Topic
Class Settlements
403 published works
The Contingency
Class Settlement Objector Gets Only One Bite at Apple: Eighth Circuit
Objector Koehler wanted two bites. May a lead class plaintiff object to a class action settlement as inadequate, lose, and later sue class counsel for getting an inadequate settlement? Unsurprisingly,…
The Contingency
The Cost of Objecting to Class Settlements
Cardizem, a blood pressure andangina medicine whose makerpaid to avoid generic competition. May a district court require a party's counsel to pay costs under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Class Member Shareholder who did not Object to Class Settlement cannot Appeal Related Order
Fitzgerald v. Vishay Intertechnology Inc., (Del. Supr., Jan. 24, 2007), read decision here . This Supreme Court Order dismissed the appeal by someone who was not a party to the proceedings…
TortsProf Blog
An Observation on Philip K. Howard’s Sun Op-Ed
Phiip K. Howard of Covington & Burling and Common Good wrote an interesting op-ed for the New York Sun discussing the importance of, well, something.Most of the piece is reasonably…
The Energy Law Blog
Murphy Oil Spill Class Settlement Approved
On January 30, 2007, a class action settlement was approved in Turner v. Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc., 05-4206 (E.D. La). The Turner case asserted claims for property damage resulting from a…
Louisiana Law Blog
Federal District Court Allows Defense Contact With Putative Class Members
By Kean Miller
In Burford v. Cargill, Incorporated, 2007 WL 81667 (W.D. La. 1/9/07), a class action brought on behalf of a putative class of all United States dairy farmers, plaintiffs sought a temporary…
Salmonella Blog
RBG settlement approved
A judge has approved the $2 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit for people who got sick from after eating at the Royal Botanical Gardens last Mother's Day, where more…
CAFA Law Blog
Ill Conceived Ideas: New Coke, Placement of the gas tank in a Ford Pinto, Inflatable key-chains, CAFA Settlement Provisions(?!): Article characterizes the Class Action Fairness Act’s settlement provisions as ill conceived.
Robert H. Klonoff & Mark Herrmann, The Class Action Fairness Act: An Ill-Conceived Approach To Class Settlements, 80 Tul. L. Rev. 1695 (2006). Nationally renown class action expert Robert Klonoff…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Did Not Approve Class Action Settlement Due To Release Language Being Too Broad
UniSuper Ltd. v. News Corporation, 2006 WL 1550809 (Del. Ch. May 31, 2006) download file. In this Chancery Court case, the Chancellor required the parties to modify a release that…
CAFA Law Blog
On notice: the OCC provides guidance to financial institutions about CAFA notice requirements in class action settlements.
Some how-to advice regarding the Class Action Fairness Act’s notice requirements is presented in the bulletin issued recently by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Designed to help…