Class Action Lawsuits Now Target More Than a Dozen Law Schools
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A threatened wave of class actions against American law schools became a reality last week after plaintiffs' lawyers sued a dozen more schools over their allegedly ...
Carlyle Drops Class-Action Lawsuit Ban as Opposition Mounts
Carlyle Group LP abandoned a plan to ban shareholders from filing class-action lawsuits after U.S. regulators threatened to block a stock sale the private-equity firm is seeking to complete as soon as April.
Class-action lawyers swarm around buyout deals
Most merger litigation is pretty weak, Columbia law prof says
Nutella Class Action Settlement: Not Part of a Balanced Legal System
Washington Legal Foundation (WLF)??has??commented twice before (here and here) at our Legal Pulse blog on the indigestion-causing class action suits that were filed??in New Jersey and California??against??Ferrero, the maker of Nutella. The gist of the complaints is that Ferrero misled consumers with statements and images on the product label and in ads that Nutella was ...
Watchdog considers corruption class-action suits
Corruption Watch will consider class-action litigation on behalf of communities deprived of services due to corruption.
California woman's small claims victory resonates
Heather Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court — a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement over defective hybrid cars.
Crime Notes: NY Sues Major Banks Over Mortgage Registry, Goldman Faces Class Action
NY AG Eric Schneiderman takes on major banks, while Goldman Sachs has been ordered by a federal judge to face a securities class-action lawsuit...
Law Grads Sue Law Schools over Skewed Employment Figures
Law school alums facing a tough job market are suing their alma maters. At least 15 individual class action law suits have been filed by a total of 73 law school grads who allege that the schools falsely inflated graduate employment rates. The suits allege the schools inflated the data, in part, by employing their own graduates in temporary jobs and counting graduates working in non-legal ...
Dutch ruling could pave way for class action suits
The Amsterdam Court of Appeals last Tuesday ruled to approve a $58m damages award to investors who bought shares in Swiss insurer Converium between 2002 and 2004 on the Swiss Stock Exchange.