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Burden of Proof Evidence Class Action

Hogan Lovells

Data class actions in Europe and spotlights in Mexico, Russia and the U.S.

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The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) provides means to enforce provisions related to personal data processing by you as a data controller or data processor. It introduces collective actions everywhere in...more

Troutman Pepper

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Product Liability & Safety

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1. Product Safety - 1.1 Legal Framework - The main laws and regulations governing product safety in the United States include: The Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq, created the Consumer...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: January 2019

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This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage and hour issues. Donohue v. AMN Servs., 29 Cal. App. 5th 1068, 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111 (2018) - Summary: Policy rounding employees’ time worked is legal if...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Recent Decision Clarifies Availability of Defences at the Leave Stage in Statutory Securities Class Actions

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s (Court) recent decision in Rahimi v. SouthGobi Resources (Rahimi) confirms that courts will consider and evaluate defences at the leave stage of a statutory secondary market disclosure...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The New Normal: The Need for Damages Proof To Certify Consumer Classes Post-Comcast

In consumer class actions, the damages measure tends to remain undisclosed or ill-defined when plaintiffs move for class certification. Revealing as little as possible about damages allows plaintiffs to more flexibly adapt to...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Defending Commercial Class Actions: Recent Cases May be Giving the Defense an Edge

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While the ripples from the United States Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes are still being felt, the Court may make further class action waves this term with its pending decision in Comcast v. Behrend. This...more

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