Take Justice Back is Live
The American Association for Justice ("AAJ") has launched a new online grassroots campaign called Take Justice Back. The site aims to inform consumers about the justice system and the ways in ...
Supreme Court to Address Mootness Doctrine in Class Action Litigation
This article was co-authored by Rhonda Coleman, a law clerk at Wexler Wallace. Rhonda is a third year law student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
This term, the Supreme Court of the ...
Be Careful What You Ask For
In In re Abbott Labs., Inc, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 21387 (7th Cir. Oct. 16, 2012), the Seventh Circuit recently held that, by moving to consolidate numerous state court product liability cases ...
Hall of Shame: New PayPal User Agreement
Changes have come to PayPal’s user agreement, and of course, the changes are not for the benefit PayPal customers. The company recently added a section to its user agreement which takes away a ...
Medical Devices in the Market: Are they Safe, or Just Similarly Dangerous?
Efficiency and speed is valued when bringing new medical devices to the market, but what remains relatively unknown are the risks inherent in the current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
The Seventh Circuit’s First Year of Living with Wal-Mart v. Dukes
Last summer, when the Supreme Court issued its decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S.Ct. 2541 (2011), some commentators said that the case foreshadowed the end of large employment ...
FDA User Fee Legislation: Lowering Consumer Costs by Increasing the Availability of Generic Drugs on the Market
On May 30, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5651 in a 387-5 vote, following Senate approval of corresponding legislation in the process of reauthorizing the FDA Prescription ...
The Nameless and the Powerful
A national survey conducted by Findlaw.com recently put focus on most Americans' lack of knowledge about the Supreme Court. Nearly two-thirds of Americans cannot name one Justice currently ...
In Defense of Cy Pres Distributions
The doctrine of “cy pres,” a term that derives from the Norman French expression “cy pres comme possible,” or “as near as possible,” is an equitable doctrine that allows money damages in class ...
GSK Pays for its Past, But What About its Future
Federal prosecutors announced Monday a record-breaking $3 Billion settlement with the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”). GSK, which agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges, is ...
The Jury Is Out
Observers around the country have been describing the disappearance of the civil jury trial for quite some time. In recent years, fewer than two percent of federal actions have gone to trial ...
A Look at CAFA: Seven Years in the Making
In 2005, Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA” or the “Act”). The Act was supposedly drafted to prevent class action lawsuit abuse, but it threw the baby out with the bathwater ...