class action litigation

Workplace Class Actions: The Threat Keeps Growing
Risk Management

Workplace Class Actions: The Threat Keeps Growing

Class action litigation mania didn't abate last year. Here are five of the hottest trends heading into 2020.
By David McCann | January 15, 2020
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5 Hot Trends in Workforce Class Actions
Workplace Issues

5 Hot Trends in Workforce Class Actions

Plaintiffs' lawyers filed more employment-related class action cases in 2018, although the value of the largest settlements fell dramatically.
By Gerald Maatman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, and Partner | January 8, 2019
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Shareholder Lawsuits Over M&A Deals Are Declining
Risk & Compliance

Shareholder Lawsuits Over M&A Deals Are Declining

With "disclosure-only" settlements falling out of favor with courts, fewer investors are suing companies for additional information on planned deals.
By David McCann | July 18, 2018
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Can Companies Bar Workers from Filing Class-Action Claims?
Workplace Issues

Can Companies Bar Workers from Filing Class-Action Claims?

The Supreme Court seeks to clarify whether workers can be compelled to sign agreements that prevent them from banding together to sue employers.
By David McCann | February 2, 2017
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Exposure to Wage-and-Hour Class Actions Heightens
Workplace Issues

Exposure to Wage-and-Hour Class Actions Heightens

For plaintiffs' lawyers, it's growing easier to get wage-and-hour cases certified and to win settlements from employers.
By David McCann | February 1, 2017
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Delaware Judge Deals Blow to Shareholder Lawsuits
Risk & Compliance

Delaware Judge Deals Blow to Shareholder Lawsuits

The decision in a suit challenging a takeover is "a nail in the coffin" of so-called disclosure settlements, an expert says.
By Matthew Heller | January 26, 2016
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PwC to Pay Investors $55M Over Madoff Losses
Risk & Compliance

PwC to Pay Investors $55M Over Madoff Losses

The settlement averts a trial of investor claims that PwC failed to properly audit the books of the largest operator of "feeder funds" to Madoff.
By Matthew Heller | January 8, 2016
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RBC Loses Appeal of $75M Class-Action Award
Risk & Compliance

RBC Loses Appeal of $75M Class-Action Award

The Delaware Supreme Court upholds a verdict that found RBC Capital liable for misleading a client it was advising in a merger deal.
By Matthew Heller | December 1, 2015
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OSG Investors Settle Tax Debt Case for $16.2M
Tax

OSG Investors Settle Tax Debt Case for $16.2M

After nearly three years of litigation, the tanker company's former CFO is among the defendants who agreed to settle securities fraud claims.
By Matthew Heller | August 10, 2015
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When You Don’t Want Workers to Be a Class Act
Staffing

When You Don’t Want Workers to Be a Class Act

Employee class-action lawsuits, expected just two years ago to become a minor worry, remain a threat and may flare up in 2014.
By David McCann | January 8, 2014
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