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It noted that a trial judge's discretion is not unlimited, that there was no authority for awarding damages under the CSPA to class plaintiffs who had suffered no injury, and that the lower courts ignored the clear distinction in the CSPA between the kinds of damages available in an individual action and the actual damages available in a class action.

Not exact matches

If you are a shareholder who purchased Akorn securities between March 1, 2017, and February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive, you have until May 7, 2018, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.

Meanwhile, in 2009 Ontario courts approved the Imax class - action suit and ruled it would be tried as a global class, meaning any investor who bought shares, whether on the TSX or Nasdaq, can be included as a plaintiff.

All of that comes on top of more than 500 class actions filed on behalf of owners and lessors of Volkswagen diesel cars — an unprecedented number, according to Elizabeth Cabraser, a leading mass - disaster plaintiffs attorney who is heading a 22 - lawyer steering committee trying to bring order to the sprawling mess.

If you are a shareholder who purchased Henry Schein securities between March 7, 2013, and February 12, 2018, both dates inclusive, you have until May 7, 2018, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.

If you are a shareholder who purchased Crypto securities between August 21, 2017, and December 18, 2017, both dates inclusive, you have until February 20, 2018, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.

If you are a shareholder who purchased Qudian securities on or after October 18, 2017, you have until February 12, 2018, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.

If you are a shareholder who purchased Omega securities between February 8, 2017, and October 31, 2017, both dates inclusive, you have until January 16, 2018, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.

The plaintiffs who originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of the class — Ingrid Avendano, Ana Medina and Roxana Del Toro Lopez — worked in the same engineering department as Fowler.

Investor advocate, Mark Elliott — who recently won a class action on behalf of investors in Downer EDI — lodged the claim on behalf of investor John Webster, who will act as «lead plaintiff» in the case on behalf of other investors who join the action.

The plaintiffs are seeking class status for those who purchased the Gerber products in California over the last four years.

A federal court has preliminarily approved a class action lawsuit settlement that will provide a $ 20 cash payment or 50 % - off savings voucher to consumers who purchased Procera AVH, which the Plaintiffs allege was falsely advertised as helping to improve brain function.

The class action was filed earlier this month in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in Washington, on behalf of some 100,000 individuals who attended such schools from 1890 until the present day, said Jeffrey M. Herman, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs.

It asks the court to certify the class action, return publication rights to the three plaintiffs and other members of the class who so desire, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover damages, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover the costs of the suit, require PublishAmerica to pay restitution to the defendants and the class, and grant «further relief as may be determined to be just,» including punitive damages.

In most provinces in the country, anyone who has the same legal complaint as a plaintiff who launches any type of class action can automatically share in any potential settlements provided they make a rightful claim in time, say legal experts.

Nepinak is the lead plaintiff in a $ 1 billion class - action lawsuit on behalf of all Canadians who purchased bread from the named grocers since January 2001.

In April 2012, three representative plaintiffs brought the class action lawsuit to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on behalf of all drivers who incurred tolls and / or additional charges to the 407 ETR, and had their license plate denied after they had filed a consumer proposal or a bankruptcy proceeding.

Plaintiff brings this action on behalf of himself and a Class consisting of all persons in the United States who established an account with NoteWorld LLC (or any subsidiary thereof) from which NoteWorld processed any payments related to any debt settlement program.

Attorneys for an Illinois man who applied for a Starwood Preferred Guest - branded American Express credit card have filed a class action suit contending that American Express failed to give the plaintiff and others the promised number of hotel loyalty points.

EA is to face a class action lawsuit apparently, after plaintiffs have emerged who allege that SecuROM breaches consumer law.

The Met Settles Ambiguity over its «Recommended Donation» The Metropolitan Museum has settled a three - year - old class action suit brought by plaintiffs who claimed its «recommended admission» of $ 25 to enter its galleries was misleading to the public.

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.»

«This is a unique settlement for a very unique situation affecting a specific group of individuals,» says Sabrina Lombardi of McKenzie Lake Lawyers in London, Ont., who along with colleague Michael Peerless and Manitoba firm Troniak Law represented the plaintiffs in the class action.

An Ontario Superior Court justice has found that the class action lawsuit brought against Deloitte LLP by lawyers who had reviewed documents for the firm constituted a success for the plaintiff class, and he has granted the representative plaintiff for the class a cost award.

Deloitte had asked for a cost award to the plaintiff class of $ 90,000 and that that award be further reduced to around $ 72,000 to reflect Deloitte's cost of cross-examining the first representative plaintiff, who was rejected by the court.

