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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Financing of Australian Class Actions—Solicitors Common Fund Order Disallowed

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Australia's highest court has ruled on the question of whether lawyers in New South Wales ("NSW") can charge contingency fees in class action litigation in the Federal Court of Australia (otherwise known as a solicitors'...more

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10 Steps to Better Managing Mass Tort Litigation

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From the now decades old asbestos litigation to pharmaceuticals and product liability cases to the newly developing PFAS or “forever chemical” lawsuits, mass tort litigation has increasingly become the tool of choice by which...more

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Victorian Supreme Court Denies First Ever Contingency Fee Applications in Class Actions

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The Facts  The plaintiffs in two separate class actions (Fox v Westpac Banking Corporation & Anor (Fox) and Crawford v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd & Ors (Crawford)) sought GCOs from the court pursuant to the...more

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Class Action Survey: True or False? The Amount of Time In-House Attorneys Spent Managing Class Actions Has Increased.

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False! In-house attorneys spent approximately 20 hours per week dedicated to the defense of class actions. This is a decrease of approximately two hours per week from 2017, but remains high considering companies reported that...more

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Supreme Court: A Service Text Message Is Not a Violation of the Spam Law

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The Supreme Court recently ruled on the issue of whether sending a text message in the course of customer service constitutes a violation of the Spam Law. The Court granted the Bezeq company’s appeal regarding the...more

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Are Third-Party Funding Costs Recoverable in Arbitration?

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Third-party litigation and arbitration funding is increasingly being utilized in the United States. Are the corresponding financing costs recoverable in arbitrations? According to the N.Y. Times, dispute resolution funding...more

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Pulling Back the Curtain: Moving Toward Disclosure of Third-Party Funding in Litigation - Who's Who Legal

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Civil litigation, once a realm confined to rules-based conflict resolution between adverse parties, has become profitable commerce in the US. Where commerce thrives, investors looking for healthy returns follow. Unlike other...more

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Insurance May Cover Call Recording Class Actions

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Companies often monitor or record conversations between their employees and customers for training or quality control purposes. California law prohibits monitoring or recording unless both parties consent. Class actions have...more

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