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  Class Action World
The sole objective of Class Action World is to serve as an independent and objective resource dedicated to providing free and timely securities class action, antitrust class action, and consumer class action related news and information to the public.
Class Action World also maintains a law firm rating area which enables you to provide feedback regarding your experience with a specific class action attorney or a specific class action law firm.
Class Action World is not owned, operated, or under the control of any attorney of any law firm, or any other business that has a direct or indirect financial interest in the prosecution or outcome of any class action litigation.
www.classactionworld.com   (1289 words)

  
  Class action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Class action lawsuits may be brought in Federal court if the case involves issues that affect potential class members in different states or has a nexus with federal law.
Upon the motion to certify the class, the defendants may object to whether the issues are appropriately handled as class litigation, the named plaintiffs as insufficiently representative of the class, and their relationship with the law firm or firms handling the case.
Class treatment generally does little to improve the efficiency of a mass tort because the claims almost always involve individualized issues of law and fact that will have to be re-tried on an individual basis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Class_action   (1681 words)

  
 Texas Class Action Law
In a plaintiff class action case, a named plaintiff initiates a lawsuit on behalf of numerous other persons who have similar claims, but who are not named in the lawsuit and who never need to appear in court.
Prior to the use of class actions, the English courts required that any person, whether plaintiff or defendant, who had a material interest in a case be made a named party in the litigation so that a judgment in the case would be binding on him or her.
Because the law provides that a class representative may sue or be sued on behalf of a group, class actions may involve a plaintiff class, a defendant class, or both.
www.weblocator.com /attorney/tx/law/b14.html#txb140000   (4787 words)

  
 ATRA :: Class Action Reform
Class actions emerged in the 1980s as a result of mass marketing of products which increased the American population's exposure to potentially harmful products and substances.
One of the major reasons that there has been a sharp rise in the number of class action suits is that a number of states' certification standards for these suits have become much more lax.
To make the class action system more just and predictable, proposed legislation would authorize federal courts to hear class actions when they have a significant interstate character--that is, where at least some members of the plaintiff class are citizens of states different from those of defendants.
www.atra.org /show/7337   (560 words)

  
 Class Action Litigation Information
A class action was filed on behalf of Canadians injured by the herbal sleeping aid Sleepees was filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia...
Class Action Litigation Information is a service provided by Timothy E. Eble, P.A. This website is maintained to provide a useful legal research source for attorneys.
Class action litigation is a necessary procedure to protect the public from unethical and improper business practices.
www.classactionlitigation.com   (545 words)

  
 Class Action default page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Class Action is a law-related educational program facilitated exclusively by law enforcement professionals for our school children.
Class Action provides a basic understanding of state law that governs socially acceptable behavior in the home, in school, and in the community for middle and high school students and their parents.
Class Action provides character education and teaches children their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the Commonwealth.
www.oag.state.va.us /Protecting/classaction/ca_default.htm   (120 words)

  
 Overlawyered: Archived class action materials, pre-July 2003
"Employment class actions: EEOC to the rescue", Sept. 10, 2001.
For example, most of the massive lawsuits filed against individual industries over personal injury to classes of consumers are covered on pages specific to the subject matter of the cases, such as the pages on firearms litigation, tobacco litigation, managed-care litigation, breast implant litigation, product liability, and so forth.
Among the better-known law firms representing class action plaintiffs are Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes and Lerach LLP, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein LLP, Cohen Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll, Krause and Kalfayan, and Barrack, Rodos and Bacine.
www.overlawyered.com /2003/06/archived_class_action_material.html   (1964 words)

  
 COMPAQ CLASS ACTION SUIT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In April 2000, Compaq entered into a settlement of the class actions pending in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas and Washington.
The settlement was approved in October 2001 pending dismissal of the individual state actions.
Class participants have until 10/15/03 to file claims under the settlement.
members.aol.com /CClass450   (167 words)

  
 Madison County Record | Illinois Court News | Litigation-- Class Action, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A class action lawsuit over a 52-cent balance on a gift card will be in court Dec. 21 on a motion to dismiss and case management conference.
Former Madison County Circuit Judge Philip Kardis' decision to dismiss a class action complaint in 2003 was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court Dec. 7.
In 2005, the number of class action lawsuits dropped almost in half from the previous year, marking a turning point of sorts in Madison County.
www.madisonrecord.com /issues/issueslist.asp?p=332   (841 words)

