Maine Appeals
First Class Defense
June 23, 2014

The Supreme Court Upholds the Basic Presumption in Securities Litigation but Gives Defendants a Chance for a Win at Class Certification
Class Certifications, Supreme Court
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Earlier this spring, in our post titled, The Supreme Court Ponders the Future of the Basic Presumption in Securities Litigation, we reported on the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in...

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June 23, 2014

Genereux et al. v. Raytheon Company: First Circuit Declines Invitation to Expand Massachusetts Medical Monitoring Law
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In this cautionary tale authored by Judge Selya, the First Circuit affirmed the district court’s award of summary judgment to defendant Raytheon Company in a putative class action in which P...

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May 19, 2014

So you want to be a class action defense lawyer.
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Not every litigator wants to learn class actions; in fact, most do not.  After all, why would anyone want to get mired in the procedural morass of a class action when they could be spending...

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February 23, 2014

To Settle or Not to Settle: Eight Questions Corporate Counsel Should Ask in Evaluating Class Action Settlements
Class Action Settlements
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To settle or not to settle; that is the question, right?  It is asked when you receive the demand letter threatening a class action, when the complaint is filed and served, at the initial sc...

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January 16, 2014

Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corporation: Finding CAFA To Be As Clear As An LCD
Class Action Fairness Act, Supreme Court
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court once again weighed in with a decision regarding class actions, but this time with a twist.  In what is a rare event in the class action context, the Court hande...

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January 05, 2014

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: D. Mass. Awards Small Fraction of Requested Attorneys’ Fees in ZIP Code Class Settlement
Attorneys' Fees, Class Action Settlements
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In an opinion reminiscent of the famous Rolling Stones song, Judge Richard Stearns on December 26th awarded plaintiffs' class counsel fees of $75,959.00 of a requested amount of $450,000 for...

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December 19, 2013

Court Lowers the Bar for Numerosity Requirement in Nexium Antitrust Litigation
Class Certifications, US District Court - Mass
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On the heels of his November 14, 2013 order certifying a class of individual consumers and other payors who alleged that defendant pharmaceutical companies engaged in anti-competitive practi...

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December 08, 2013

Six Tips for Mediating Class Actions
Class Action Settlements
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There comes a time in many class actions when the parties agree to mediate.  Like class litigation, the mediation of class actions, whether pre-certification or post-certification, is more c...

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December 07, 2013

Mediating Class Actions
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There comes a time in many class actions when the parties agree to mediate.  It doesn't happen in all cases.  The decision whether to settle (the goal of mediation) may be a matter of timing...

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November 30, 2013

Comcast and the Nexium Antitrust Case
Class Certifications, US District Court - Mass
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On November 14, 2013, Judge William G. Young of the District of Massachusetts entered an order certifying a class of individual consumers and other payors who alleged that anti-competitive p...

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