Class Action

Expert Analysis

• 5 Key Issues Raised In Most CBD Product Class Actions

  

  By becoming familiar with the most common problems raised in class actions against CBD products, cannabis suppliers and manufacturers can reduce risks associated with marketing, labeling and promoting their products, say Mark Goodman and Barry Thompson of Baker McKenzie.

• Top 10 Employment Law Developments Of The Decade: Part 2

  

  In the final part of this article, Barbara Roth and Tyler Hendry at Herbert Smith look back on the most significant labor and employment law updates from the second half of the decade, and reveal their choice for the most important change of the 2010s.

• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade

  

  During the last 10 years, the need to embrace change was fundamental for law firms, and that change affected associates in many ways — most, but not all, for the better, says Brad Kaufman, co-president of Greenberg Traurig.

• The New Class Action Frontier Under Illinois Privacy Law

  

  One year after a pivotal Illinois Supreme Court ruling broadened liability under the Biometric Information Privacy Act, companies in a wide variety of industries need to be vigilant of a rise in potentially financially ruinous class action filings, and there are several steps they can take to protect themselves from BIPA liability, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

• Justices Seem Keen To Solve ERISA Case's Article III Question

  

  Oral arguments in Thole v. U.S. Bank suggested the U.S. Supreme Court is willing to explore whether Employee Retirement Income Security Act plaintiffs have constitutional standing to sue over an adequately funded plan — even though the lower courts sidestepped the issue, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

• Tribune Ruling Charts Course For Bankruptcy Safe Harbor

  

  In upholding the dismissal of fraudulent conveyance claims against former shareholders of the bankrupt Tribune Company, the Second Circuit may have laid out a path for parties looking to stay within a crucial Bankruptcy Code safe harbor provision, say attorneys at Cadwalader.

• Top 10 Employment Law Developments Of The Decade: Part 1

  

  In the first of two articles, Barbara Roth and Tyler Hendry at Herbert Smith highlight the decade's most significant labor and employment law changes, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in Dukes to raise the class certification threshold, and the spread of state and local paid sick leave laws.

• Why Reformers Want Disclosure Of 3rd-Party MDL Funding

  

  With third-party litigation funding increasingly being used to finance large and prolonged multidistrict litigations, more disclosure of funding agreements may be warranted to address potential biases and distortions of control and decision-making, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

• Series

  Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'

  

  In their new book "Democracy and Equality: The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court," Geoffrey Stone and David Strauss provide valuable context for U.S. Supreme Court decisions under Chief Justice Earl Warren that have profoundly affected the country, but their overly protective attitude sometimes obscures reality, says Federal Circuit Judge Timothy Dyk.

• To Improve Instagram Copyright Issues, Look To Music World

  

  The music industry may offer a model for adapting the copyright law landscape to new concerns from photographers and other content creators engendered by Instagram’s wide-reaching platform, including a more seamless and accessible registration process, says Qian Julie Wang of Robins Kaplan.

• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel

  

  For outside firms wondering how to best support busy in-house lawyers, several practices can help navigate critical legal issues and novel business challenges while strengthening the working relationship, says Virginia Hudson, associate general counsel at Capital One.

• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO

  

  In the 50 years since the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was passed, courts' attempts to clarify the statute have had some success, but many interpretive dilemmas remain unresolved, says Randy Gordon of Barnes & Thornburg.

• Top 5 Drug And Medical Device Developments Of 2019

  

  Attorneys at FaegreBD assess major drug and device law developments from last year, which featured heightened pressure on opioids and vaping, and Federal Trade Commission concerns over plaintiffs' legal ads.

• 7 Ethics Tips For Lawyers' Pretrial Social Media Use

  

  As ethical constraints on pretrial social media use evolve, the American Bar Association's Model Rules and several court opinions provide guidance on avoiding violations when collecting evidence, researching jurors and friending judges, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Mark Davis at Harris Wiltshire.

• Opinion

  States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules

  

  Because the American Bar Association's new rule on diversity continues to use the Model Rules of Professional Conduct as a cultural bludgeon, states should create independent codes limited to constitutionally valid purposes of attorney regulation, says Bradley Abramson of Alliance Defending Freedom.