#class action litigation

In re Celexa and Lexapro – The First Circuit Weighs in on China Agritech and American Pipe Tolling

The Supreme Court meant what it said in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh – that is the primary lesson from the First Circuit’s January 30th decision in In re Celexa and Lexapro Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation.  As my partner, Don Frederico, explained in a blog post last year, the Supreme Court observed in China Agritech that its prior ruling in American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah “tolls the…

The announcement of a $115 million settlement by Anthem Inc. over the health insurer’s massive January 2015 data breach suggests that class-action litigation over breaches will likely continue despite failures and relatively low settlements in other cases.

The $115 million agreement, if approved by the court, would be a record settlement and involves no admission of wrongdoing by Anthem, which commented in a statement, “We are pleased to be putting this litigation behind us, and to be providing additional substantial benefits to individuals whose data was or may have been involved in the cyberattack and who will now be members of the settlement class.”

Read more at https://www.advisenltd.com/2017/06/29/Anthem-cyber-settlement-litigation

Tidal, Microsoft, Google Play, Rhapsody, Slacker Now Facing Class Action Litigation

by  Paul Resnikoff

What started as a $150 million class action against Spotify is now threatening to snowball into one of the largest legal fights the music industry has ever witnessed.

Spotify’s attorneys at Mayer Brown LLC are diligently fighting against a massive class action initiated by David Lowery, with infringement claims now potentially surpassing $200 million.  But that’s just the…

TerraForm Global, Inc. (GLBL)

TerraForm Global, Inc. (GLBL) — The Firm is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors of TerraForm Global, Inc. (“TerraForm” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:GLBL) concerning the Company’s and its officers’ possible violations of federal securities laws. SSLG is preparing a lawsuit to recover damages on behalf of TerraForm investors. TerraForm owns and operates renewable energy generation…

2014 Judicial “Hellholes” Report Is Here.

The 2014 Judicial “Hellholes” Report Is Out!, by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Class Action Litigation

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Each year the American Tort Reform Association (“ATRA”) publishes its ‘Judicial Hellholes Report’ and examines problems in state court systems and challenges for corporate defendants in the fair and unbiased administration of justice.

The ATRA’s 2014…