Sentences with phrase «class plaintiff counsel»

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In January and February 2018, Pomerantz, sole lead counsel for the class, along with lead plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, achieved a historic $ 3 billion settlement with Brazil's energy giant, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras.

In a significant victory for investors, Pomerantz, as sole lead counsel for the class, along with Lead Plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, has achieved a historic $ 2.95 billion partial settlement with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras.

«eHarmony can be proud of the reputation that it has built as the best dating site on the Internet and it can be proud of the relationship that it is building with the gay and lesbian community,» said Jeremy Pasternak of the Law Office of Jeremy Pasternak, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff class.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Under the «Nationwide California Law Class» segment of this case, the Plaintiff's legal counsel states that «One of the chief architects of the unlawful conspiracy, Steve Jobs, is a resident of California and the CEO of Apple computers.»

Philips North America has agreed to pay a gross settlement amount of $ 17,000,000 to the Qualified Settlement Fund to pay the settlement class, plaintiffs and class counsel.

Plaintiff's counsel acknowledge the difficulties in bring a public health class action due to Rule 21 motions early in the proceedings due to proximity.

Judges must hold both plaintiff and defence counsel's feet to the fire; what efforts were made to locate class members, or distribute funds to them efficiently?

In King County Superior Court, a case had to be stayed while a party sought new counsel after their attorney acknowledged that he falsified a memo and emails before turning them over to plaintiffs in a nationwide class - action lawsuit.7 Similarly, this spring, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a 500 - page opinion, blasted a legal team (who previously had «won» a $ 19 billion judgment in an Ecuadorean court) for their «egregious fraud» which included ghostwriting «independent reports.»

Having regard to institutional fairness will send the message that the court will not approve a settlement if through misadventure, incompetence, opportunism, lassitude, or fatigue the Representative Plaintiff and Class Counsel do not achieve a settlement that is truly fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class memClass Counsel do not achieve a settlement that is truly fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class memclass members.

Mr. Leopold also serves on the plaintiffs» trial team in the Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, as lead counsel in the HCA Class Action and Polaris ATV matter, and as co-lead counsel in the Red Light Class Action.

Target Faculty and Delegates: Plaintiff & defense side class action attorneys, economic advisors and experts, litigation financiers, claims administrators, active judges, academics, government counsel, Fortune 500 corporate counsel, insurance companies, and key media contacts.

2 Cumming J. in Vitapharm Canada Ltd. v. F Hoffman - Laroche Ltd., [2000] O.J. No. 4594 (S.C.J.) noted the following factors to aid in determining a carriage motion: the nature / scope of the causes of action advanced, the respective theories advanced to support the claims, the state of each action, the number and extent of involvement of the proposed representative plaintiffs, the relative priority of commencing the class actions, and the resources and experience of counsel.

The factors to be addressed are non - exhaustive.2 However the Court noted a particular factor, namely the proposed fee arrangement between class counsel and the proposed representative plaintiff.

Stephen A. LeClainche, Of Counsel at the firm, was selected for inclusion in the fields of Product Liability Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions for the Plaintiffs practice.

«The Jimenez family has been irreparably changed as a result of something that could have been and should have been prevented,» added Eidson, who is also Co-Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs in the national class action against Ford and Firestone now pending in Indianapolis, Indiana.

«I have met with a couple of the plaintiff class action firms who are counting the number of sleeps until July 1,» said Peter Clausi, executive vice president corporate affairs and general counsel at GTA Resources and Mining Inc. «I think they are going to wind up being the Wade Boggs of litigation — they're going to go to the hall of fame hitting singles.»

Pursuant to a contingency fee agreement entered into with the representative plaintiffs, Class Counsel are eligible to recover 30 % of the settlement fund, plus HST and disbursements.

By Angus McKinnon Plaintiffs» counsel in civil Competition Act class actions often view themselves (and sometimes even refer to themselves) as «private... Read more

Attis represents important appellate Court guidance for the class action bar as, prior to Attis, certain decisions, most notably Poulin v. Ford Motor Co. of Canada, earmarked class counsel as a potential payment source for defendants in situations where the plaintiffs were unwilling or unable to cover costs ordered against them.

One KOL lawyer was co-lead class counsel and another was co-chair of the plaintiffs» law and briefing committee.

On January 31, 2018, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and Susman Godfrey, Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel filed a consolidated toxic tort class action complaint on behalf of plaintiffs against E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company (NYSE: DD), and its former wholly - owned subsidiary, The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, Southern DiviClass Counsel filed a consolidated toxic tort class action complaint on behalf of plaintiffs against E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company (NYSE: DD), and its former wholly - owned subsidiary, The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, Southern Diviclass action complaint on behalf of plaintiffs against E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company (NYSE: DD), and its former wholly - owned subsidiary, The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, Southern Division.

Served as plaintiff's counsel in two related securities class action litigations that resulted in settlements $ 6.7 million.

But don't defendants generally instruct their counsel with «all - in» settlement figures, meaning that each dollar that goes to the to the plaintiff's firm comes from the pocket of the plaintiff / class?

Class counsel Sam Marr and David Fogel of Landy Marr Kats LLP said that the decision «reflects the economic realities of workers in today's economic climate» and «it would be a loss to all workers if a new representative plaintiff is not found resulting in the dismissal of this action.»

