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Class Action Defense Attorneys Obtain California Federal Court Jury Verdict in Favor of JDSU in Securities Fraud Case News media report today that JDSU obtained a jury verdict in the securities class action filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. While JDSU welcomed the verdict, the company continues to defend itself against other securities class action lawsuits.
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The author of the Class Action Defense Blog wishes all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving, and urges class action defense counsel to take the day off! A new class action article will be published tomorrow.
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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 time period of November 9 – November 15, 2007, during which time 46 new class action lawsuits were filed in these courts.
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To assist class action defense attorneys anticipate the cases against which they may 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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District of Columbia Federal Court Grants Class Action Certification in Class Action Alleging Sears Misrepresented that its Kenmore-Brand Clothes Dryers had Stainless Steel Drums Bloomberg News reports today that District of Columbia District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber has granted plaintiff’s motion for class action treatment in a lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck. The class action complaint alleges that Sears falsely advertised that its Kenmore clothes dryers were made with stainless steel drums.
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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 relevant timeframe. During the time period covered by this report (October 26 – November 1, 2007), there were 45 new class action lawsuits filed in these California state and federal courts, and once again new labor law class action lawsuits easily headed the list with 17 new class action complaints alleging employment law claims, or 38% of the new class action filings for the week.
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Molly Selvin of the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that securities class action plaintiff lawyer William Lerach has pleaded guilty “to a criminal charge that could send him to prison for up to two years,” but only if the federal court agrees to the terms of his plea bargain, which includes a provision insulating his San Diego class action law firm from criminal prosecution. While he was not named in the federal indictment handed down last year against plaintiff class action law firm Milberg Weiss and two of its then-named partners, Steven Schulman and David Bershad, Ms.
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The University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2007-2008 Symposium will be held on November 30 and December 1, 2007, and will focus on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). The Symposium promises to address six different perspectives of the Class Action Fairness Act: “history, jurisdictional policy, federalism, regulatory policy, impact on the federal courts, and impact on the legal profession.” The conference will be held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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Michael Parrish of the New York Times reports that class action plaintiff lawyer William Lerach has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice “for concealing his secret, illegal payments to Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, who was a plaintiff in the class-action lawsuits for which [the Milberg Weiss law firm] became famous.” Dr. Cooperman previously admitted to “participating in the scheme.” This represents but the latest in a series of guilty pleas obtained by the federal government following the criminal indictment of the plaintiff class action law firm Milberg Weiss, two of its named partners and others.
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Tentative Class Action Settlement Requires Sprint to Unlock Phones so they can be Utilized with Competitors’ Services and May Impact Similar Industry Class Action Lawsuits The New York Times reports today that Sprint’s defense team has negotiated a tentative class action settlement of a California class action challenging the company’s practice of “locking” its phones so that they cannot be used on competing networks. According to Katie Hafner’s article, the class action challenged Sprint’s practice of “locking” its phones so that it could not operate with other networks.
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