Have you been paying attention to your odometer lately? If you drive a Honda or a Nissan, hopefully you have been. These two car makers have been accused of designing cars with faulty odometers that rack up miles faster than they’re supposed to. The extra miles can affect a whole slew of things, from your…
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Attorney-manned Help Desk for Civil Litigants
Though this isn’t directly related to class actions, it’s definitely useful advice that I’m sure someone out there (especially someone living in Chicago!) could use: CHICAGO – Mountains of paperwork and confusing legal terms can be intimidating to the thousands of people who forgo a lawyer and represent themselves in court. But a federal court…
Class action kings move to NY
TheLawyer.com is reporting that “Houston-based Lanier Law Firm has launched in New York with four lawyers, with the aim of expanding the presence to eclipse its headquarters within three years.” Officially opened today (16 November), the mid-town Manhattan office of the class action specialists will be overseen by resident head Richard Meadow, who will be…
Asbestos lawyers’ scams
Here’s the start of an interesting Washington Examiner article about asbestos laywers’ scams: A Supreme Court vacancy has forced the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay other business, including a bill that would create a trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos-related illness. In the meantime, trial lawyers continue the feeding frenzy that this bill could…
Milberg Weiss under investigation
Newsday.com is reporting that “class action behemoth” Milberg Weiss is now being probed by the federal government: After decades of going after big corporations for fraud and corruption, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman now finds itself under investigation. A pioneer in class-action litigation, Manhattan law firm Milberg Weiss is caught up in a federal probe…
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