Navigation “Petitioners allege over 30 conditions in their suggested class definition, which could well mean that we may be required to certify over 90 subclasses—without even considering those petitioners with multiple conditions,” U.S. District Chief Judge John Jones of the Middle District of Pennsylvania said. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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Judges Tipped as Trump's Leading SCOTUS Picks Have Limited, and Different, Records on Class Actions
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Barbara Lagoa, who served for more than a decade in Florida’s state courts before joining the Eleventh Circuit in 2019, have different approaches to class actions, torts and arbitration, according to a review of their decisions. Click Here […]
Arizona Firms Quietly Explore Opportunities From Ownership Rules Change
One firm fielded a call from an accounting firm curious about a partnership, while another is weighing a subsidiary with nonlawyer shareholders. But regulations governing the new reality still need to be clarified. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Revisiting Amy Coney Barrett Statements About Abortion Rights
A look at some of what Amy Coney Barrett has said about abortion rights and U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Google Ends Mandatory Arbitration in $310M Sexual Harassment Settlement
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll in Washington, D.C., and Bottini & Bottini—a La Jolla, California, firm suing Oracle and Facebook in shareholder derivative suits over their diversity practices—helped negotiate the settlement. Click Here To Read The Full Article