed class action settlement were allowed limited…