Limitations

Third Circuit Holds That Statute of Limitations Was Not Extended for Class Action Lawsuit

Tuesday, August 20, 2019In 2005 and 2006, Christopher Blake and James Orkis took out mortgages from JP Morgan to buy homes. Blake and Orkis further argued that the statute of limitations had also been extended by a 2011 lawsuit filed over the same conduct in a California federal court, Samp v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. The Third Circuit again disagreed and held that a pending class action …


Global Investors Join Supreme Court Case on Statute of Limitations for Class Actions

An international group of 75 pension funds and other institutional investors filed a Supreme Court amicus brief Tuesday seeking to restore a legal precedent on how much time investors have to join or opt out of class-action lawsuits. The investors, who together represent $4 trillion in assets, are backing an appeal to the Supreme Court brought by the $311 billion California Public Employees’ …


Judge Allows Class-Action Antitrust Suit Against NorthShore to Proceed

Judge allows class-action antitrust suit against NorthShore to proceed Written by Ayla Ellison (Twitter | Google+) | September 13, 2016 | Print | Email U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang denied Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem’s motion for summary judgment Sept. 9 in a class-action antitrust lawsuit, according to the Cook County Record. In the suit, a group of health …