Not much in Congress has bipartisan support nowadays, but a new federal law managed to bridge the gap from one side of the aisle to the other. Effective March 3, 2022, a new law provides that mandatory arbitration clauses can no longer require victims of sexual...
Class Action Settlements and Cy Pres Awards: Part 2 of 2
As previously discussed in Part I, the Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") recently announced that it would take up the issue of cy pres awards in Frank v. Gaos. How SCOTUS rules in the Frank case could have tremendous impact on class action settlements....
Class Action Settlements and Cy Pres Awards: Part 1 of 2
[In this two-part series, we explore the origins and present-day use of cy pres awards in class-action settlements and the Supreme Court's recent decision to address the use of cy pres awards.] You're a member of a class action. The case has settled. You received your...
Class Action Investigation — Student Loan Servicing Practices
Student loan debt ballooned to more than $1.3 trillion in 2017, more than two-and-a-half times the total student loan debt 10 years ago. Debt servicing is a lucrative business, but many services aren't acting in borrowers' best interests. We are now investigating...
Kentucky Supreme Court Permits Class Actions for Wage Violations
On August 24, 2017, the Supreme Court of Kentucky held that employees may bring class actions for wage violations, such as an employer's failure to pay minimum wages or overtime wages. See Mary McCann v. The Sullivan University System, Inc., 2015-SC-000144-DG, 2017...
Xarelto Linked to Uncontrollable Internal Bleeding and Death
An anticoagulant, or blood-thinner, manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals and marketed by Bayer Healthcare, Xarelto was represented as being the superior medication to reduce the incidence of stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolisms. Studies, however,...
Risperdal Side Effects and Lawsuits
Risperdal, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1993, is an antipsychotic medication used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions, including ADD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia. One side effect, initially described as...
