A claim said to be worth $14 billion is up for a hearing next week in the UK Supreme Court.

As some of us predicted years ago, global litigation continues to expand in both class actions and other forms of collective actions.  Now, there’s a new too...

An April 4, 2016 Blue Sky blog article from Professor Coffee provides a cogent review of the end of the SCOTUS pendulum swinging against class actions. Some ...

Excluding Justices Thomas and Alito,  SCOTUS this week not surprisingly concluded that statistical proof can be used in class actions to prove up damages in ...

The headline is the view presented in an October 31, 2014 post by Paul Karlsgodt at the ClassActionBlawg.com. The point he makes in general is that defendant...

Science and law meet in a new law school class (at UMKC) focused on the NFL concussion litigation. Too bad its not an online course. The course outline is on...

Transparency as to class action damages is starting to move forward with respect to the NFL concussion litigation.  As previously noted, Judge Brody ordered ...

In the NFL concussion litigation, the federal judge overseeing the case has now ordered release of supporting financial calculations for the preliminarily ap...

The unsolved problem of conflicts between class members is amply illustrated by lawyers arguing back and forth about the “settlement” with the NCAA regarding...

The Conglomerate blog brings forward yet another interesting topic, paper and author in a July 7, 2014 post. The topic is “For-Profit Public Enforcement” and...

The D & O Diary has an interesting guest post on plaintiff’s firms suing to block "misleading" disclosures on executive compensation packages at issue in "sa...

Kevin LaCroix at D & O Diary has mentioned/briefly reviewed a new treatise on class actions around the globe, and a new treatise on class action strategy. Th...

Class action rules are now in effect in Mexico, and include some unique rules on opt-in and opt-out procedures, as well as providing for statutory standing f...

"Be careful what you wish for …" The Iqbal and Twombly rulings made it significantly harder for plaintiff to plead claims, even when it was obvious that ther...

Class action law continues to evolve in Canada. This article from McCarthy Tetrault provides a link to and commentary on a recent and controversial appella...

I’m setting aside James Hardie and Australia for a few days. News on Friday provides a great springboard for some comments in the same general area of what’s...

Who was the last person to assure you that Europe would never entertain class actions ?  Perhaps you should send them an email and invite them to attend this...

Here is an unexpected but interesting non-asbestos example of conflict of interest issues arising from efforts to resolve “mass torts” for various persons ar...

This post offers a brief comment arising from the now widely reported fact (see, for example, SCOTUSblog and many others) that the U. S. Supreme Court grante...

So, where and when are US tort and securities judgments binding on persons who live outside the US, and why should does it matter? Let’s start with the latte...