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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Due Process Strikes Back: Alabama Supreme Court Vacates $124M Class Settlement Attorneys’ Fee Award

The Alabama Supreme Court recently vacated a substantial $124 million attorneys’ fee award in connection with a class action settlement (Lawler v. Johnson et al., No. 1151347, — So. 3d –, 2017 WL 4707517 (Ala. Oct. 20,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Reverse Auction Ploy by Competing Class Counsel Creates Right of Intervention by Class Members Whose Settlement Demands Were...

In a case that reveals the darker aspects of what can sometimes be an ugly competition for the class counsel role, the Eleventh Circuit rendered an opinion last week finding that a group of plaintiffs were entitled to...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates Relators’ FCA Settlement Recovery; Concludes that the FCA “Allows Relators to Recover a Percentage of the...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently vacated an award of settlement proceeds to relators of several related qui tam actions because the district court failed to make factual findings as to whether the...more

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Foes of the NJDEP $225 Million Settlement with Exxon Mobil Must File “Friend of the Court” Briefs Today

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After denying their motions to intervene last week (see our coverage here), Judge Hogan issued a Scheduling Order that sets today as the deadline for the eight environmental organizations and State Senator Lesniak (D-Union)...more

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Mintz Levin Health Care Qui Tam Update - July 2015

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Trends & Analysis - ..We have identified 36 health care–related qui tam cases that have been unsealed since the cases covered in our last Qui Tam Update. Of these cases, eight were filed within the last year. A number...more

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