Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
October 31, 2014 / January 12, 2023 by mindgrub
In December 2008, a major ice storm caused massive and lengthy power outages in several towns in Massachusetts. Twelve residential and business customers of Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light...
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Class Action Fairness Act Employment Class Actions First Circuit Decisions
October 30, 2014 / January 12, 2023 by mindgrub
You represent the defendant in a putative wage and hour class action filed in state court, alleging that certain categories of employees were denied mandatory meal breaks. The complaint doe...
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July 26, 2014 / January 12, 2023 by mindgrub
This week I attended the annual Class Actions Seminar sponsored by DRI (the Defense Research Institute). It was an excellent program, covering many recent trends in class action practice of...
First Circuit Decisions
July 18, 2014 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has published a story about our recent First Circuit win. You can find it here.
Class Certifications Supreme Court
June 23, 2014 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
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...
June 23, 2014 / May 17, 2024 by mindgrub
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...
May 19, 2014 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
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...
Class Action Settlements
February 23, 2014 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
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...
Class Action Fairness Act Supreme Court
January 16, 2014 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
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...
Attorneys' Fees Class Action Settlements
January 5, 2014 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
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...
