Securities suit filings are on track to set a new record in 2011, according to Advisen Ltd’s most recent quarterly report and sponsored by ACE. Following on the heels of the credit crisis, which sparked record-setting litigation in 2008 and …
Several Supreme Court justices sharply questioned Tuesday whether female employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can proceed with the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history that seeks billions of dollars. At issue in the case is whether a small group of …
Jurors have rejected claims that a Massey Energy coal-loading silo built near a southern West Virginia elementary school exposed hundreds of children to possible health problems. The five year old class-action lawsuit claimed that Virginia-based Massey and a subsidiary, Goals …
The largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit ever will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court March 29, pitting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. against female employees who seek billions of dollars. The justices will decide whether the small group of women who began …