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Burt M. Rublin

Burt M. Rublin

Ballard Spahr LLP


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Ninth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Providing Conditional Incentive Awards

Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed approval of a $45 million class action settlement that had been reached with three credit reporting agencies in Radcliffe v. Experian...more

4/25/2013 - Class Action Experian Incentives Settlement

Mortgage Banking Update - March 21, 2013

In This Issue: - Uniform State Test Implementation Nearing - Mortgage Servicer's Alleged Failure To Be Licensed Subjects Company to Claims under State and Federal Debt Collection Statutes - Sixth Circuit...more

3/21/2013 - Amount in Controversy CAFA Class Action Data Protection Debt Collection FDCPA Foreclosure FTC HOA Licenses Liens Mobile Payments Mortgages Privity of Contract Res Judicata Robo-Signing SCOTUS Uniform State Test

U.S. Supreme Court Renders Its First CAFA Decision

In its first opinion interpreting the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously held that a class representative cannot prevent removal of a class action from state to federal court by...more

3/20/2013 - Amount in Controversy CAFA Class Action Damages Jurisdiction SCOTUS

State AG Lawsuit Not Removable under CAFA, Second Circuit Holds

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that a parens patriae action brought by a state attorney general is not removable from state to federal court as a “class action” under the Class Action Fairness Act....more

1/16/2013 - Attorney Generals CAFA Class Action Parens Patriae Pharmaceutical Prescription Drugs Removal

Congress Passes Bill To End ATM Fee Sticker Strike Suits

The U.S. Senate has just joined the House of Representatives in approving a bill (H.R. 4367) amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to eliminate the requirement that a fee disclosure be placed in a prominent and...more

12/12/2012 - ATMs EFTA

Fifth Circuit Allows Defendants To Remove Mississippi Attorney General Lawsuit to Federal Court

In a decision that squarely conflicts with three other circuit courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a price-fixing case initiated by the State of Mississippi against various LCD display makers must be...more

11/30/2012 - CAFA Price-Fixing Removal

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