Topic
Class Settlements
403 published works
The D&O Diary
Report Ranks Top 50 Plaintiffs’ Firms by 2022 Securities Suit Settlement Values
In its latest annual report, ISS Securities Class Action Services reports that in 2022, for the third year in a row, the Robbins Geller law firm secured the highest dollar…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ISS Discusses the Largest Class Action Settlements of 2022
In a remarkable year of class action activity, investors across the globe agreed to settlements totaling over $7.4 billion[1] in 2022, a greater than 75% increase from 2021. (A substantive…
Litigation Finance Journal
Duane Morris Report Highlights Record Year for Class Action Settlements
By John Freund
Class action lawsuits have continued to gain interest and investment from litigation funders, with LFJ reporting on two high profile actions in the first week of 2023 alone. This is…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Ramirez Case Reaches Final Approval of Class Settlement
By Noah DiPasquale, Jessica Lohr, Tim J. St. George, David N. Anthony, Cindy D. Hanson
On December 15, 2022, the parties in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez — a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court in 2021 to resolve questions of Article…
Class Action Countermeasures
First Circuit Deepens Circuit Split On Fairness Of Class Settlements
By Bryan A. Fratkin, Trent Taylor, Andrew Gann, Sapir C. Shoshan
On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit made two important findings in a class-action settlement case. First, the Court vacated the district court’s settlement…
Inside Class Actions
First Circuit Holds that Class Action Settlements Require Separate Counsel for Class Members with Significantly Different Claims
By Stephen Rees, Andrew Soukup
The First Circuit recently vacated and remanded a district court’s approval of a proposed class action settlement “because the absence of separate settlement counsel for distinct groups of class members…
Class Actions Insider
<strong>First Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Based on Potential Intra-class Conflict, But Approves Named Plaintiff Incentive Awards</strong>
When negotiating a class action settlement, lawyers on both sides may need to consider whether subgroups within the class need to be separately represented by different counsel. The First Circuit…
Class Actions Insider
Ninth Circuit Addresses Class Representative Incentive Awards and Attestation Requirement
A recent Ninth Circuit decision on a class action settlement, In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, 2022 WL 4492078 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2022), received significant attention in the…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Eleventh Circuit Denies Rehearing of Decision Holding Class Incentive Awards Unlawful
By Noah DiPasquale, H. Scott Kelly
In a 7-4 split decision, the Eleventh Circuit declined to rehear en banc a panel decision issued in September 2020, holding a class settlement that included an incentive award to…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ISS Discusses Class-Action Settlements Requiring Investor Action
By Jeff Lubitz
Investors have a significant number of opportunities to participate in class actions during the upcoming 3-month period. Specifically, 39 North American settlements valued at $1.14 billion have a claim deadline…