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

On the facts of these appeals, it seems reasonable to infer that recognizing interest as an expense would lead to a transfer of resources between classes of parties in which unsuccessful defendants are exposed to the risks of paying high interest rates designed to pay for the cost of lending money, not just to the successful party in the case but other plaintiffs who receive financing but may not recover moneys to pay for their loans...

A recent decision reached by the U.S. Supreme Court may change mass tort and class action lawsuits, it would not favor plaintiffs who are injured.

The three unnamed plaintiffs, who are suing the firm on behalf of a putative class of female attorneys at the firm, claim in their complaint that «At MoFo, the mommy track is a dead end.»

«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.

If you have been injured by a defective device, it is important to consult an experienced plaintiff's lawyer who has had success in class - action lawsuit litigation.

Settling (while class certification and summary judgment motions were pending) a statewide putative class action filed in San Mateo Superior Court for nuisance value with the named plaintiffs who alleged multiple wage and hour claims (unpaid regular and overtime wages, noncompliant meal and rest periods, untimely payment of final wages, noncompliant itemized wage statements, unpaid / forfeited vacation, and violation of PAGA) against a pharmaceutical supply company's call center;

The conventional view was that any plaintiff who could achieve a certification order in a class action would shortly arrive at a settlement agreement in the case.

David Assor, a Montreal lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in the Danone class action, agrees that other provinces are more strict about requiring reliance on what is claimed on the label.

«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.»

In addition to plaintiffs» work, firms are also finding clients on the defense side — manufacturers, suppliers, builders and contractors who are the likely targets of class actions.

«The proposed class would include individuals who did not rely on any of the representations set out in the plaintiff's claims, who purchased

Melville, New York, attorney Hunter Shkolnik, who is representing plaintiffs in one of the class actions, says he hopes Congress will create a fund to compensate Flint residents.

As a result of the breaches of privacy, the Plaintiffs commenced a class action against the employees of the Hospital (who allegedly accessed the records), as well as against the Hospital itself for failing to supervise those employees.

As long as it's during the period when Josephine is an individual plaintiff and not a class, her individual settlement doesn't settle the case with regards to the other plaintiffs (members of the class) who could still sue, but would have to find a different lead plaintiff.

The pleadings met the requirements of section 4 (1) of the Class Proceedings Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 50, setting out a cause of action, an identifiable class of two or more persons, common issues to be determined in the claims of the class members, and a representative plaintiff who fairly and adequately represented the proposed cClass Proceedings Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 50, setting out a cause of action, an identifiable class of two or more persons, common issues to be determined in the claims of the class members, and a representative plaintiff who fairly and adequately represented the proposed cclass of two or more persons, common issues to be determined in the claims of the class members, and a representative plaintiff who fairly and adequately represented the proposed cclass members, and a representative plaintiff who fairly and adequately represented the proposed classclass.

Notable mandates: Represent the plaintiffs in a proposed class action against provincial law enforcement agencies regarding allegedly negligent use of breathalyzer machines; acts for hundreds of pre-sale contract holders with various condominium developments who are disputing their requirement to close under consumer protection laws; defended a law firm in a four - week hearing over enforcement of a significant contingency fee agreement; acted for a number of clients in online defamation cases

The plaintiffs move for an order amending the class definition to shorten the class period to between November 1, 1998 to December 31, 2003 and to exclude persons who purchased products containing hydrogen peroxide or products using hydrogen peroxide (primarily indirect purchasers).

(U.S. June 19, 2017) in which the court finds that «specific personal jurisdiction» (as opposed to «general jurisdiction») is lacking with regard to the claims of members of the class of plaintiffs who are not California residents in this case brought in a California state trial court (in an 8 - 1 decision with Justice Sotomayor dissenting).

Most often, class proceedings are commenced with a plaintiff who has a claim in common with other persons.

A class action is a legal proceeding commenced by a representative plaintiff on behalf of themselves and a group or class of people who fall under the same definition of a proposed class.

«I have met with a couple of the plaintiff class action firms who are counting the number of sleeps until July 1,» he said.

At the certification motion, the plaintiffs in Brown had proposed a class definition consisting of employees who had worked for CIBC after 1996 and held the job titles of analyst, investment advisor, or associate investment advisor.

«Overall, it's good news for everyone because hopefully this will drive the pricing down,» says Luciana Brasil, a partner at Vancouver's Branch MacMaster LLP who along with Ward Branch is representing the plaintiffs in a class action against Apple, the four publishers that signed the agreement with the bureau, Penguin Group Inc., and Pearson Canada Inc..

Lawyers for the plaintiff class said in a press release that the ruling is a «significant step forward for misclassified workers who do not have the same protections as employees.»