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Seventh Circuit Rejects Another Class Settlement

By Sean Wajert on November 25, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Drug and Device

The Seventh Circuit is one of the appeals courts that tends to examine very closely proposed class action settlements. In a recent case, the court rej…
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Seventh Circuit Rejects Coupon Settlement Terms

By Sean Wajert on September 21, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

The Seventh Circuit has rejected the award of attorneys’ fees award for a settlement that would provide the class coupons as a remedy for allegedly pr…
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Supreme Court Hears Argument in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on November 7, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case raising the issue whether a parens patriae group action by a state attorney general — a class-like li…
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New Article on Lawyer Behavior in Mass Torts

By Sean Wajert on September 3, 2013
Posted in Articles

For our readers interested in ethical issues in mass torts, a note that Professor Richard Zitrin from UC Hastings has written an article, “Regula…
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Supreme Court Takes CAFA Parens Patriae Issue

By Sean Wajert on May 29, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert last week to address whether a state attorney general’s parens patriae antitrust action is removable as a mass act…
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Drug Maker Defeats AG Motion to Dismiss Action Challenging Private Contingency Counsel

By Sean Wajert on January 7, 2013
Posted in Articles, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

We have warned readers before about the dangerous and growing practice of governmental agencies delegating state police powers to private (plaintiff) …
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Supreme Court Passes on Case Involving State Retention of Private Counsel

By Sean Wajert on January 18, 2011
Posted in Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a California Supreme Court ruling that permitted cities and counties to engage private attorneys f…
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Use of Contingency Fee Private Counsel Appealed

By Sean Wajert on December 6, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

A variety of business groups have weighed in as amici, asking the Supreme Court to recognize how contingency fee arrangements by California counties a…
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California Supreme Court Amends Rules for Government Retention of Private Contingent Fee Counsel

By Sean Wajert on August 5, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The California supreme court has taken a major step backward by modifying a 1985 decision that had properly limited the power of government agencies t…
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