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Global Connection - May 2013: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down $45 Million Class Action Settlement and Issues Warning About Use of...

by Daniel Huitink | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 5/9/2013

Citing a conflict of interest between class representatives and a class, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently invalidated a $45 million class action settlement that had previously been approved by the district court....more

Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/1/2013

Manufacturing Company Refused to Hire Females, Federal Agency Says - CLEVELAND - Presrite Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Cleveland that makes gears and other industrial parts, will pay $700,000,...more

Previously Banned Fees Charged to Consumers Now Permissible for Visa and MasterCard Transactions

by Patrick Horan | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 5/1/2013

In November 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York preliminarily approved a settlement agreement in the In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. As a result,...more

Mistakes Have Consequences – British Petroleum’s Settlement

by Cleve Clinton | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/30/2013

Three years ago, Tilting told tales of oil spill legal problems suffered by Forrest Gump, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Wok Ann chu-gumm Seafood Restaurants, Chef Red Fishy and Bishop Carp. Tilting predicted class action...more

Ninth Circuit Disapproves $45 Million FCRA Class Settlement Based On Conditional Incentive Award

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/30/2013

On April 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s order approving a $45M class action settlement under FCRA on the grounds that the conditional nature of the incentive award rendered the...more

Ninth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Providing Conditional Incentive Awards

by Nathan Catchpole, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Burt M. Rublin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/25/2013

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

China's Export Policy Changes After U.S. Antitrust Case [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/23/2013

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- William Isaacson, partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck about his eight-year antitrust crusade against several Chinese Vitamin C makers, which resulted in...more

Insurance Dispute Freezes Avandia Victims’ Fund [Video]

by Lawyers.com on 4/22/2013

Lawyers.com videojournalist Matt H. Mayes from Los Angeles reports that a big pharma and insurance legal dispute was allowed to deprive innocent victims of money that they were entitled to and often desperately needed. ...more

Bank of America Settles Class Action Brought By Mortgage Investors

by Sacha Boegem, Philip R. Stein | Bilzin Sumberg Mortgage Repurchase Group on 4/22/2013

Bank of America has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who claimed they were misled by its Countrywide unit into buying risky mortgage securities. Bank of America acquired Countrywide Financial, a...more

Advertising Law -- Apr 18, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/18/2013

In This Issue: No Rest for the NAD, As it Decides Multiple Mattress Disputes; Fur Sure? Retailers Make Faux Faux Fur Claims; Got Settlement? Muscle Milk Suit Settles for $5.3 Million; TCPA Class Actions Prohibited in New...more

California District Court Rejects Proposed Class Action Settlement

by Greg Mersol | BakerHostetler on 4/15/2013

It is axiomatic that the class action vehicle exists for the benefit of the claimants. An inherent conflict of interest may arise between the class and plaintiffs’ counsel over the issue of attorney fees, and resolution of...more

Visa/MasterCard Interchange Fee Litigation – May 28, 2013 Deadline to Respond to Class Action Settlement Agreement

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/15/2013

All entities that accept Visa- or MasterCard-branded credit and/or debit cards must decide, on or before May 28, 2013, how to respond to the settlement agreement with Visa and MasterCard on behalf of a class covering...more

Delaware Supreme Court Says No To Botox And No To Multi-Forum Litigation: Court Dismisses Derivative Suit Against Botox-Maker...

by Kristen Bartlett, Lily Becker, Matthew Craner | Orrick - Securities Litigation and Regulatory... on 4/9/2013

In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery in Pyott, et al. v. Louisiana Mun. Police Emp. Ret. Sys., et al., holding that a derivative suit against Botox-maker Allergan, Inc. should be...more

Carnival Cruise Class Action Lawsuit

by Lanier Law Group, P.A. on 4/8/2013

The owner of the incapacitated Carnival Triumph is getting hit by lawsuit after lawsuit, including a class action lawsuit seeking for stranding more than 3,000 passengers for five days on a ship without electricity or...more

For Love of Country: Veterans and Benefits for PTSD

by Trecker & Fritz on 4/5/2013

The widespread deployment of U.S. military personnel since the September 2001 terrorist attacks has resulted in a growing epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among those returning home from war abroad....more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/27/2013

March 27 (Bloomberg Law) -- There was no settlement afoot when U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff put off a hearing on an effort by the trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC to block a $410 million settlement...more

Another Lawyer Disbarred Over Fen-Phen Class Action Settlement

by Barger & Wolen on 3/27/2013

The Kentucky Supreme Court disbarred a Cincinatti class action lawyer for his role in the notorious $200 million class action settlement concerning the diet drug Fen-Phen....more