A certification motion for a class action lawsuit against Deloitte LLP involving document reviewers has been adjourned for 60 days while class counsel seek a new representative plaintiff.

In addition to the Lead Plaintiff, the Iowa Public Employees» Retirement System, Orange County Employees» Retirement System («OCERS»), the State of Oregon, by and through the Oregon State Treasurer and the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Board on behalf of the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund («Oregon») and the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church («the General Board»), all were appointed class representatives and Cohen Milstein was appointed Class Counsel in the litigation in October class representatives and Cohen Milstein was appointed Class Counsel in the litigation in October Class Counsel in the litigation in October 2011.

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.

Plaintiffs, which were represented by class counsel led by Boies Schiller, alleged that New England - based C&S and Supervalu, another leading wholesaler based in the Midwest, entered into a conspiracy to allocate the New England and Midwest territories between themselves for a period of five years, resulting in inflated grocery prices.

The affidavits of Class Counsel and of the representative plaintiff, Mr. Cannon, which set out why they have concluded that this settlement is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the class will also be posted below, by no later than March 31, Class Counsel and of the representative plaintiff, Mr. Cannon, which set out why they have concluded that this settlement is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the class will also be posted below, by no later than March 31, class will also be posted below, by no later than March 31, 2017.

Class counsel will also be seeking approval for the payment of their legal fees and disbursements from the settlement fund, in accordance with the terms of their retainer agreement with the representative plaintiff.

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His Honour determined that Ms. Sondhi was not a suitable representative Plaintiff and ordered counsel to amend the class definition.

Counsel in plaintiff class action lawsuits have a tremendous amount of pressure upon their shoulders already, and international litigation only serves to further complicate matters.

In Attis v. Attorney General, Cullity, J. held that where class plaintiffs» counsel supposedly failed to explain their potential costs exposure to them, the solicitor acted without authority in commencing the action.

The MLG arrangement discourages maximum commitment on behalf of the class because even if class counsel should win at trial, they will not be entitled to any compensation, whether from the recovery (no such agreement is in place) or via the plaintiff's claim for costs (no costs can be awarded because the representative plaintiff has no liability to pay legal expenses.

The representative plaintiffs agreed in a document called a «contingency fee agreement» to pay Class Counsel up to 1/3 of any money received in the lawsuit (whether from a settlement or after trial).

As representative plaintiff Mr. Weldon received and acted on all of Class Counsel's requests for information.

Stephen E. Goldman, the firm's managing partner, has served as counsel for insurers in many significant property insurance and class action cases, including Standard Fire v. Knowles, 133 S. Ct. 1345 (2013)(holding that the plaintiff's stipulation can not defeat federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act) and Travco v. Ward, 736 S.E. 2d 321 (Va. 2012)(affirming the trial court's judgment that property insurance policies do not cover losses caused by the presence of Chinese drywclass action cases, including Standard Fire v. Knowles, 133 S. Ct. 1345 (2013)(holding that the plaintiff's stipulation can not defeat federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act) and Travco v. Ward, 736 S.E. 2d 321 (Va. 2012)(affirming the trial court's judgment that property insurance policies do not cover losses caused by the presence of Chinese drywClass Action Fairness Act) and Travco v. Ward, 736 S.E. 2d 321 (Va. 2012)(affirming the trial court's judgment that property insurance policies do not cover losses caused by the presence of Chinese drywall).

Class Counsel think Mr. Weldon and Mr. Bleier have been exemplary representative plaintiffs and have worked diligently to support this action.

In the end, the representative plaintiffs agreed with class counsel that this settlement was a good idea because there were many risks at trial (see FAQs # 10 - 14), and there is a benefit to getting the money sooner (see FAQ # 13).

Prohibiting lawyers from representing a class when the named plaintiff is a relative of, employee of, or otherwise has a preexisting relationship with the plaintiffs» counsel.

Apple's schadenfreude in class counsel's notice error was short lived as Judge Cote quickly allowed the Plaintiffs» attorneys to correct their error.

But a recent Ninth Circuit opinion illustrates the potential danger to plaintiffs in this approach — and a potential opportunity for defense counsel to raise or renew the jurisdictional issue after the class certification stage.

Presumably, such a withdrawal could wield considerable influence by cutting off litigation funding and re-exposing the representative plaintiff and / or class counsel to an adverse cost award.

He also acted as lead counsel for the General Service Small / General Service Medium customer class in a multi-week hearing before the Manitoba Public Utilities Board for the first Cost of Service Review of Manitoba hydro in over 10 years, and is acting for acting for SNC - Lavalin as a plaintiff in a multimillion - dollar coverage claim as against its insurer with respect to an E&O claim regarding a major infrastructure project in Manitoba.

• The lead plaintiff was employed by class counsel's former law firm.

The plaintiffs» counsel argued that they had sent class notices to 3,996 class members and had received only two objections: an objection from Brennan and an «objection» that was actually a dispute over the amount the individual class member was to receive.

In a statement to Law Blog, Katherine Barrett, the general counsel for Anheuser - Busch's U.S. operations, said, «It's certainly possible that the $ 3.5 million fee collected by the plaintiffs» attorneys will outsize the benefit paid to consumers, an outcome that is increasingly more common in class action suits such as this.»

As counsel for the plaintiffs, Matthew has won numerous out - of - court settlements in a class action and collective action discrimination, overtime and education claims — including many cases brought by police officers and educators.