Here. Excerpt: Drywall from China was . . . highly toxic. * * * Approximately 60,000 homes built with drywall from China were affected, according to one source. In fact, the problems caused by this imported drywall are so massive and widespread that individual lawsuits could not have even begun to make a dent in […]
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Trump to Weigh Litigation Changes Long Coveted by Business Trump Seen as Supportive of Business-Backed Litigation Bills
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Here. Excerpt: [E]nter Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Corporate Lobbyist Heaven), with his ironically titled “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act,” which passed through the House Judiciary Committee two weeks ago. Its passage was a remarkable feat of avoiding public notice or debate, with Goodlatte ramming through the legislation in the middle of the night, voting down […]
Here. I won't post an excerpt because the report is too full of information to single some items out. If you care about class actions, I suggest reading the whole piece.
Here. Markup on the bills is schedule for tomorrow. Excerpt from Frankel's piece: The bill would limit class certification to class actions in which plaintiffs all “suffered the same type and scope of injury” and would bar certification unless courts can ascertain class membership and assure that only injured plaintiffs recover. Class action lawyers would […]
by Jeff Sovern In a characteristically terrific post at Credit Slips, Georgetown's Adam Levitin explains the real reasons for calls to fire CFPB Director Cordray. A worthy companion to Adam's recent op-ed at American Banker (free content), What the CFPB 'Commission' Debate Is Really About. Both worth a read.
Christopher R. Drahozal of Kansas has written The Issue Preclusive Effect of Arbitration Awards, Proceedings of the NYU 69th Annual Conference on Labor: Mediation and Arbitration of Employment and Consumer Disputes, Forthcoming. Here's the abstract: Courts in the United States have two primary means (in addition to individual adjudication) by which to resolve disputes in […]
WSJ report here (behind paywall). The Caucus consists of 40 members. The article reports that they seek rollback of 200 rules, but they anticipate that the number will rise.