The home mortgage crisis of the last several years has spawned its share of new government regulation and litigation. On September 4th, Judge Rya Zobel denied plaintiffs’ motion for class c…
In George v. NWMCC, CA No. 10-10289-DJC (D. Mass., September 27, 2012), United States District Judge Denise Casper granted class certification to a group of employees and former employees of…
Last week, in Abdallah v. Bain Capital LLC, United States District Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the District of Massachusetts dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Bain Capital LLC b…
Twombly, Iqbal and Class Allegations
In 2007 and 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued landmark decisions clarifying the pleading standards that must be met for a complaint to survive a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Ci…