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Class Settlements
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Litigation Finance Journal
Funder in AMP BOLR Class Action Could Receive $43M From $100M Settlement
By John Freund
Following LFJ’s reporting yesterday on one Australian class action that has run into difficulties around the issues of settlement approval and a funder’s commission, we are now seeing another case……
Litigation Finance Journal
Group Members in Merivale Class Action Withdraw Approval Application for $18 Million Settlement
By John Freund
The announcement of a settlement being reached is often viewed as the point at which a class action arrives at its preferred destination. However, in the case of the Merivale……
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Department Of Financial Protection & Innovation Warns Investors About Nonexistent Class Action Settlement
Yesterday, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation warned investors that an "entity calling itself “Hartman Cain & Associates,” which represents itself as a law firm based in California,…
Inside Class Actions
Eleventh Circuit Vacates Settlement Approval Because Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief
This blog has covered recent decisions from the Eleventh Circuit that have taken a hard look at class action settlements. For example, we previously discussed the Eleventh Circuit’s per se…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Sprint, Former Employees Urge Kansas Federal Court to Approve $3.5M Deal to Resolve Benefit Calculation Suit
By Anne Hall
Three former Sprint Communications employees asked a Kansas federal court to approve its multimillion-dollar proposed class action against Sprint, which the parties reached through mediation. According to the former employees,…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ISS Discusses Largest Securities-Related Class Action Settlements of 2023
By Jarett Sena
2023 delivered a banner year for investor recoveries, as the $7.9 billion[1] in settlement funds across the globe was the highest total in the last five years. The $5.8 billion[2]…
Inside Class Actions
Ninth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement in Tinder Case for the Second Time
On December 5, 2023, the Ninth Circuit vacated a decision by a district court approving a $5.2 million class action settlement between plaintiff Lisa Kim and Tinder, Inc., a mobile…
Litigation Finance Journal
Australian Federal Court Approves $30M Settlement in BT Super Class Action
By John Freund
The use of litigation funding for class actions in Australia continues to achieve successful results for both the group members and the funder, as the Federal Court has approved another…
Class Action Defense Blog
Judge Recommends Scam Class Action Settlement Site Be Shut Down
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christian J. Palacios Duane Morris Takeaways: U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Marutollo’s recent report and recommendation – a novel order in the context of class…
Class Action Defense Blog
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurers’ $2.67 Billion Class Action Settlement
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Sean P. McConnell Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 25, 2023, in the litigation of In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, MDL No.…