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Supreme Court Rules on Effect of Offers to Named Class Plaintiffs

By Sean Wajert on January 22, 2016
Posted in Class Action, Consumer Fraud

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this week in a case raising the issue whether a defendant can cut off a Telephone Consumer Protection…
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State Passes Mandatory Cy Pres Law

By Sean Wajert on March 11, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Oregon has enacted controversial legislation affecting damages in class actions in the state. House Bill 2700 was recently signed into law by Gov. Bro…
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Eighth Circuit Clarifies Cy Pres Rules for Settlements

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Eighth Circuit last week issued an opinion with a set of new guidelines regarding “cy pres’ disbursements in settlements. See In re BankAmeri…
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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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Court Rejects Settlement Because of Cy Pres Issues

By Sean Wajert on November 27, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A federal court recently rejected a proposed settlement of an economic loss class action because of the details of its cy pres component. See In re Hy…
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Court of Appeals Considering Significant Mass Tort Settlement Issue

By Sean Wajert on August 15, 2012
Posted in Articles

When a defendant settles a mass tort, it wants to achieve peace; one of the worst things that can happen is for plaintiffs to attempt to pursue claims…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves “Sunshine” Bill That Clouds Up Settlements

By Sean Wajert on May 24, 2011
Posted in Articles

Here at MassTortDefense we know that while not the “sexy” part of litigation, the nuts and bolts of settlement agreements are crucial to cli…
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Partial Settlement Proposed in FEMA Trailer Litigation

By Sean Wajert on February 3, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Defendants and certain plaintiffs in the FEMA TRAILER FORMALDEHYDE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, MDL NO. 07-1873(E.D. La.) have filed a joint motion …
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Drywall Litigation Update

By Sean Wajert on August 25, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The Georgia Superior Court has preliminarily approved a $6.5 million settlement between the Lowe’s home improvement stores and a nationwide proposed c…
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