This is consistent with the increasing complexity
of class action cases, and contrasts with a decline in the total number of law firms used between 2012 and 2013.
Below, we answer some commonly asked questions about
pharmaceutical class action cases so that you can get the information that you need to make informed decisions about your future.
The attorneys at our firm have also represented clients in a variety of
other class action cases, ranging from mass tort litigation, including asbestos claims, to pharmaceutical and medical devices.
For example, if your class action lawsuit involves a defective product, you want someone who has demonstrated success in
handling class action cases with similar facts in the area of product liability.
He is lead class counsel in several
complex class action cases, including cases in the financial services sector, the automobile industry and the food and beverage group.
This integrated approach allows our lawyers to
manage class action cases by coordinating case reviews and analyses, sharing resources, and drawing upon the most skilled experts to investigate and evaluate cases.
In a troubling development, third party litigation funding companies are becoming increasingly involved in
Canadian class action cases.
Visit our practice area page for more information on
which class action cases we are currently handling, as well as past cases.
We have represented thousands of employees in individual and
Class action cases against some of the biggest employers in the nation.
For example, when I was investigating employment law, most of the big firms in town only
handled class action cases and employer defense.
Last month, plaintiffs in a secondary markets securities
class action case involving CIBC and its subprime mortgage exposure were denied certification, even though Ontario Superior Court Justice George Strathy indicated he saw merit in the case.
[2] 119 new federal securities
class action cases filed during 1H 2016, Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse's report
For example, the average US
securities class action case takes between three and six years to complete while legal defense costs average around $ 10 million, rising to $ 100 million for the largest cases.
No matter how the Austrian Supreme Court decides the case, Facebook will have to deal either with an individual case from Schrems, or with
class action cases from across the globe, said Danny O'Brien, international director of EFF.
It is currently involved in
major class action cases against Wall Street banks, as is its lead attorney for the DNC lawsuit, Michael B. Eisenkraft.
After five years of litigation and a nearly two - week trial, the team received a defense verdict on a hard fought
class action case for breach of fiduciary duty against Mr. Hughes.
Mark Pifko, a Shareholder at Baron & Budd, specializes in the prosecution of high -
profile class action cases against multi-national corporations.
Andy Schermerhorn has been co-lead Class Counsel in certified state and
federal class action cases involving breach of insurance, consumer fraud and product defect.
In addition, John has been lead counsel in several
putative class action cases in the insurance fraud and employment discrimination areas.
Well, as the AIG
class action case seems to indicate, as did the Spencer vs Hartford case which ended the Hartford's commission rebating on structures, trial lawyers, consumer advocates, judges and increasingly regulators, ALL seem to care.
Achieved summary judgment in federal court in New Jersey on behalf of food manufacturer
in class action case involving claims of alleged deception in product labeling.
When settlement or dismissal can not be achieved, our trial attorneys
litigate class action cases through all levels of the federal and state court systems.
Among his other accomplishments, he led a group of 20 law firms that prosecuted cutting -
edge class action cases against financial institutions, such as Countrywide, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, concerning destructive negative amortization loans that unknowingly caused borrowers to assume tens of thousands of dollars of additional debt.
Attorney Steven Teppler, co-counsel on the
first class action case filed in the matter, discusses the likely repercussions.
If the asbestos or breast
implant class action cases occurred today, the outcomes would likely be very different — witness, for example, the outcomes of the lead paint cases against Mattel and paint manufacturers.
This
recent class action case is out of Georgia against NoteWorld and Noteworld Servicing Center; Hattie Burke v. NoteWorld.
Supreme Court Aug. 11, 2016)-- authored by Justice Werdegar; discussed in our Aug. 15, 2016 post: Trial judges can use the percentage of recovery fee approach for purposes of awarding fess in a common
fund class action case, with the trial judge not shackled to using only the lodestar approach in an appropriate case.
Our Toronto lawyers were on the ground floor of the first class actions in Ontario, and have been involved as counsel in many of the
leading class action cases since, all the way from commencement to the Supreme Court of Canada.
One of the more significant matters involved a $ 500 - million
class action case launched against a chiropractor, a clinic, the Alberta government, and the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors in 2008.
If you are successful in your pharmaceutical
class action case then you may be able to recover for past, current, and future:
2009), where class representative incentive agreements creating conflicts of interests required reconsideration of fee awards to both objectors and class counsel in the BAR / BRI bar
review class action case.