The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just threw out a proposed class-action settlement over inflated Hyundai mileage estimates, in a decision that also criticized the common practice of basing attorney fees on inflated estimates of what a settlement is worth. Plaintiff lawyers are likely to request a full-court review of Read more…
There will be a lot of familiar faces in U.S. District Judge Dan Polster’s courtroom in Cleveland on Jan. 31, when lawyers gather for a hearing on multidistrict litigation against the nation’s opioid manufacturers and distributors. The prospect of the biggest payday since the $200 billion tobacco settlement in 1998 Read more…
On Sept. 23, 2016, a group of protesters blocked a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train carrying coal in Spokane, WA, to prevent the earth from warming up. From a scientific standpoint, the action was absurd: Stopping a single trainload of coal could hardly have any more impact on global climate Read more…