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To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the types of lawsuits against which they will have to defend in California, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week.
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As a resource to California class action defense attorneys, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week. This report covers February 8 – 14, 2008, during which time 40 new class action lawsuits were filed.
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To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the types of class actions against which they will have to defend in California, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week.
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As a resource to California class action defense attorneys, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week. This report covers the two-week period of January 25 – January 31, 2008, during which time 46 new class action lawsuits were filed.
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To assist defense attorneys anticipate the types of class actions against which they will have to defend in California state and federal courts, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week.
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After sitting on the motion for more than a year, Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack finally granted summary judgment in favor of CyberSource, ending a class action challenging stock options. The class action complaint was filed five years ago, and defense attorneys had consented to class action treatment. The defense moved for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff never exercised the stock options and so never suffered any injury.
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Mark Anderson of The Wall Street Journal reports today that the United Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a class action by Enron investors against numerous Wall Street firms, “striking a fatal blow against the class-action investor lawsuit.” Mr. Anderson notes that the High Court’s refusal to hear the class action appeal comes one week after the Court’s seminal decision in Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v.
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Mark Anderson of The Wall Street Journal reports today that the United Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a class action against Phillip Morris involving advertising of light cigarettes. The class action is but one of numerous class action lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging, in essence, that Phillip Morris and other tobacco companies falsely advertised “light” cigarettes as being safer than regular cigarettes.
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As a resource for California defense attorneys so that they may anticipate the types of class action lawsuits against which they will have to defend, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week.
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In a case of considerable importance to numerous securities class action lawsuits presently pending throughout the country, the United States Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., and affirmed the decision of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The underlying class action alleged securities fraud claims under, inter alia, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 based on misleading financial statements concerning Charter Communications.
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