I have been invited by Professor Stuart Rossman of the University of Michigan Law School to present to his Consumer Class Actions class this coming December. The topic is “The Future of Class Actions.” I’m looking forward to spending a few hours interacting with law students who share an interest in my passion–class actions–at my […]
Once again, I will be teaching class action best practices, and later moderating a distinguished panel selected from the bench, bar, and academia, at this year’s 22nd Annual National Institute on Class Actions, to be held October 18-19 in Chicago. Our updated brochure is HERE. Register by August 31, 2018; and by Sept. 19, 2018, for […]
In an order entered June 29, 2018, by Judge Lawson, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, the Court preliminarily approved the proposed $7.5 million common fund class action settlement. Postcard notices began arriving in class members’ mailboxes today. For further information, please go to: www.trottfairdebtsettlement.com. The Court’s order, and the full Class Notice, […]
Attempts to change SEC rules to permit publicly-traded on companies to insert arbitration clauses with class action waivers in their shares or corporate governance documents have gained steam under the Trump Administration. The current SEC Chair, appointed by President Trump, has refused to reject them, as previous Democratic- and Republican-appointed Chairs have done. John Kamin, assistant […]
I am pleased to announce that we have successfully negotiated a class settlement in Martin v. Trott Law PC and David A. Trott, a fair debt action we filed in August 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the E.D. Michigan, Case No. 2:15-cv-12838. The settlement, if approved by the Court, will provide a total $7.5 million Common […]
The ABA Section of Litigation CADS group has asked me to participate in a teleconference on May 17, 2018, on class action mediation. I will try to post the registration link here, when available.
June 22, 2018, San Francisco, the ABA Section of Litigation’s Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee (CADS) will co-sponsor a regional class action program that I have been pleased to help create and plan for the past four years; October 18-19, 2018, Chicago: join us in Chicago for the ABA National Annual Institute on Class […]
I’ve been asked to participate in an ABA teleconference, with other chapter authors and editors, to launch the Antitrust Class Actions Handbook, Second Edition, published by the ABA. The book is described HERE. I am the author of updated Chapter VI, ANTITRUST CLASS CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. I am also editor of Chapter VII, THE ROLE OF […]
This strong piece by Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland discusses a recent move by new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau director Mick Mulvaney to block new CFPB payday lending rules: . For Paul’s recent update based on information publicized February 12, 2018, by NPR, see: http://bit.ly/2EDePoE
I recommend this Times Op-Ed piece published today written by Anita Hill on the importance of class actions to the advancement of civil rights in problem sectors of our economy–such as Silicon Valley: http://nyti.ms/2ulSsM5 . The United States Supreme Court is expected to resolve during its next term whether the National Labor Relations Act prohibits class […]
