A recent New York Times article reports that many scholars believe the Roberts Court is more pro-business than its predecessors. To support this claim, they point mostly to procedural decisions, especially limits the Court has put on class action lawsuits. … Continue reading
After a reign of two years, Pennsylvania has given up its crown. California now claims the woeful title of worst place for civil justice in the nation. This critique may be due in part to the fact that, according to the … Continue reading
Today, PLF submitted an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court in Duran v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n – a case which asks whether plaintiffs can make an end run around the usual procedures governing lawsuits if they proceed as … Continue reading
We will be closely monitoring the hearing tomorrow in Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. As explained by Ted Frank over at Above the Law, the crux of the appeal has to do with a windfall for the class action … Continue reading
Today, PLF filed this amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of certiorari in Merrill Lynch v. McReynolds. This is a very interesting case that crosses over into two PLF projects: Free Enterprise and Equality Under the Law. In Merrill Lynch, … Continue reading
Last year, you may have heard about the allegations that Toyota cars were experiencing “sudden, unintended acceleration”—that is, that the cars would suddenly just start going when the driver didn’t want them to. There turns out to be no reliable … Continue reading
Of course, the answer is no, but that is precisely what the Southern District of New York did in Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio. PLF filed a brief today arguing that the federal courts are just as bound by equal … Continue reading