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What if Contingent Fees Worked in Reverse?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 3 weeks ago: CBC business columnist Michael Hlinka has this modest proposal for how to prevent class action abuse … more →

Tags: International Class Action Law, canada class action, canadian class actions, Contingent Fee

Judge Jack Weinstein on Judge Jack Weinstein

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 month ago: Senior U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein (E.D.N.Y), has become well known for his often-ci … more →

Tags: Articles, Class Action Trends, Agent Orange, Asbestos, breast implant class action, cardozo law review, hand gun class action, Jack Weinstein, mass tort

Litigation Funding for Representative Shareholder Actions in India

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 month ago: According to this article by Anindita Dey of the Business Standard yesterday, an Indian securities r … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, associational representation, associational standing, class action india, indian class action law, Litigation Funding, private litigation funding, public litigation funding

Want to Cash in on the Next Class Action Settlement? Save Those Receipts1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 4 months ago: This report from Jim Williams of Chicago’s CBS affiliate, CBS 2, illustrates a common quandry … more →

Tags: Class Action Settlements, Commentary, Consumer Class Actions, class action settlement, consumer class actions, social utility

Legislator Says Interlocutory Appeals of Class Certification Orders Key to California Economic Recovery1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 5 months ago: According to the Daily Pilot and the California Chronicle, a California lawmaker has introduced a bi … more →

Tags: Class Action News, california class action law, class action appeal, Interlocutory Appeal

Word of Advice for European Class Action Reformers?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 5 months ago: Laptop Legal’s “Class Action Thought for the Day” looks to West’s “Hea … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, european class action, european class action reform

2008 Recap of Class Action Decisions and Trends, America Votes4 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 6 months ago: As the new year approaches, everyone seems to be doing a “top ten” list for 2008, so of … more →

Tags: Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, class action scandal, class certification, FACTA, foreign cubed, International Class Action Law, pollution class action, RICO Class Action

AAJ Weighs in on "Judicial Hellholes"

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: The AAJ hasn’t published a “generous dispensers of recompense” list to compete wit … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Aaj, åtrå, forum shopping, judicial hellholes

Where Not to Get Sued1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: Legal Blog Watch has a new post from Robert J. Ambrogi up today summarizing the latest edition of th … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Reports and Surveys, judicial hellhole, Tort Reform

Class Action Blogojevich Weekly Review

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practition … more →

Tags: Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, other class action blogs, aggregate litigation, class action commentary class action scholarship, class certification

CAFA Makes Strange Bedfellows of Trial Lawyers and Strict Constructionists

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: Mark Moller of the Cato Institute posted this commentary today arguing that true originalists should … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Commentary, atla, cafa, Class Action Fairness Act, Federalist Society, Originalism, originalist, Strict constructionism

Consumers Don't Benefit from UK Collective Actions. So How Exactly Does that Make them Different from US Class Actions?2 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: UK legal publication The Lawyer has an interesting article out today for anyone tracking trends in c … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Commentary, International Class Action Law, Antitrust, antitrust conference, Collective Action, jjb sports, opt-in

Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 8 months ago: Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review’s “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action News, other class action blogs, Brinker, Class Action Decisions, class action scandals, Wage and Hour

Politics and Class Action Reform1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 9 months ago: This evening, I came across an excellent blog article by David J. Sales, a trial lawyer with the Flo … more →

Tags: Class Action Fairness Act, Commentary, other class action blogs, Barack Obama, cafa, class action abuse, John McCain, Politics, Tort Reform

Will UK Damages Ruling Put a Damper on Collective Action Reform?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 9 months ago: Efforts to expand access to collective redress in the UK have been the subject of several recent ent … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action News, International Class Action Law, Commentary, class action damages, disgorgement, exemplary damages, punitive damages, uk class action law

Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 9 months ago: Here are some blog entries from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practiti … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action News, other class action blogs, International Class Action Law, FACTA, class action commentary, Class Action Decisions, TILA

Does an Opt-Out Collective Action Scheme Spell Doom for Businesses in the UK?1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 9 months ago: Fullbright & Jaworski International attorneys Antony Corsi and Ian Pegram authored an article pu … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action News, International Class Action Law, Collective Action, UK class action, British class action, opt-out, opt-in, opt out collective action

Class Actions as a Weapon to Stifle Democracy?1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 10 months ago: A few weeks ago, I commented on legislation proposed in Korea that would allow people harmed by publ … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Class Action Legislation, democracy, Dissent, Freedom of Speech, korean class action law

Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review2 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 10 months ago: Here are some blog entries from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practiti … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Federal Court Decisions, other class action blogs, Barack Obama, Blawg Review, Blog Review, Brinker, cafa, class action blog


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