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That’s where class-action lawsuits come in. If tens of thousands of people lost $50 each, an attorney might be able to file a class-action lawsuit for the entire class.
MDL cases occur when "civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in different districts." [1] In order to efficiently process cases that could involve hundreds (or thousands) of plaintiffs in dozens of different federal courts that all share common issues, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) decides whether cases should be "centralized" under the ...
A class action in such a situation centralizes all claims into one venue where a court can equitably divide the assets amongst all the plaintiffs if they win the case. Finally, a class action avoids the situation where different court rulings could create "incompatible standards" of conduct for the defendant to follow. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b ...
Facebook recently paid 1.4 million Illinois residents $397 in 2022 as part of a class action lawsuit for facial recognition breaches through its “Tag Suggestions” feature, per CNBC.
First filed in 2020 by five FDNY inspectors, the $29.9 million settlement will now pay out to nearly 600 members of the class action suit — current or past FDNY employees who say the city ...
A "naked" class action waiver is a version of the waiver where the contract in which the waiver is found is not attached to an arbitration agreement. Class action waivers are only protected from state legislatures' actions through the Federal Arbitration Act, if they are bundled with an agreement to send disputes to arbitration.
The New York University School of Professional Studies ( also known as SPS), previously known as the New York University School of Continuing Education, is one of the schools and colleges that compose New York University. Founded in 1934, the school offers undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs.
In addition to offerings in the NYU Wagner course listings, students are eligible to cross-register for many courses at the other graduate and professional schools at NYU. NYU Wagner offers the following Undergraduate Minors in partnership with several New York University schools: Social Entrepreneurship; Public Policy and Management