Sentence examples for class action settlements from inspiring English sources

They provide an alternative measure of potential investor losses for more recent securities class action settlements.

Eisenberg, Theodore and Miller, Geoffrey P., "Attorney Fees in Class Action Settlements: An Empirical Study" (2004).

(And unlike class action settlements, settlements in individual cases do not have to be approved by a judge or made part of a public court proceeding).

The question for the Supreme Court this time is whether courts may approve global class action settlements that include claims they would not have had jurisdiction to decide.

Fred also has been credited for his efforts in challenging abusive class action settlements in which corporations attempted to settle their liability for a fraction of what individuals would otherwise be entitled to recover in the courts.

John C. Coffee, a Columbia University law professor retained as an expert by the lawyers opposing the settlement, calls the proposed deal "pathologically flawed" and contrary to two recent United States Supreme Court rulings on fairness in class action settlements.

Other appeals courts have been more skeptical of creative class-action settlements.

His company assists people making claims in class-action settlements involving defective hardboard siding.

The company also set aside $142 million for class-action settlements last year.

Merrill has already paid out more than $100 million in class-action settlements.

It has since expanded to medical records and support for class-action settlements.