Sentences with phrase «class action litigation brought»

Professor Rebecca Sharpless, Director of Miami Law's Immigration Clinic received the Excellence in Advocacy Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, South Florida Chapter, for class action litigation brought on behalf of Somali nationals who were shackled and abused on a botched deportation flight.

She has defended both individual and class action litigation brought under various state and federal consumer fraud and privacy statutes.

Not exact matches

New Jersey has been ordered to restore funds for urban schools, while in Florida a class action brought by the state's teachers union seeks to protect state employee pensions from the budget knife, a fresh field of litigation.

Requiring this case to be litigated on an individual basis would risk disparate results in nearly identical suits and exponentially increase the cost of litigation... Class action, by contrast, would achieve economies of time and effort, resolving common legal and factual issues «without sacrificing procedural fairness or bringing about other undesirable results.»

It is widely anticipated that the number of class actions brought around the world will continue to grow, driven by the globalisation of litigation funders and the increasing appetite from funders and plaintiff law firms to develop new claims outside shareholder class actions.

Specialist claimant firm Leigh Day & Co has billed # 105m in fees for its work on the class action brought against oil company Trafigura, in one of the highest - ever costs claims for a single litigation case.

An excellent example of these difficulties is the follow - on litigation brought by US class action specialists Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll on behalf of dairy consumers.

Outside of the United States, many countries have adopted or are considering the adoption of practices that incentivize frivolous lawsuits, such as opt - out class actions, contingency fees, and unregulated third party litigation funding, bringing U.S. - style litigation abuses to foreign shores.

Drawing on attorneys from across practice areas and offices, Weil has developed an impressive track record advising with respect to shareholder claims and demands for litigation, internal whistleblower complaints, class and collective actions brought by employees relating to pay, worker classification, and discrimination claims, product liability issues and recalls, privacy rights, intellectual property disputes (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competitors.

Neil brings a practical approach to dispute resolution and counseling, representing clients in a broad range of industries on key areas of litigation risk, including breaches of contract, business torts, intellectual property disputes, securities litigation, and class action defense.

Weber brings a broad securities litigation practice, representing clients in a diverse array of matters including securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, proceedings initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities, internal corporate investigations, arbitrations and other complex commercial litigation.

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Brooks, previously a partner and head of the Class Action Practice in Jackson Lewis LLP's San Francisco office, brings extensive class action litigation experience to the Class Action Practice in Jackson Lewis LLP's San Francisco office, brings extensive class action litigation experience to theAction Practice in Jackson Lewis LLP's San Francisco office, brings extensive class action litigation experience to the class action litigation experience to theaction litigation experience to the firm.

As a litigation funding firm, we invest in commercial disputes brought by businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and shareholders, whether individually or seeking funding for class actions, at all stages of the litigation or arbitration process.

Brad will moderate a panel, titled «Hot Topics in Private Securities: Lessons Learned and Practice Tips From Recent Cases,» which will address, among other topics, key considerations in bringing, defending and resolving a securities class action, the impact of regulatory investigations or actions on litigation strategy and recent case law developments.

Reathaford brings more than 12 years of experience handling class action litigation, as well as individual and multi-plaintiff actions, up to and including trial.

When a large group of individuals has been wronged or harmed, but no one person has enough economic incentive to bring suit on his or her own, class action litigation is useful.

Class actions are a specific type of litigation that allows for combining multiple, similar court actions into a single action brought against a common defendant or set of defendants.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (November 28, 2017)-- The University of Miami School of Law hosts the 2nd Annual Miami Law Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum bringing together...

The new lawyers enhance Akerman's core strengths in complex litigation and class / collective action defense on behalf of employers, and they bring significant experience in wage and hour issues.

Whitney Fore brings to Ifrah Law a strong background in complex civil litigation in the financial services industry, including class actions; franchise and business law regulatory compliance matters; and investigations by regulatory authorities.

Mark Cahill, a partner since 1992, focuses on bringing creativity and practical business judgment to his litigation practice, which includes disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions, sophisticated insurance coverage claims and analysis, corporate finance and governance matters, class actions and other complex business litigation.

Deloitte & Touche Inc. («Deloitte»), the long - acting trustee for the Estate of Bre - X Minerals Ltd., has brought motions in the Alberta and Ontario courts seeking leave to discontinue the class action litigation that it has been prosecuting against, amongst others, former Bre - X principal John Felderhof and his ex-wife Ingrid Felderhof, as well as the Estate of founder and CEO David Walsh.

Our experience includes representing Cephalon in a prominent action brought by the FTC in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and in separate antitrust actions by putative classes of direct and indirect purchasers of Provigil ®, as well as by a would - be generic competitor, all of which challenged Cephalon's settlement of Hatch - Waxman patent litigation.

«Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit brought over Subway's «footlong» sandwiches have decided to abandon efforts to pursue the litigation,» two months after a Seventh Circuit panel scorchingly criticized a proposed settlement («utterly worthless... no better than a racket.»)

In connection with class actions, the Weil litigation team aggressively defended Toyobo and positioned it to favorably settle the class claims brought on behalf of individuals, municipalities, and police agencies who wore or paid for the bullet - resistant vests.

Here are some highlights on the predictions offered by the panelists: 1) class actions are not going away; 2) the continued growth of mass commerce will continue to spawn class action litigation; 3) Justice Scalia's death will have a significant impact on class action jurisprudence going forward and the judiciary is likely to get less friendly to defendants in the short - term; 4) technology will make a big difference for the better in managing class action litigation; 5) defendants will continue to come up with creative, far - reaching ways of limiting class actions; 6) plaintiffs» attorneys will continue to bring class actions when a) they think they can make money and / or b) they think they will advance the public good; 7) there will be some good class actions and some horrible ones; 8) look out for states to pass new consumer protection laws similar to the New Jersey New Jersey Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA); 9) the TCPA and all - natural litigation booms will continue in the near future; 10) The CFPB will broadly define consumer finance services; 11) more class actions will go to trial; 12) what happens with the enforceability of arbitration clauses will have a big impact on the viability of many categories of class actions in the future; 13) look for more class actions in the federal courts in New York state.

Our powerful blend of litigation and arbitration experience brings expertise to all sides of complex disputes, including successfully defending clients against private, government, and class action suits and representing plaintiffs in major cases of first impression.

Yahoo has agreed to pay $ 80 million to settle a class action securities litigation brought against it by shareholders who alleged that the...