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IN RE: CENDANT CORPORATION LITIGATION

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
A current shareholder seeking to present claims on behalf of the settling corporation in a securities class action must bring those claims as...

IN RE: CENDANT CORP. LITIG.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions
In determining whether the retainer agreement between the lead plaintiff and lead counsel calls for excessive fees, the court should first use the...

DESMOND v. BANKAMERICA CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
The lead plaintiff provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act are an "expressly authorized" exception to the Anti-Injunction Act, 28...

ROSMER v. PFIZER INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
28 USC 1367 authorizes federal courts to exercise supplemental jurisdiction in a diversity class action when one named plaintiff has a claim above the...

TENNESEE ASS'N OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGS., INC. v. GRIER

Class Actions, Health Law
Consent decree between Medicaid recipients and state health agency may bind non-party health care providers who provide Medicaid services for state...

IN RE: INTEGRA REALTY RES., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions
Non-settling defendants in defendant class-action do not have standing to challenge partial settlement on the theory that there will be fewer funds...

GIBSON v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The argument that 28 USC 1367 overrules the requirement that each class member have the minimum amount in controversy to satisfy diversity requirement...

IN RE: SUMITOMO COPPER LITIG.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
A party seeking appeal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) must demonstrate either (1) the certification order will effectively terminate the litigation and a...

ISAACS v. SPRINT CORP.

Class Actions
A case involving different conveyances by and to different parties made at different times over a period of more than a century in 49 different...

DOE v. BUSH

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The absence of a proper class certification order entered pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 is not necessarily fatal to the putative class members'...