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Seventh Circuit Endorses Objective Reasonableness as a Defense under the FCA

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/30/2021

In a much-awaited Seventh Circuit decision, the court joined four other circuits in endorsing the “objective reasonableness” defense under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). In a 2-1 panel decision, the court not only upheld...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

McNees Litigation News - July 2019

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/12/2019

SCOTUS Class Action Update: Consumers Get Another Bite at Apple Profits for Alleged Antitrust Violations - On May 14th, in an opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court of the United States gave consumers the...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 4/24/2018

Another day, another massive Chinese IPO. This time, its ride-hailing company (and former Uber rival) Didi Chuxing, which could go public later this year and has its sights set on a $70-$80 billion valuation....more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/21/2018

Walmart’s shares took a hit yesterday on Q4 results that showed slowing online sales and below-expected earnings despite a rise in revenue....more

4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/15/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: The monetary value of the top workplace class action settlements skyrocketed in 2017. Though all-time highs in this category were reached in each of the past three years, this year’s Report found that...more

This Week in FCPA-Episode 56

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/11/2017

This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. The Kokesh case at the US Supreme Court is significant for SEC enforcement of the FCPA around profit...more

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - June 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/9/2016

Eye on the Supreme Court—Corruption and Fraud Edition - Why it matters: This session, the Supreme Court has undertaken the review of numerous cases that raise thorny issues arising in the white collar context. In our...more

SCOTUS Denies Review Regarding Pennsylvania Wal-Mart “Rest Break” Class Judgment

Carlton Fields on 4/19/2016

On April 4, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari review of a $188 million class-action judgment returned against Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania state court and later upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding...more

Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo: SCOTUS Says Statistics Okay in Class Actions – Sometimes

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/1/2016

If you read one thing... - SCOTUS declines to adopt broad or categorical rules governing use of representative evidence in class actions, holding instead that the use of such evidence will depend on the purpose for...more

IP Newsflash - January 2016

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/18/2016

SUPREME AND FEDERAL COURT CASES - U.S. Supreme Court Denies Writ to Overturn Application of the Kessler Doctrine - The U.S. Supreme Court denied software developer’s SpeedTrack writ to overturn the Federal...more

Blog: Trinity Wall Street Withdraws Cert Petition In Connection With Shareholder Proposal To Wal-Mart

Cooley LLP on 12/1/2015

In the case of Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (see this PubCo post), Trinity has asked to withdraw its petition to SCOTUS for cert, and the petition has been dismissed under Rule 46. As a result, SCOTUS won’t...more

Comcast and its Discontents

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/29/2015

Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011) and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 321 (2011), I appeared before a federal district judge on a motion to dismiss...more

Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in Complete Sham Telemarketing RICO Case

Carlton Fields on 9/18/2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the denial of class certification in a case brought against a bank and its payment processors that allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to cause...more

Plaintiffs Fold on Their Full Tilt Poker Actions Following Court’s Rejection of Class Certification and Proposed Settlement

BakerHostetler on 8/31/2015

The plaintiffs in three actions against entities and individuals involved in the Full Tilt Poker Internet gambling operation dismissed their claims without prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...more

Supreme Court Briefing Begins in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, A Potential Wage and Hour Blockbuster

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/25/2015

In a case that could change how wage and hour class and collective actions are litigated, Tyson Foods, Inc. recently filed its opening Supreme Court brief. Tyson seeks reversal of a $5.8 million judgment in favor of meat...more

Supplement — Curtin’s California Land Use

Perkins Coie on 8/13/2015

This Supplement is intended for use in conjunction with Curtin’s California Land Use & Planning Law, Thirty-Fourth Edition (2014), authored by Perkins Coie attorneys Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew S. Gray. In lieu of...more

Splitting the Difference: Recent Developments in Circuit Splits Over Class Action Lawsuits

Pierce Atwood LLP on 8/13/2015

It has been a busy summer for federal appellate courts deciding class action issues. Amidst all the sound and fury, this summer's decisions so far highlight two splits among the federal circuits, while also diminishing if...more

Insights from DRI Class Action Seminar 2015 – Part 1

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 7/28/2015

As I’ve done in past years, this post and the next one will summarize some takeaways I gleaned from this year’s DRI Class Action Seminar. Impact of Dart Cherokee: Nowell Berreth, who argued this case in the Supreme...more

New Developments in Protections for LGBT Workers

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/27/2015

It’s been a busy few weeks for developments in the area of LGBT rights since the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell , 576 U.S. ___ (2015)....more

The Sixth Circuit Expands American Pipe Tolling

BakerHostetler on 7/14/2015

On July 7, the Sixth Circuit decided Phipps v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 13-6194, 2015 WL 4079441 (6th Cir. July 7, 2015), an interlocutory appeal in one of the regional progeny of the U.S. Supreme Court’s famous decision in...more

Another Mini-Dukes Action Revived

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 7/10/2015

Current and former women employees of Wal-Mart recently won big in the Sixth Circuit in their mini-Dukes discrimination class action. The trial court had ruled that the class action was filed too late, but the court of appeal...more

Accommodating Dress Codes

Zelle LLP on 6/23/2015

It’s hot outside, and that got us thinking about dress codes. Over the past two weeks, the media has been fascinated with employer dress codes – from Walmart allowing denim to Mayo nixing pantyhose to Abercrombie’s “look...more

Supreme Court to Decide Class Action Issues Involving Settlement Offers to Named Plaintiffs, Statistical Sampling and Class Member...

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/17/2015

I’ve been delayed a bit in reporting on this, but the October 2015 term of the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up to be a blockbuster one for class action law. Perhaps even bigger than the October 2010 term, which brought us...more

California District Court Finds Bankrupt Named Plaintiffs Not Adequate Representatives

BakerHostetler on 10/16/2014

Anyone questioning whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), has had an impact need look no further than the decision in Alakozai v. Chase Investment Services Corp., Case...more

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