- Free-riding in MDLs, steering committees as old boy networks, and other things observed when a defense lawyer attends a plaintiff’s-side conference [Stephen McConnell, Drug and Device Law] Not entirely unrelated: Monopolies and gatekeepers in multidistrict litigation [Elizabeth Chamblee Burch/Mass Tort Prof first, second]
- 9th Circuit: consumers weren’t deceived by a dispenser whose design left some lip balm in the tube [Paul Hastings, California Appellate blog]
- “Lawsuit Alleges Firm Used Smartphone App to Secretly Troll for TCPA Cases” [Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Bob Dorigo Jones]
- Laffitte v. Robert Half International: “California Supreme Court to decide how class action lawyers should be paid” [Alison Frankel back in December, and recent coverage: Perry Cooper, BNA/Class Action Litigation Report, Lawrence Schonbrun/Investor’s Business Daily, David Levine and Scott Dodson/SCOCABlog]
- “New commercial highlights ‘rampant venue shopping’ in Louisiana” [Chamber-backed Louisiana Record]
- Because stepping up incentives for bounty-hunting litigation is a big priority for today’s Congress: “False Claims Act Penalties Poised to Double” [Darby Allen and B. Scott McBride, Baker Hostetler]
Filed under: California, class action settlements, forum shopping, Louisiana, qui tam
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I am not sure anyone was deceived by containers that don’t leave some residue of the product behind on the sides and bottoms of containers.
Also, printer ink, anyone? I have made quite a mess taking apart print cartridges that are reported to be empty.
Re: Undercover Defense Attorney. I recall seeing plaintiff-side conferences where it said, in big bold letters, “defense attorneys may not attend.” What’s there to hide? Nothing dirty going on, I trust? Can they even do that? I suppose they can, but it’s like political parties: quasi-private, quasi-public. Or like an ex parte communication, if judges are there. Has the bar weighed in on conferences that affirmatively exclude certain attorneys? Could we get a legal ethics opinion on that? Could a journalist get in? Ah, but journalists aren’t skeptical of the plaintiff’s bar, so never mind.