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.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from The Complex Litigator
-
LIVEBLOGGING CAALA: Hon. Lee Edmon discusses likely e-discovery laws
The Complex Litigator is here at CAALA, bringing you information selected from the best (my opinion) that the conferences have to offer. First up is e-discovery developments presented by the Hon. Lee Edmon. The scope…
-
Commerce websites need to make themselves accessible to visually imparied visitors in a hurry
The question of whether the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to websites has been simmering for several years. (Sherry Karabin, Companies, Courts Debate Whether ADA Applies to Web Sites (September 6, 2007) www.law.com.) The answer…
-
Evidence surfaces that some class action lawyers don't actually file bad cases
According to anecdotal accounts collected by a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, at least some class action attorneys practicing in the area of wage & hour law have reportedly turned away problematic clients or those…
-
Printers continue to lie about ink and toner levels
A number of years ago, Epson was faced with costly litigation surrounding its practice of designing ink cartridges that reported an empty status long before the cartridge was out of ink. Apparently this practice hasn't…
-
Predictably, the UCL "safe harbor" can be supplied by regulations
The Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal has been busy issuing decisions in the last few weeks that touch on matters relevant to class actions and complex litigation. Any decision concerning the…
-
Certification decision Medrazo v. Honda of North Hollywood discusses commonality, ascertainability requisites and the prohibition on merits-based denials
With all the class certification decisions over the years, one might think that there isn't much left to say on the topic that hasn't been said before. While there is a kernel of truth to…
-
Judge Bonnie Sabraw, assigned to hear complex cases in Alameda County, reportedly retires
According to the well-connected authors of WageLaw, Judge Bonnie Sabraw has retired. Judge Sabraw recently made news with her recent decision to award a class of consumers roughly $20 million as a result of Sprint's…
-
The Complex Litigator will be short on posts this week
I will be traveling for business and probably unable to post at my customary rate until the end of this week.