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Plaintiff Cannot Broaden Class After Certification Hearing

By Sean Wajert on February 23, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action

A not uncommon tactic in class actions is for plaintiffs to propose one class definition to obtain certification (one minimizing individual issues) an…
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State High Court Rejects Mold Expert Opinion

By Sean Wajert on October 16, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

Here’s an interesting expert analysis that arises in the less common Frye context. In Chesson v. Montgomery Mut. Ins. Co., No. 97 (Md., 9/24/13), the …
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Hearing Questions EPA Stance on Fracking

By Sean Wajert on April 27, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing earlier this week to review federal hydraulic fracturing research activities. The hear…
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Ninth Circuit Vacates Asbestos Verdict on Daubert Basis

By Sean Wajert on November 20, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Ninth Circuit earlier this month vacated a $9 million award for a plaintiff who allegedly contracted mesothelioma working for decades at a paper m…
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Comcast

By Sean Wajert on November 6, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

We alerted readers before about the Supreme Court consideration of the role of Daubert at the class certification stage. See Comcast Corp. v. Behrend,…
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CPSC Commissioners Testify At Hearing Regarding Database

By Sean Wajert on August 6, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Issues about the product complaint database set up by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission bubbled over again last week. We have posted on the …
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House Hearing on CAFA- Seven Years Later

By Sean Wajert on June 8, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud

A topic near and dear to the hearts of readers of MassTortDefense was the subject of a recent hearing by a subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Co…
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House Committee Tackles Regulations

By Sean Wajert on November 2, 2011
Posted in Articles

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing last week on a bill that would require federal agencies to evaluate the costs of proposed regulations bef…
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House Hearing on Food Marketing to Kids — Seller Beware

By Sean Wajert on October 21, 2011
Posted in Articles, Food and Beverage

Two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Health, h…
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Why We Can’t Sue Our Way to Prosperity

By Sean Wajert on May 26, 2011
Posted in Articles

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing earlier this week on “Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigati…
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