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Predominance and the privacy class action - in re Hannaford Bros

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2013

In late 2007 and early 2008, the Hannaford Brothers Grocery stores suffered a security breach: thieves stole the debit and credit card data of

Superiority as unity

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2013

Professor Jay Tidmarsh of the University of Notre Dame has a new article on superiority: Superiority as Unity, 107 Nw. U. L. Rev. 565 (2013). The

The ALI & Cy Pres - in re USF

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

Today's case, In re Universal Serv. Fund Telephone Billing Practices Litig., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80204 (D. Kan. Jun. 7, 2013), provides an unusual

Fourth Circuit narrowly interprets state action exemption

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

On May 31, 2013, the 4th Circuit ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission that the state action doctrine did not immunize efforts by North

Federal government seeks Supreme Court review of quality stores decision excluding severance payments from FICA

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2013

On May 31, 2013, the federal government, after requesting two extensions, filed its long-awaited petition for writ of certiorari seeking U.S. Supreme

The further adventures of Behrend v. Comcast Corp.

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court quietly granted certiorari in Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Butler: Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case

Reactions to Dukes: litigation strategy & legal change

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2013

Longtime readers may remember that last February I had the pleasure of participating in the DePaul Law Review's symposium on Class Action Rollback

The limits of vague pleading - Duvio v. Viking Range Corp

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2013

Class action practice provides plaintiffs with some odd pleading incentives. Two that cause continual problems are the need to keep things vague (in

U.S. Supreme Court to review burden of proof to apply in patent licensee challenges

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

In 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that patent licensees could challenge their obligation to pay patent license royalties under a license

CFPB refers first case for criminal prosecution

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

On May 1, 2013, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York brought the first criminal case based on a referral from the Consumer