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News Aug 6, 2019

Chicago Attorney in Equifax Data Breach Lawsuit Is Youngest Woman to Lead Nationwide Multi-District Class Action Case

Amy Keller, one of the attorneys responsible for a $700 million settlement agreement with Equifax over the credit bureau’s massive data breach in 2017, made history as the youngest woman ever to lead a nationwide multi-district class action lawsuit. The Chicago-based attorney is both modest and proud about her role in the Equifax settlement. Keller said she filed a lawsuit against Equifax the …

Class-Actions May 2, 2019

Sweeping Class-Action Lawsuit Could Force Unions Nationwide to Refund Millions in Fees

“The argument is once something is deemed to be unconstitutional [in the civil context] — agency fees — then they’re deemed to be retroactively unconstitutional. But that decision, he said, should be made free from the external pressures created by mandatory agency fees. AFSCME and other unions, Hughes acknowledged, can be expected to fight the lawsuit “tooth and nail,” given the amount of …

Class-Actions May 23, 2016

Appeals Panel: Fresh Look Needed at TCPA Class Actions vs Insurers, So Don’t Only Enrich Lawyers

A panel of state appellate justices could have simply found an insurer wasn’t obligated to pay to cover a $4 million settlement reached to end a lawsuit brought by a suburban engineering firm that claimed it had received so-called “junk fax” advertisements. But the justices used the occasion to also send a message to the lawyers it says are responsible for a “proliferation” of potential junk …