Phil Law Weblog

A pair of conservative national organizations has charged the California Teachers Association with illegally using a new $60 annual assessment on its members to fight a number of initiatives on the November.
District Court in San Jose, three California teachers, represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, sought to block the union [...]

Vermont law firm Johnson & Perkinson has issued a press release announcing that it is filing a class action suit in the US against ATI, on behalf of investors.
In the complaint, it is alleged that “throughout the Class Period, ATI reported strong financial results in publicly disseminated press releases and in filings with the [...]

Exnicios of the New Orleans law firm of Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser, and Conrad S.P. Martin & Williams, have filed a class action lawsuit against a number of major oil companies they say are actually responsible for Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans.
The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court For The Eastern [...]

Disgruntled Australian shareholders are expected to take more action, report Glenda Korporaal and Florence Chong 24 sep 05 last week’s landmark Sons of Gwalia decision has taken Australia a step closer to a US-style regime of shareholder class actions.
The decision - in favour of a shareholder in goldminer Sons of Gwalia, which went into [...]

A class action complaint alleging Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City inflated charges for uninsured patients will be heard on the hospital’s motion to dismiss on September. The plaintiffs who are all from Illinois, accused the hospital for its unfare and unreasonable charges of medication.
According to the suit filed by Chicago attorney James Branit [...]