Because of our widely recognized expertise in this area, our attorneys frequently speak before various audiences
on class action litigation and serve on local and national rules committees involving complex litigation issues.
We are a professional law firm that
focuses on class action lawsuits, mass tort cases, complex litigation, employment law and consumer rights.
Although it's difficult to find exact numbers
on class action settlements, there are some studies that suggest that the settlements are often of little value to plaintiffs.
In this column, I'll discuss how to locate the applicable law and both historical and current
information on class actions in countries worldwide.
The growing number of these matters increases corporate counsel
spending on class actions and makes winning — as opposed to defense costs — the primary measure of success.
Mr. Guite focuses his litigation
practice on class actions, involving ERISA, insurance, false advertising, commercial, construction and products liability matters.
This morning, the National Law Journal is
reporting on a class action filed in California, claiming that Facebook is using names and images of minors for advertising purposes without getting parents» permission as required under California law.
In a development for real estate brokerages in Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in April
ruled on a class action lawsuit against a brokerage that charged a flat $ 149 administrative fee in addition to its commission.
Advising on its complaint against the takeover of bmi by IAG and its appeal in the EU General Court against the European Commission's decision authorising the IAG / bmi acquisition, as well
as on its class action settlement covering US and UK consumers related to cartel investigations into long - haul passenger fuel surcharges
Recently, a Harlem chain of the popular Papa John's delivery pizza franchise made headlines when workers
brought on a class action lawsuit alleging that the chain had been stiffing them of their hard - earned money by rounding off their hourly wages to the nearest increment, not paying workers overtime premiums, as well as failing to reimburse transportation maintenance costs.
Winston - Salem, NC, USA About Blog The Employment & Labor Insider blog provides
insight on class action litigation, employee benefits, labor relations, and compensation.
Gascon has worked with the commercial division of the Montreal Superior Court, and has represented the Superior Court on the CBA - Quebec
committee on class actions as well as a working group studying U.S. - Canada cross-border class actions.
Post Dukes and Pre-Tyson: An update
on class actions for in - house senior legal advisors and Litigators
Partner, Head of Data Protection and CEO of ProDPO, James Castro - Edwards, has commented for The Times
on the class action law suit filed against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica in the... Read more →
The American Bar Association organizes an annual National
Institute on Class Actions co-sponsored by the Center on Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and the Section on Litigation.
Oh - Willeke has since authored a post in which he has added some insightful observations on the raw data, including an analysis of on the burden, or lack thereof, that class action lawsuits may be placing on court dockets and some more general
comments on class action litigation in general.
In October, Colorado attorney and Wash Park Prophet blogger Andrew Oh - Willeke asked whether there were any statistics
on class action filing in the state and federal courts in Colorado.
Among the crowd were lawyers from Torys» Toronto and New York offices, other big law firms in Montreal, clients, and representatives from the Quebec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association — where Rodrigue is chairwoman of the national task
force on class actions.
Mr. Burt has extensive experience managing major class action litigation on behalf of financial services institutions in more than 40 states, and he is a frequent
speaker on class action issues.
Specifically, sooner or later, the Supreme Court is going to hit the NLRB with a 2 x 4 over its rulings
on class action waivers in arbitration clauses in employment agreements.
In a blog post, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform President Lisa A. Rickard yesterday urged the European Commission to «follow its own advice» as it prepares a new
directive on class action litigation in the European Union.
In the first of four highly anticipated rulings
on class action issues this term, the United States Supreme Court has handed down a major victory for business interests.
He has testified numerous
times on class action and claims aggregation issues before the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees (particularly with respect to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) and before state legislative committees.
«I suspect this progression, over the past couple of years, where all of these BPCPA claims are coming to certification hearings and we're seeing the appropriate
restrictions on class actions predicated on the BPCPA, I suspect this will stem the tide of these kinds of class actions insofar as consumer claims require the BPCPA to be viable,» says Rosenberg.
Panel Moderator, «Evidentiary Standards for Certification: Should There be a Higher Standard,» National
Symposium on Class Actions, Osgoode Hall Law School, April 2012.
The impact of this
decision on class action claims, foreign corporations, and multi-defendant litigation is yet to be seen.
Ms. Barriger was the editor - in - chief of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, and she authored and published a Note on due process
limitations on class action monetary remedies.
In the latest installment of Bulletproof Blog «s series
on class action trends from the plaintiffs» perspective, Larry Smith interviews Canadian lawyer Won Kim.
Jon also frequently writes papers and presents
on class actions at leading legal conferences offered by the University of Montreal, the Ontario Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocate's Society, and the Osgoode Class Actions Symposium among others.
Agarwal is also an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law and regularly
speaks on class actions, commercial litigation, employment, human rights, and constitutional law.