Consumer Products Settlements Containing Cy Pres Distributions Receiving Increased Scrutiny

by Nicole Skolout | BakerHostetler on 3/27/2013

In a recent decision, In re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 3379 (3d Cir. Feb. 19, 2013), the Third Circuit vacated the district court’s order approving a $35.5 million class action settlement which...more

Class Members in Ontario Securities Action Can Be Bound by Settlement of Parallel U.S. Class Proceeding

by Laura Fric, Larry Lowenstein, Kevin O’Brien | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 3/21/2013

An Ontario court has just released a welcome decision for issuers who may find themselves defending parallel securities class actions in multiple jurisdictions. In the decision, the judge held that members of a class...more

BP Settlement Claim

by Robert Ciotti, Wm. Cary Wright | Carlton Fields on 3/20/2013

After years of litigation, BP Exploration & Production, Inc. and BP America Production Company (collectively, "BP") entered a class-wide settlement ("BP Settlement") that covers most businesses located in the Gulf Coast...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2013

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/19/2013

In this Issue: - California Supreme Court Revises Jury Instructions And Trial Procedures In Discrimination Cases, Harris v. Superior Court, 56 Cal. 4th 203 (2013) - Employee Who Exhausted Four Months Of...more

Advertising News & Analysis - March 14, 2013

by Ellen Traupman Berge, Thomas Gilbertsen, Maggie Grace, Gary D. Hailey, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Amy Ralph Mudge, Jonathan L. Pompan | Venable LLP on 3/18/2013

In this issue: - FTC’s .com Disclosures: New Media Still Subject to Old Rules - Paper, Plastic...or Mobile? FTC Issues Report on Mobile Payments - Why So Negative on Negative Option? - Cy Pres...more

Disproportionately Favoring the Named Plaintiffs Kills Settlement, Says Sixth Circuit

by Sam Camardo | BakerHostetler on 3/5/2013

The Sixth Circuit recently limited defendants’ ability to craft settlements that disproportionately favor the class representatives. Vassalle v. Midland Funding LLC, — F.3d –, 2013 WL 673517 (6th Cir. Feb. 26, 2013). Though...more

Approval Slated for $73 Million Settlement of Life Insurance Class Action Alleging Unlawful Rate Increase

by James Hazlehurst | Barger & Wolen on 3/1/2013

United States District Judge Howard Matz of the Central District of California indicated yesterday that he would preliminarily approve a proposed $73 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against Conseco Life Insurance...more

In re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation: Third Circuit Issues Game-Changing Decision Affecting Cy Pres Funds in Claims-Made Class...

by King & Spalding on 2/26/2013

On February 19, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a district court order approving a class action settlement, holding that a district court must specifically determine that a claims-made...more

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Global Connection - May 2013: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down $45 Million Class Action Settlement and Issues Warning About Use of...

Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

Previously Banned Fees Charged to Consumers Now Permissible for Visa and MasterCard Transactions

Mistakes Have Consequences – British Petroleum’s Settlement

Ninth Circuit Disapproves $45 Million FCRA Class Settlement Based On Conditional Incentive Award

Ninth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Providing Conditional Incentive Awards

China's Export Policy Changes After U.S. Antitrust Case [Video]

Insurance Dispute Freezes Avandia Victims’ Fund [Video]

Bank of America Settles Class Action Brought By Mortgage Investors

Advertising Law -- Apr 18, 2013

California District Court Rejects Proposed Class Action Settlement

Visa/MasterCard Interchange Fee Litigation – May 28, 2013 Deadline to Respond to Class Action Settlement Agreement

Delaware Supreme Court Says No To Botox And No To Multi-Forum Litigation: Court Dismisses Derivative Suit Against Botox-Maker...

Carnival Cruise Class Action Lawsuit

For Love of Country: Veterans and Benefits for PTSD

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

Another Lawyer Disbarred Over Fen-Phen Class Action Settlement

Consumer Products Settlements Containing Cy Pres Distributions Receiving Increased Scrutiny

Class Members in Ontario Securities Action Can Be Bound by Settlement of Parallel U.S. Class Proceeding

BP Settlement Claim

California Employment Law Notes - March 2013

Advertising News & Analysis - March 14, 2013

Disproportionately Favoring the Named Plaintiffs Kills Settlement, Says Sixth Circuit

Approval Slated for $73 Million Settlement of Life Insurance Class Action Alleging Unlawful Rate Increase

In re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation: Third Circuit Issues Game-Changing Decision Affecting Cy Pres Funds in Claims-Made Class...

China's Export Policy Changes After U.S. Antitrust Case [Video]

Insurance Dispute Freezes Avandia Victims’ Fund [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

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