  
 Class Action Fairness Act
(1) Class action lawsuits are an important and valuable part of the legal system when they permit the fair and efficient resolution of legitimate claims of numerous parties by allowing the claims to be aggregated into a single action against a defendant that has allegedly caused harm.
`(2) explain that the failure of a class member to exercise his or her right to be excluded from a class action will result in the person's inclusion in the class action.
The limitations periods on any claims that were asserted in a class action dismissed under this paragraph that are subsequently asserted in an individual action shall be deemed tolled for the period during which the dismissed action was pending.
www.theorator.com /bills108/s1751.html   (3433 words)

  
 Class Action Lawyers – Attorneys Resources, Civil Suit, Small Claims Litigation, Defective Products
A "class action" is a civil suit under which a party, or a group of parties, may sue as representatives for a larger class of people.
For example, the class must be so large or dispersed that actually bringing together all individuals in a suit would be impractical; there must be questions of law and fact common to all members that outweigh any individual questions; and the named parties must adequately represent the interests of their class.
If the class action is certified, members of the class must be given a notice, and an opportunity to exclude themselves from the class action.
www.classactionlawyers.us   (2007 words)

  
 Class Action Lawsuits
The purported purpose of class action lawsuits is to give the common man the ability to take on the largest corporate or private entities (who can afford the very best legal services) and have a chance of redressing the wrong done by these entities.
It is important to remember that even though the actual damage or cost to the individual class member may be small, the illicit gain to the corporate entity can be huge if done to hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of class members.
How a class action is structured, various terms and legal requirements, etc...
www.web-access.net /~aclark/frames45.htm   (556 words)

  
 Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse maintains an Index of Filings of 2540 issuers that have been named in federal class action securities fraud lawsuits since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
In addition the Clearinghouse provides Annual and Quarterly Updates on trends in securities class action filings and settlements as well as access to a range of Articles and Papers that relate to the evolution of federal class action securities fraud litigation since passage of the PSLRA.
While vigorous debate continues to swirl regarding the merits of class action securities fraud litigation, certain patterns appear to characterize litigation behavior during the five-year period since adoption of the PSLRA.
securities.stanford.edu   (587 words)

  
 Celebrex Class Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Celebrex is a Cox-2 action celebrex class lawsuit inhibitor (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory).
For RA, celebrex class action the recommended therapeutic dose is 100 mg to 200 mg, twice daily.
A member of a class of drugs known as Cox-2 inhibitors, Celebrex works by targeting the Cox-2 enzyme celebrex class action that plays a major role in arthritis and inflammation.
teddyhome.fbhosting.com /celebrex/class-action.html   (1007 words)

  
 Action Celebrex Class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED font-size: 11px; color: fl; text-decoration: underline; action celebrex class font-weight: normal; Beginning in 1999, researchers reported that this class of drugs also appears to suppress prostacyclin (PGI2), a hormone-like substance that dilates blood vessels and reduces blood clotting.
Dosage is based on your action celebrex class medical condition and response to therapy.Take Celebrex with 6 to 8 ounces (180-240ml) of water.Do not lie down for at least 30 minutes after taking Celebrex.
The problem is larger than a single class of painkillers, however.
teddyhome.fbhosting.com /action-celebrex-class.html   (915 words)

  
 Class Action - Classism issues, Consulting, Seminars about race, gender, and poverty
Class Action has developed this part of our web site to include a range of issues linked to class, including education, health care, housing, taxes, and wage inequality.
Our new resources section includes resources for poor and working class, middle class, wealthy / owning class, class and religion and gender and children's issues related to class.
Class Action offers classism consulting for groups and organizations, coaching and counseling, as well as customized workshops and Seminars.
www.classism.org   (555 words)

  
 Employees readying class-action lawsuit against EA - PC News at GameSpot
Schubert also said that until a class is certified by the court, he couldn't say how many individuals would seek to participate in the legal action.
The plaintiff is seeking to bring this lawsuit on behalf of himself and to represent a proposed class of current and former EA employees as a class action.
According to Schubert, the most recent action taken by the court was the denial of a motion by EA that would have stopped the certification process in its tracks.
www.gamespot.com /news/2004/11/11/news_6112998.html   (819 words)

