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Fifth Circuit vacates clandestine fee award

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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June 2 2008

In In re High Sulfur Content Gasoline Products Liability Litigation, the Fifth Circuit vacated a secret attorney’s fee award approved by a district court as part of a class action settlement

Fear of injury insufficient to confer standing

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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June 2 2008

The Texas Supreme Court recently dismissed a putative class action for lack of jurisdiction because the plaintiffs’ claims were too speculative and hypothetical to confer standing. In

Class certification denied for unjust enrichment and implied warranty claims

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 16 2009

In Ronat v. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, the plaintiffs alleged that certain Martha Stewart brand patio tables sold at K-Mart had defective glass tops that tended to shatter spontaneously

Multi-state unjust enrichment class actions held to be improper

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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December 2 2009

In Muehlbauer v. General Motors, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that “multi-state class actions for unjust enrichment are inappropriate because the individual states’ laws regarding unjust enrichment are too nuanced to lend themselves to class treatment.”

Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends removal of all Chinese drywall

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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July 7 2010

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently recommended that consumers whose homes were built using certain Chinese-made drywall have their homes gutted as a safety precaution

First Chinese drywall rulings noxious for insurers

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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July 7 2010

The first substantive rulings in the ubiquitous Chinese-made drywall litigation indicate a growing headache for property insurers

Court orders arbitration under “follow form” agreement to arbitrate in excess liability policy

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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December 1 2010

CB Fleet Company, Inc, a manufacturer of certain FDA-regulated over-the-counter medication, sued one of its excess liability carriers, Aspen Insurance UK Ltd

Leaky tubs sink plaintiffs’ class certification

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 4 2010

In Evans v Lasco Bathware, a California appellate court affirmed denial of class certification based on the need for individualized damage determinations, which the court found trumped the commonality factor

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Fifth Circuit vacates clandestine fee award

Fear of injury insufficient to confer standing

Class certification denied for unjust enrichment and implied warranty claims

Multi-state unjust enrichment class actions held to be improper

Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends removal of all Chinese drywall

First Chinese drywall rulings noxious for insurers

Court orders arbitration under “follow form” agreement to arbitrate in excess liability policy

Leaky tubs sink plaintiffs’ class certification

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