Class Action Settlements
March 8, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The Third Circuit’s recent opinion in In re Baby Products Antitrust Litig. is noteworthy for its approach to cy pres distributions in class settlements, a topic that has also garnered recent...
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Class Action Settlements Class Certifications
March 5, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In a watershed moment for class action securities litigation, last Wednesday the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, making it ea...
Class Action Settlements Consumer Class Actions First Circuit Decisions
July 28, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In an opinion authored by Chief Justice Sandra Lynch that could, and should, find its way into civil procedure casebooks, the First Circuit charted a course through the complexities of the E...
July 21, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In an April 30th post, we described the First Circuit's recent decision in In re: Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, in which the court for the first time articulated the stand...
Class Action Settlements First Circuit Decisions
April 30, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In 2009, the First Circuit held, as a matter of first impression, that class action settlement agreements may, in appropriate circumstances, include provisions for cy pres distributions. In...