  
 Class Action Lawsuit Lawyer and Attorney Law Suit Personal Injury Complaint System Vioxx Attorneys Bextra Lawsuits ...
All information or topics may be possible class actions or simply cases and topics in the investigative stages.
While many cases listed have made it to settlement or payout, any other actions may be in an investigative stage and not yet filed in a court, while others might be individual or consolidated actions that have not been certified by a court as a class action, or are still progressing through the courts.
We can make no guarantee that each class action information webpage on this site will ultimately result in a class action case or a successful outcome, as there are many factors that dictate the success of a class action lawsuit.
www.myclassactionlawsuit.com   (366 words)

  
 Vioxx Class Action
With a Vioxx class action lawsuit, a group of people that have suffered ill effects at the hands of this treatment can make their claim under one umbrella rather than having to make an individual claim.
Any compensation won as a result of the Vioxx class action proceedings is split between all parties involved in the lawsuit.
On the good side, a Vioxx class action lawsuit it more likely to be successful, and will work out cheaper for each of the claimants involved than it would to log separate law suits.
www.ryar.org /vioxx/class-action.html   (748 words)

  
 Intact--Joining the Class Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Because the arguments are similar for everyone, the members of the class do not have to go to court as individuals, but can be represented as a group.
Because compiling the members of the class and starting the lawsuit will take some time, you should probably be under the age of 18 now, or early in your 18th year.
Intact will not in any way profit from this action, and will not be asking members of the class for money, except as it may be required by the lawyers handling the case.
www.intact.ca /class.htm   (1164 words)

  
 Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure still likely to pass | By Amanda Griscom Little | Grist ...
A long-standing priority of the Bush administration and its corporate contributors, the legislation is overwhelmingly backed by Republicans on the Hill and several Democrats in the Senate, and is considered a sure bet for passage.
Federal courts are already backlogged, critics say, and new cases bumped up to the federal level would have to go to the end of a long waiting list.
At a time when the White House is weakening environmental defenses across the board, the Class Action Fairness Act would remove yet another avenue for citizens to keep corporate polluters in check, according to Ed Hopkins, director of environmental quality for the Sierra Club.
www.grist.org /news/muck/2005/02/10/little-classaction   (1111 words)

  
 Class Action Suit Guide | Class Action | Class Action Lawsuit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If you have, you might like to know that a class action lawsuit is in the works against Nutrasweet manufacturer G.D. Searle...
Microsoft has settled a class action lawsuit with the state of Minnesota...
The first Celebrex class action suit to be filed is believed to be the one submitted in Illinois, in December 2004...
classactionsuit.info   (146 words)

  
 Class action
He discusses using access modifiers to protect your data from unwanted manipulation, implementing constructors to initialize class instances, and using method overloading when adding behavior to a class.
Only the methods of the class itself, or other parts of the class, can access the field.
You should not allow public access to variables, as it exposes your implementation to the world and nullifies the purpose of encapsulation.
www.javaworld.com /javaworld/jw-09-2000/jw-0901-java101.html   (883 words)

  
 Vancouver Class Action Lawyers, BC & Canada Class Actions, commercial-professional negligence, malpractice, products ...
Each lawyer listed below has confirmed to Lawyers-BC.Com that he or she has been practising Class Action Law for at least three years, with at least 20% of his or her practice in Canadian Class Action Law.
a class action on behalf of individuals infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions, which resulted in the largest class action settlement in Canadian history.
a proposed class action against a individuals and a financial institution for involvement in an alleged scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in real estate developments.
www.lawyers-bc.com /classactions/clalawy.htm   (1094 words)

  
 EFF:
On behalf of a nationwide class of ATandT customers, EFF is suing to stop this illegal conduct and hold ATandT responsible for violating the law and the fundamental freedoms of the American public.
ATandT moved to dismiss the case, basically arguing that it should be immune from suit because "whatever we did, the government told us to." The U.S. government also moved to dismiss the case, arguing that allowing the case to go on would necessarily reveal "state secrets" that would harm national security.
DOJ Moves to Dismiss ATandT Class Action under Cover of Night May 13, 2006
www.eff.org /legal/cases/att   (4004 words)

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