We left off last Monday in the middle of something — the Seventh Circuit’s latest proof of its leadership in the law of class actions.
My talk of the Seventh Circuit surge followed a segment on The outsize influence of Justice Scalia.
Now let’s finish up with the surge before turning to the third and final reason class actions will rebound: Politics.
Continue Reading Three Reasons Class Actions Will Rebound, Part 2
Have class actions — after a steady decline under the Roberts Court — begun a come-back?
I believe they have. And I offer here, and in the next post, three reasons they will continue to rebound.
The outsize influence of Justice Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia disliked class actions. He advocated putting a spotlight on class
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A rebuke
Drop dead, the Seventh Circuit on November 26 told U.S. firms that want to collect treble damages under the Sherman Act for fixing prices on their foreign subs' purchases overseas.
Either have your subs buy the stuff in the U.S., the panel ruled, or purchase the goods for import into the
Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner savaged a district court for approving a class action settlement that paid lead class counsel an $11 million fee while providing class members with benefits worth, in Judge Posner's reckoning, no more than $8.5 million. Eubank v. Pella Corp., No. 13-2091 (7th Cir. June 2, 2014).
The fact that
When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted long-time Chicago Bulls shooting guard Michael Jordan in 2009, Jewel Food Stores gave an assist by agreeing to sell (in its 175 Windy City-area grocery stores) a special Sports Illustrated issue that honored Jordan and his awesome career. SI in return provided Jewel a free throw – a full-page
A panel of the Seventh Circuit split 2-1 on whether to halt a district judge's order that called for a big drug-maker in Germany to ship a baker's dozen of its workers to New York for depositions. In re Petition of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 13-3898 (7th Cir. Jan. 24, 2014). The court
Does a law firm have a duty in tort to squeal on management to the board of directors?
Not in Illinois, the Seventh Circuit ruled last week. Peterson v. Winston & Strawn, LLP, No. 12-3512, slip op. at 4-5 (7th Cir. Sept. 6, 2013) (affirming dismissal of malpractice complaint).
The panel also cited its doubts that
Anyway the retroactive modification of a plan can't be used to diminish damages to which participants have been held entitled, even if the modification is lawful. In effect the defendant is arguing that okay, we screwed our participants unlawfully, but we could have screwed them lawfully, and that’s what we’ve now done by amending the
If you watch a lot of daytime TV, you may have seen lots of ads by for-profit schools. The pitches promise you an awesome job, a lot of pay, more sex-appeal, and even, in some cases, super-human powers.
But did you ever think about the people whose job it is to get you to pony
Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner today upheld (with help of course) a ruling against a plaintiff class that accused a pair of firms from the Great White North of scheming with U.S. outfits to raise the price of sulfuric acid, a by-product for the Canadians of smelting non-ferrous metals like nickel and copper.
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