Sentences with phrase «class action plaintiffs»

Together with BC's plaintiff - friendly class action costs regime, the opt - out amendment is likely to make BC an even more appealing jurisdiction for class action plaintiffs.

But that's not all that the app collects, according to class action plaintiffs in an American lawsuit.

State regulators, unlike class action plaintiffs, can claim statutory penalties for every violation of state law.

So class action plaintiffs may want to roll the dice.

Course Description A panel of prominent class action plaintiffs» counsel cover a range of complex attorney fee issues in class action litigation.

In addition, Keesal, Young & Logan was part of the defense team that was responsible for obtaining the largest sanctions award against a purported class action plaintiff and his counsel that, at the time, had been upheld on appeal.

In 2008, securities class action plaintiffs» attorney Mel Weiss pleaded guilty to charges he made illegal client kickbacks.

A minority of courts say that a consumer class action plaintiff has standing to get injunctive relief to prevent false advertising even though — by virtue of bringing the suit — he must know about the alleged deception and can't be harmed by it a second time.

The article points out that although the three decisions have potential to spell disaster for class action plaintiffs given the conservative majority in the Supreme Court, two of the three class - action - related decisions last term came out in favor of the plaintiffs.

Faculty David Azar, Partner, Milberg LLP (Los Angeles) Eric Lechtzin, Shareholder, Berger & Montague PC (Philadelphia) Joseph J. Siprut, Founder & Managing Partner, Siprut PC (Chicago) Course Description A panel of nationally prominent class action plaintiffs» counsel discuss a range of attorney fee issues in class action litigation.

As this story from the San Jose Mercury News and multiple others report, class action lawyer William Lerach, formerly a partner in the indicted class action law firm Milberg Weiss, struck a plea agreement to pay $ 7.75 million for his involvement in a class action kickback scheme by which Lerach made undisclosed payments to class action plaintiffs in exchange for signing them up for representation.

In conjunction with the AT&T v. Conception case earlier this year, it's been a bad term for class action plaintiffs.

If the reports of an impending Justice Department settlement are true, this would strengthen the hand of the class action plaintiffs and likely force a civil settlement.

Toronto lawyer Samuel Marr acted for the class action plaintiffs.

Among the hot issues that individual and class action plaintiffs and regulators have been focused on are the methods by which employers are required to compensate employees and independent contractors and the extent to which employees are entitled to overtime compensation.

Congratulations, you are now a class action plaintiff!

Faculty Lance A. Harke, Founding Partner, Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP (Miami) Jeffrey D. Light, Partner, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (San Diego) Joseph J. Siprut, Founding and Managing Partner, Siprut PC (Chicago) Course Description A panel of nationally prominent class action plaintiffs» counsel cover a range of attorney fee and expense issues in class action and MDL cases.

Before that, a California judge overseeing a lawsuit over a gas explosion off the coast of Nigeria, allowed Chevron to discover the funding agreement between Therium Litigation and the class action plaintiffs and attorneys.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R - Iowa, on May 10 unveiled the Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018, which would require disclosure of any third - party litigation funders that have fronted money to class action plaintiffs and their lawyers with the promise of a percentage of any recovery.

The 2008 apology arose out of an agreement between the Government of Canada and the churches which ran the residential schools under contract and the class action plaintiffs who were then suing the Government and the churches.

«From the perspective of a class action plaintiffs» lawyer, preparing for these cases has become somewhat of a moving target in that you have so many factors but... there is no one test that's consistently applied.

The Court seems to suggest that the trial judge was better positioned than it to make the disqualification decision, but all of the relevant issues — the nature of the retainer, the behaviour of CNR, the effect on the class action plaintiffs if McKercher were to be disqualified, and the knowledge of McKercher about the legitimacy of its actions — were well aired in the case, and it is hard to see what further advantage a trial judge would have.

4 x 4 lumber isn't really four by four in dimensions, and if that comes as news to you, you might be a class action plaintiff [Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel / USA Today Network]