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Class-Actions Oct 28, 2016

Chadbourne Class Action Adds Six Partners as Defendants

The former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke’s Kiev office has joined the $155 million sex bias class action against the law firm, and six male senior members of the firm have been added as individual defendants ( Campbell v. Chadbourne & Parke LLP , S.D.N.Y., No. 1:16-cv-06832, amended class complaint 10/27/16 ). The amended complaint should signal to other law …

Settlements Sep 15, 2016

Class Members in Settlement Over Cigarette Maker’s Promotion Can Apply to Redeem ‘C-Notes’

Class members who want to participate in a class action settlement against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds over the company’s so-called “Camel Cash” promotion can do so now. Class members could start applying to redeem their “C-Notes” for specified non-tobacco merchandise last month. The Camel Cash promotion ran from Oct. 1, 1991 to March 31, 2007, and rewarded …