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• The Future of Class Actions After Shady Grove

  
  Mass Tort Litigation Blog — Authority: 462
  As Adam Steinman writes on the Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog, people interested in civil procedure, federalism, consumer law and class actions are eagerly awaiting the Courts decision in the Shady Grove case. The question in that case is...
  6 hours ago

• December 29 roundup

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 648
  “Trial lawyer group hails Senate health care bill as ’stunning victory’” [ Point of Law ] Christopher Hitchens on our leaders’ absurd reaction to the attempted plane bombing [ Slate ] More: Stewart Baker on the security challenges [ first , second ]; Mark Steyn [ first , second ] Lots of coverage for ...
  2 days ago

• MBS Litigation Ledger

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 155
  Two class actions have been filed by purchasers of pass-through certificates issued by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. and Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I LLC, according to a news release. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal action against Brookstreet Securities Corp. and its ...
  2 days ago

• Around the web, December 28

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 568
  Everyone unanimous around here: NYT editorially urges Congress to overturn Iqbal, then runs letters to the editor from lawyers agreeing with its stand; Yet more "Top Ten of 2009" lists, including employment law and cyberlaw [ Ambrogi, Legal Blog Watch ] "The Year in Great Big California Verdicts" [ Cal Biz Lit ...
  3 days ago

• Erie and Class Actions: Waiting for the Supreme Courts Decision in Shady Grove

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 478
  While many children are spending today waiting for Santa, I thought Id talk about a Supreme Court decision that the civil-procedure world is eagerly awaiting: Shady Grove v. Allstate, which was arguedlast month. Unlike Santa, a Dec. 25th arrival is...
  1 week ago

• Securities class action certified against WeirFoulds

  
  FP Legal Post — Authority: 439
  The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a securities class action in Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corporation . The defendants include prominent Toronto law firm WeirFoulds and one of its partners, Wayne Egan. The lawsuit attacks Egans work on a take-over bid circular. Of considerable interest to ...
  1 week ago

• Thats Dedication

  
  Mass Tort Litigation Blog — Authority: 462
  Photo of Ted Franks car -- Ted is founder of the Center for Class Action Fairness and former fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. (Thanks to Ted for permission to post here.) BGS
  1 week ago

• Conn. Firefighters Seek Back Pay, Damages from New Haven After Supreme Court Ruling

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 568
  "Its going to be tough on the city," Jacques said. "Even a settlement is going to be a large number." Yes, its tough when you racially discriminate against folks -- they tend to want damages. New Haven taxpayers will apparently be paying 7 figures for the fear-inspired racism of their city leaders, reports the ...
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• WV Supreme Court Holds Decisions in Medical Monitoring, Insurance Coverage Appeals

  
  West Virginia Business Litigation — Authority: 111
  In case you havent noticed, there are two opinions from the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia that were not released during the term that ended on November 25, and presumably will be issued during the term that begins next month. One of the opinions is Perrine v. E. I. duPont deNemours and Co. , which is ...
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• How class action firms acquire pension-fund clients

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 568
  Sponsoring conferences is one way, but according to this first-person account by Edward Siedle in Forbes , theres a more sure-fire way, throwing referral fees at lawyers who represent the pension funds in other matters: By agents, they meant local lawyers who represent pensions in other matters and are supposedly ...
  1 week ago

• Florida beauty contest for class action counsel

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 568
  Its opened to sunlight a process that often draws charges of pay-to-play. [ AmLaw Litigation Daily ] P.S. The sequel [St. Petersburg Times]: Five law firms, including several political donors, were tapped Thursday to represent Floridas pension fund in mega lawsuits that could produce millions in legal fees. The ...
  1 week ago

• Quick Hits: Text Message Privacy; Top 10 for 2009; Summary Judgment; Prevailing Wages; 401(k) Contributions; $1B Wage/Hour Claim

  
  Connecticut Employment Law Blog — Authority: 497
  With a possible snowstorm coming this weekend (or not) and another next week , no doubt there will be the usual rushing out to get milk and bread. But before you do so, heres a bevy of stories from the last week to keep you updated on the latest in employment law affecting employers in Connecticut. All eyes this ...
  1 week ago

• Canada class-action destination of choice thanks to IMAX?

  
  FP Legal Post — Authority: 439
   An interesting commentary from the class-action lawyers at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt , who have ploughed through the 170-pages of the IMAX ruling from Monday. The groundbreaking case certified the first securities class action for secondary market laibility  in Canada (the ability to sue company directors ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bank of America, Dinosaurs, and Mandatory Binding Arbitration

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 470
  It’s been quite a good year for consumers complaining about hidden clauses in bank “agreements” that force all credit card and loan disputes into the extremely biased process known as “mandatory binding arbitration.”   First, in March the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for consumers to challenge ...
  2 weeks ago

• FLSA Donning and Duffing Class Action Defeated Because of Labor Contract Provision

  
  Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights — Authority: 106
  I have posted a few times about Fair Labor Standards Act donning and doffing cases. The general rule is that donning and doffing is compensable if these preliminary and postliminary activities are integral to the performance of the employee’s primary job. For a rule, there is always an exception. In a case entitled ...
  2 weeks ago

• Class action firm sanctioned over solicitation of tire workers for overtime suit

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 568
  Andrew Trask at Class Action Countermeasures (McGuire Woods) has details on Hamm v. TBC Corp.
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• The Beat Goes On - Schwab Loses Another Schwab YieldPlus Case

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 120
  A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrator awarded damages to Mr. Weigel as a result of losses sustained in the Schwab YieldPlus Fund. The panel awarded the Mr. Weigel $19,400 in a claim submitted under FINRA’s special “simplified” procedure for claims of $25,000 or less (exclusive of interest ...
  2 weeks ago

• Less Than 15 Days are Left for Schwab YieldPlus Investors to Preserve their Rights

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 120
  Time is running out for Schwab YieldPlus investors to opt out of the class action. A properly completed Request for Exclusion must be received by the class action administrator no later than December 28, 2009. With the holidays, the time to do that is running very short. YieldPlus investors who are class ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two new class certification decisions: Keller v. Tuesday Morning, Inc. and In re Vioxx Class Cases

  
  The UCL Practitioner — Authority: 118
  Two new class-certification-related opinions have been handed down in the past twelve days: In re Vioxx Class Cases , ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Dec. 15, 2009) (Second Appellate District, Division Three) Keller v. Tuesday Morning, Inc. , ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Nov. 4, 2009; pub. ord. Dec. 4, 2009) (Second Appellate ...
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• Unwarranted Bank Overdraft Fees

  
  Drug Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority: 99
  In October 2009, shortly after TD Banknorth changed its name to TD Bank - "America’s Most Convenient Bank" - there were apparently some major IT glitches that resulted in many customers having difficulties with their direct deposits and viewing real-time account balances. As a result, many customers, including ...
  2 weeks ago

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