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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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Class Member Lacks Standing to Appeal Fees to Class Counsel

By Sean Wajert on October 19, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Last week, the First Circuit dismissed for lack of standing a class member’s challenge to the significant fee award to class counsel in the Volkswagen…
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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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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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Class Counsel Fees Approved, But Reluctantly

By Sean Wajert on November 10, 2008
Posted in Articles, Class Action

At MassTortDefense, we typically focus on product liability, toxic tort, and consumer fraud litigation. But a recent decision arising from the largest…
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