Litigation Practice Group

Class Action Fairness Act

Several months after its enactment on February 18, 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”)...

Reforms to California's Unfair Competition Law Alter Litigation Landscape

While all 50 states have some form of unfair and deceptive trade practices statute, California’s...

Re-Emergence of the Reliance Requirement

It is well-established that plaintiffs bringing private claims alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the...

New York District Court Dismisses Major Rights Suit on Apartheid

Christopher Wang

In In re South African Apartheid Litig., the district court for the Southern District of...

"Reverse Bifurcation" Approach to Punitive Damages Trials in West Virgina

Mark A. Behrens, Christopher Appel

Defendants in West Virginia trial courts are increasingly being forced to confront a novel “reverse...