Sentences with phrase «national class»

Alabama plans to use the Praxis II exams manufactured by the Educational Testing Service, the same tests that are the focus of national class action lawsuits for scoring errors.

Represented a global medical device manufacturer in national class action involving claims for fraud and false advertising in marketing of medical testing devices

However, the provincial legislatures should pay more attention to the framework for national class actions and the problems they present.

Canadian courts continue to struggle with how to deal with national class actions, as demonstrated in an Ontario Court of Appeal decision on whether an Ontario judge could sit together with colleagues from other provinces to consider the Hepatitis C case.

Weil served as national class counsel on behalf of breast implant manufacturer 3M in connection with the global defense of class actions brought by recipients of silicone gel breast implants.

Steele v. Lew (D.D.C.)(serve as interim class counsel, with Motley Rice LLC, to a putative national class of approximately 700,000 tax - return preparers challenging the Internal Revenue Service's collection of millions of dollars in fees absent statutory authority)

In separate cases, acted as lead counsel for two manufacturers of consumer products in the same industry in defending purported national class actions challenging warranty practices and disclosures.

Eloise Gratton B.C. Supreme Court Certifies National Class Action for Financial Institution Data Breach

In the process of defending large national class actions, Sterling Cluff saw firsthand how defendants can take advantage of individual consumers and the benefit that individuals gain in their fight against formidable corporations by banding together to form classes with the force of «what's right» behind them.

The scope of its review will be broad, ranging from improving «take - up rates» by class members, canvassing different funding options for class actions, and providing guidance for when national class actions are appropriate.

About the Carlton Fields National Class Action Practice: Carlton Fields has litigated and counseled clients in hundreds of class actions for more than 30 years in federal and state courts across the nation, and in arbitrations.

Koskie Minsky LLP, Colin Stevenson and Harvin Pitch act together for the plaintiffs in a proposed national class action against General Motors of Canada Limited and General Motors Corporation.

«There are serious difficulties with many national class actions that we have to deal with, and this is one example of it,» says Barry Glaspell, a class actions lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

Mr. Cereseto has also recently litigated cases involving mortgage and securities fraud in the sub-prime market, national class cases involving the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, high rise construction defects, real property disputes, title insurance claims, land use, easement, license and trademark, and insurance coverage issues.

Most evident of all was the fact that the popular national classes such as the Lightning, 110, 210 and Snipe, though good boats, were far outclassed in speed by the newer types which may well be the classes of the future.

Manhattan megabuilder and national class boor and braggart Donald Trump, who catapulted himself into seemingly unbeatable front - runner status in the GOP contest for president, defying the predictions of virtually all of the state's leading political pundits in the process.

According to Osler, nearly half of privacy class actions initiated in Canada have been commenced in Ontario — which is not surprising given that most national class actions are initiated in this province purely for logistical reasons, says lawyer Jeff Orenstein of the class action law firm Consumer Law Group.

As can be seen in this appeal, the creation of national classes also raises the issue of relations between equal but different superior courts in a federal system in which civil procedure and the administration of justice are under provincial jurisdiction.

«She's going to be working with a team of lawyers from across Ontario on some of our big national class actions, a much broader range of legal experiences than you would ordinarily get if you're working in an office in Elliot Lake where you're typically doing small - town solicitor work,» he says.

Panelist, 2015 ABA National Class Action Institute, «When the Supreme Court Speaks, Does Anyone Listen?»

Gresham successfully represented victims in the first national class action against Google and Yahoo! for «click fraud.»

Penalties can include double damages and even plaintiff attorneys can be liable, Frank Qesada, an attorney with MSP Recovery, a Miami law firm that has filed numerous national class actions on behalf of private Medicare providers, told Forbes.

The proposed amendments will harmonize BC's class action regime with the majority of jurisdictions in Canada and will significantly increase the size of classes in BC by allowing national classes.

The duo is aiming to obtain national class action status for their suit which would allow anyone with an impacted device to seek damages from Apple.

Owners of residential properties clad with Exterior and Finish System components (EIFS) sold by Senergy Inc., a subsidiary of Harris Specialty Chemicals Inc., may be eligible to receive repairs or cash payments from a recently negotiated partial national class action settlement.

Represented major auto insurer against tying and restraint of trade claims brought on behalf of national class of 70 million policyholders who claimed they were overcharged for aftermarket crash parts

Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a putative national class action on behalf of our client, a health plan, in a claim of wrongfully denied mental health care benefits filed in federal court.

Carlton Fields National Class Actions practice group leader, Julianna Thomas McCabe, was quoted in the Forbes article, «SCOTUS To Decide Arbitration Issue; Unclear If Trump Pick Will Be On Bench In Time.»

Defeating proposed national class actions involving the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and other claims.

Glaspell also says while the legal system has dealt with many national class actions, the difficulty, as this case shows, is often how to implement them.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada Post v. Lépine called on provincial legislatures to pay more attention to the framework for national class actions, and recommended establishing more effective methods for managing jurisdictional disputes:

Litigators comprise almost one - quarter of Eversheds Sutherland's attorneys, and we represent financial services clients in national class actions as well as state and federal courts.

The success of the»82 team was due in large part to the catapult arm of redshirt junior Blackledge, a quarterback who had seemed doomed to obscurity — first because he had chosen to play at Penn State, a school whose running tradition was as sacrosanct as its black shoes and anonymous jerseys, and second because he entered college with a national class of QBs that included Dan Marino of Pitt, John Elway of Stanford and Tony Eason of Illinois.

What makes Fultz's breakout even more striking is how deep and talented the national class of 2016 is, especially at the point guard position.

While most contenders» classes are nearly complete, the final one or two additions could provide an extra boost of program momentum heading into spring practice (and the early stages of the 2019 recruiting cycle)-- or at least swing the national class rankings for a feather in the school's cap.

The first number is their national class rank, the second is their rank in the B1G: 2018 - 39th / 8th 2017 - 34th / 4th 2016 - 108th / 13th 2015 - 37th / 7th 2014 - 33rd / 5th I believe this data indicates a couple things.

Despite 37 points from senior guard Milan Moses (a season high), Dublin's girls were unable to stay with the fast - paced Matadors, led by highly - recruited guard Sabrina Ionescu — ranked 5th in the national class of 2016 by ESPN — and her triple - double of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals.

During my 20 + years as a competitive endurance athlete, I logged tens of thousands of training miles running and on the bike with the assumption that, in addition to becoming fit enough to race successfully at a national class level, I was also doing my cardiovascular system and the rest of my body a big healthy favor.

The story of Ghett» A Life is about a teen in the inner community who wants to become a national class boxer for Jamaica.

First, the United States has been running a national class - size experiment for 40 years.

Rodrigue told Legal Feeds she will be at the Montreal office two days a week and will continue to commute to Toronto as she has for the past seven years as the former co-chair of the national class actions team at Norton Rose and its predecessor Ogilvy Renault, where she began her career as a stagiare 22 years ago.

«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.

With no national class litigation regime, managing class proceedings in Canada can get complex.