Class Action Law

Charles Tompkins of Boston law firm Shapiro Haber & Urmy filed the lawsuit in late May on behalf of the 11-branch bank, which has assets of about $554 million. It seeks class-action status so other community banks can join the … Continue reading →

This month David Sanford, a partner and founder at Sanford Wittels & Heisler, a leading national public interest law firm, received a decision from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on a class action appeal filed in 2007.

you must meet certain legal requirements. To be a member of the class you need not take action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent class member. If you … Continue reading →

you must meet certain legal requirements. To be a member of the class you need not take action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent class member. If you … Continue reading →

you must meet certain legal requirements. To be a member of the class you need not take action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent class member. If you … Continue reading →

The CFPB’s action was also notable for requiring automatic refunds to consumers who were duped a simple process compared with the mailings and paperwork involved in most class-action settlements … practices are against the law and will not be tolerated.”

Payoffs like that get the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform bristling: “In the typical class action, plaintiffs really have no control,” senior vice-president for legal reform Matthew Webb told Reuters.”That’s where the largest amount of …

Lynette Rowe sued Diageo, which in 1997 acquired Distillers Co. (Biochemicals), the Australian and New Zealand distributor of the thalidomide drug, Slater & Gordon, a class-action law firm, said in a statement today. Rowe was born without arms and legs.

The next step in the class action is to close the class. Any thalidomiders in Australia or New Zealand who have not already registered with Gordon Legal or Slater & Gordon Compensation Lawyers should consider doing so urgently. Mr Gordon … Continue reading →

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