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Class Settlements
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North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Full Faith And Credit And Class Actions
Today, in Moody v. Sears Roebuck & Co., the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the Business Court which had refused to approve the dismissal with prejudice of a…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Approves Allocation of Class Action Settlement
In Ginsburg v. Philadelphia Stock Exchange, (Del. Ch., July 2, 2008), read Order here, the Chancery Court approved attorneys' fees and the allocation of settlement proceeds among class members. Here…
Drug & Device Law
So Little Time, So Much To Blog! (Negrete v. Allianz)
By Bexis
Ordinarily, a federal trial court cannot order that some other lawsuit in state court be stopped.When federal courts preliminarily approve class action settlements, however, they often enjoin prosecution of competing…
The D&O Diary
Cornerstone Releases 2007 Securities Settlement Analysis
On March 31, 2008, Cornerstone Research released its review and analysis of 2007 securities class action settlements. Cornerstone’s press release can be found here and the full report can be…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Class Action Settlement in Philly Stock Exchange Case
In the Matter of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., (Del. Supr., March 27, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Supreme Court (two days ago) affirmed the Chancery Court's decision to…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Moody v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 2007 NCBC 13 (N.C. Super. May 7, 2007)(Tennille)(reversed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals)
The Court considered the dismissal of a North Carolina class action following the Illinois settlement of a nationwide class action. Court approval was required, even though the class had never…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Thai Holding of Charlotte, Inc. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., 2007 NCBC 11 (N.C. Super. May 7, 2007)(Tennille)
A multi-state class action was settled in New Mexico. As a result, funds were to made available to North Carolina for a cy pres distribution to "public and/or non-profit entities…
CAFA Law Blog
New York Court Accepts Class Settlement, “Making It Rain” for Class Members.
Silberblatt v. Morgan Stanley, No. 05-7569, 2007 WL 4145403 (S.D.N.Y. November 19, 2007). In a case that reminds us Goldfinger’s car, this class settlement involves bars of precious metals. This…
Drug & Device Law
First U.K. Class Action Recovery
By Bexis
The Time Online reports the first settlement of an aggregate lawsuit in the United Kingdom.A retailer agreed to reimburse 1000 purchasers who overpaid for replica soccer jerseys 20 pounds each.This…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Issacharoff and Nagareda on Class Action Settlements
By joetort
Sam Issacharoff and Richard Nagareda have posted on SSRN their new paper, Class Action Settlements Under Attack. They presented the paper at the symposium on CAFA held last week at…