Blog Posts in May, 2011
Posted on May 27, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
Courts rarely deny motions for preliminary approval of a settlement. Yet Judge Koh of the Northern District of California recently did so in Standiford v. Palm, Inc. , No. 09-CV-05719-LHK, a case ...
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Posted on May 22, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
Last week's opinion in Auto Owner's relied in part on an unpublished opinion from late last year - Scottsdale Ins. Co. v American Safety Indem. Co., No. 1:10-cv-00445-WS-N (S.D. Ala.., Nov. 10, 2010). ...
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Posted on May 19, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
In a case which may set a important precedent for the entire Chinese Dry Wall product liability litigation, a federal judge in Florida this week held that the insurance carrier for the supplier of CDW ...
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Posted on May 18, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
The door to the courthouse for consumers may have been closed by the Supreme Court's opinion in Concepcion , but the key is still under the mat for corporations looking to sue consumers en mass. In a ...
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Posted on May 15, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
In an editorial published on May 13, 2011, the New York Times took aim at AT&T Mobility v Concepcion and recognized it for what it is: "a devastating blow to consumer rights" and "a major setback ...
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Posted on May 15, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
Pittsburgh personal injury attorney Rob Peirce spoke out in favor of class actions in an editorial appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.* As Pierce points out, the effort by big business to ...
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Posted on May 14, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
Many members of the class action bar believe that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion means the end of all class actions. We beg to differ. For sure, companies ...
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Posted on May 11, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
We are pleased to announce the launch of our class action blog . Watch this space to see commentary on developments in consumer law, class actions, our investigations and pending cases. Your comments ...
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