Over the years, large corporations and the defense bar, through their lobbies, have launched a broadside attack against class actions, accusing them of being shakedown schemes perpetrated by class action attorney…
While we generally believe that in appropriate circumstances a settlement which provides only cy pres relief can be approved as fair, reasonable and adequate, there is no doubt that this mechanism is subject to a…
Numerous courts have wrestled with the propriety of "unmanifested defect" class actions, generally finding that no cause of action exists for a plaintiff who has not yet been injured. But what about settlements f…
Courts rarely deny motions for preliminary approval of a settlement. Yet Judge Koh of the Northern District of California recently did so in Standiford v. Palm, Inc., No. 09-CV-05719-LHK, a case arising from alle…