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Federal judge lets class-action lawsuit proceed
Pictures of mice lounging around an anti-rodent device designed to make them flee were cited by a judge who let a class-action lawsuit proceed Wednesday against a company that sells and markets them.
Walker signs tort-reform bill (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker was expected on Tuesday to sign legislation making a long list of changes to the state’s civil litigation rules.
Revised suit faults Google for asking hires about previous pay
A revised lawsuit seeking class-action status against Google faults the search giant for asking new hires about their previous salaries, a practice now banned in California.
Personal-injury lawyers on panel to hear testimony on civil-litigation bill
A panel of lawmakers made up partly of personal-injury lawyers from both sides of the political aisle will be hearing public testimony Thursday on a bill calling for various changes to the state’s civil litigation rules.
M&A suits prevalent, controversial
Volatility in the world of shareholder class actions has stoked a debate over whether the lawyers who bring such cases are laudable public watchdogs or stick-up artists.
Class action settlements face growing scrutiny by objectors, courts
Facing new objectors, class action settlements are attracting greater scrutiny from appellate courts, which are gutting those settlements and sending them back to be renegotiated.
U.S. Supreme Court justices rule in closely-watched class action case
A consumer class action should not have been certified because the plaintiffs’ expert testimony failed to establish that the case was susceptible to awarding damages on a class-wide basis, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4.
Food labels spark class-action suits
The increase in class-action litigation challenging labels on certain food products has consumer litigation attorneys taking notice, and laying at least part of the blame on federal regulators.
Editorial: A failure to enforce spam texts
A Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman had one telling comment to explain the agency’s fight against illegal spam texts.
3rd Circuit vacates $17.5M settlement in Sprint class action
A $17.5 million class settlement did not adequately protect the rights of all cell phone customers who had claims against Sprint for allegedly unlawful early termination fees, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Debt collector can be sued for autodialed cell phone calls, rules 7th Circuit
A debt collector may have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when its automated dialing system contacted cell phone users with reassigned numbers, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
At the class certification stage, a harder look at experts
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for large groups of plaintiffs to prove that they should proceed in a class action, courts have been taking a harder look at a key type of evidence plaintiffs use to make that case: expert witness testimony.
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