The Complex Litigator

"A California-centric collection of comments and resources concerning the practice and procedures that make complex litigation and class actions uniquely challenging."

Author: H. Scott Leviant manages the class-action group at Khorrami Pollard & Abir in Los Angeles.

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Recent Posts from The Complex Litigator

California Supreme Court activity for the week of October 26, 2009
The California Supreme Court held its (usually) weekly conference on October 28, 2009. Notable results include: A Petition for Review was denied in Messenger Courier Association of the Americas, et al. v. California Unemployment Insurance…
The UCL's "unlawful" prong receives a little boost in Zhang v. Superior Court
The least loved may be the greedy insurance companies. In Zhang v. Superior Court (California Capital Insurance Company) (October 29, 2009), the Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District, Division Two) was called upon to determine…
Apple gets off its proverbial and finally releases SquareSpace iPhone application
Back on September 11, 2009, I announced the long-anticpated release of an iPhone application for SquareSpace in a blog post that must have excited almost no reader of this blog. Unfortunately, what Apple did was…
Schachter v. Citigroup, Inc. holds that forfeiture of restricted stock shares during restriction period does not run afoul of Labor Code section 201, 201 and 219
Nothing all that exciting here, but in Schacter v. Citigroup, Inc. (November 2, 2009), the California Supreme Court examined a voluntary employee incentive compensation plan that provided employees with shares of restricted company stock at…
Battle Royale: Latest round of lower court versus Supreme Court found in Cohen v. DIRECTV, Inc.
The more time I spend reviewing decisions in the complex litigation/class action arena, the more I am convinced that the lower Courts of California are, in many instances, at odds with the California Supreme Court.…
Back to the drawing board: AT&T's arbitration agreement that bans class actions is still unconscionable
It seems to me that the telecommunications and credit card industries are more determined to make an arbitration agreement with a class action ban stick than any other industry. Most employers have given up that…
In re Tobacco II Cases receives more attention in Kaldenbach v. Mutual of Omaha
In re Tobacco II Cases hasn't been out long, but its significance is already hard to deny. Morgan, et al. v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (September 23, 2009) was the first published opinion by a California Court…
En banc hearing requests denied in Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson
On October 21, 2009, in Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson (previously discussed by this blog here), the Ninth Circuit panel issued an amended Opinion that does not substantively alter the original Opinion and denied all…
This time it's the big corporation suing after a Justice Department anti-trust investigation: AT&T sues LCD manufacturers for price fixing
The AmLaw Litigation Daily, part of the law.com network of websites, is reporting that AT&T (a collection of various AT&T entities) have filed "an antitrust suit filed against liquid crystal display screen makers after four LCD…
Today's lessons from the Court of Appeal: things not to do
Complex litigation and civil procedure frequently intersect, probably because everyone is scrutinizing every crossed T and dotted I in high stakes litigation. Today, the Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Six) offers not one,…