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News May 18, 2013

Law Suit Filed: Viacom Video Music Awards Spam Text Messages

May 16 2013 Los Angeles, CA: Viacom, parent company of MTV is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it sent out unsolicited, promotional text messages to people who voted in the 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs), in violation of the Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

Judge Reinstates $203M Wells Fargo Overdraft Class Action Settlement

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:30 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! Judge Reinstates $203M Wells Fargo Overdraft Class Action Settlement By Kimberly Mirando Wells Fargo Bank Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

LA Fitness Membership Cancellation Class Action Settlement

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:36 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! LA Fitness Membership Cancellation Class Action Settlement By Mike Holter L.A. Fitness International, LLC has Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

Litigator of the Week: John O’Malley of Fulbright & Jaworski

By&nbspJan WolfeAll Articles The Litigation DailyMay 16, 2013 Most visitors to Las Vegas wind up losing money. O’Malley has a habit of showing up, bickering with casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and leaving with multimillion-dollar jury verdicts. Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

Chicago Tribune Settles Subscription Rate Hike Class Action

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Friday, 17 May 2013 13:40 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! Chicago Tribune Settles Subscription Rate Hike Class Action By Matt O’Donnell Over 41,000 Chicago Tribune Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

Happy Birthday Iqbal! A Q&A with Alexander Reinert

By&nbspDavid BarioAll Articles The Litigation DailyMay 17, 2013 Four years after the Supreme Court landed the second part of its one-two punch in Twombly and Iqbal, we caught up with the lawyer whose civil rights case on behalf of a Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

OfficeMax Agrees to ZIP Code Class Action Settlement

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Friday, 17 May 2013 13:58 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! OfficeMax Agrees to ZIP Code Class Action Settlement By Mike Holter OfficeMax has reached a Read more »

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Bankruptcy May 18, 2013

Bankrupt Alabama county names new top lawyer

By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Thu May 16, 2013 6:26pm EDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Read more »

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News May 18, 2013

Dow Must Pay $1.2 Billion in Year’s Biggest Damages Award

2012 was the year of billion-dollar wins in patent cases, but the largest award so far this year has come in an antitrust case against Dow Chemical. On Wednesday, a judge trebled a $400 million jury verdict in a class Read more »

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Insurance May 18, 2013

Settlement: $19.5M Settlement Reached in Wells Fargo and QBE Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Lawsuit

May 17 2013 Miami, FL: A $19.5 million settlement has been reached in a force-placed insurance class action pending against Wells Fargo Bank and QBE Insurance. Read more »

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Bankruptcy May 18, 2013

Settlement: Wells Fargo Ordered to Pay $203M in Overdraft Fees Class Action Settlement

May 16 2013 San Francisco, CA: US District Judge William Alsup has issued an order to reinstate a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank. The judgment is based upon the court’s findings, as affirmed on appeal by the Ninth Read more »

News May 17, 2013

The Careerist: More Women Now Take Hubby’s Name

Facebook finds that a vast majority—65 percent—of women in their 20s and 30s take their husband’s names. And even more women do so in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. “It reflects that for the married female population, keeping your maiden Read more »

News May 17, 2013

Edwards Wildman Plans Istanbul Launch

By&nbspClaire ZillmanContactAll Articles The Am Law DailyMay 15, 2013 The firm is opening an office in the Turkish city to cater to clients in the region and to support the practice of private equity partner Ted Cominos, who joined the Read more »

News May 17, 2013

Kroger Robocall Class Action Lawsuit Will Stay in Arbitration

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Friday, 17 May 2013 10:14 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Text Message Spam Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! Kroger Robocall Class Action Lawsuit Will Stay in Arbitration By Anne Bucher Read more »

News May 17, 2013

Angelina Jolie’s Cancer Gene, BRCA1, in Focus at Supreme Court

Earlier this week, Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy. She made the decision after doing a genetic test that showed she carries a gene that greatly Read more »

Bankruptcy May 17, 2013

Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan

By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) – Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in Read more »

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