Source: http://www.pavlacklawfirm.com/blog?category=Federal+Law
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 02:52:39+00:00

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This week, we revisit Robins v. Spokeo, Inc. as the Ninth Circuit has issued its decision that, once again, finds standing for the plaintiff.
This week's discussion looks to whether sending a letter instead of a draft motion prior to seeking sanctions complies with the safe-harbor requirements of Federal Rule 11(c)(2).
Civil Procedure, Federal Law, Seventh Circuit, Rule 11, Sanctions, N. Ill. Telecom v. PNC, Nisenbaum v. Milwaukee, Matrix IV v. Am. Nat'l, Penn v. Prosper Business, Barber v. Miller, Fabriko v. Prokos, Methode v. Adam Techs.
This week's discussion looks at the often overlooked difference between Indiana and the federal summary judgment standard. We also look, briefly, at Indiana's retention of its 12(B)(6) standard after Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly.
This installment of the Hoosier Litigation Blog revisits the Supreme Court decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend in light of the 6th Circuit's recertification of the class in Whirlpool II.
This week we look at the 7th Circuit's decision in Leveski v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., in which the court reinstated a False Claims Act qui tam action against ITT and removed the imposition of $395,000 in sanctions against plaintiff's attorneys.
This week we examine the doctrine of successor liability through the 7th Circuit's decision to expand application of the federal standard to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases through the Teed v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions, L.L.C. decision.
In this second post for the day, we examine the perils for defense attorneys in allowing an offer of judgment pursuant to Rule 68 to be ambiguous. Through the case Sanchez v. Prudential Pizza, we examine how the ambiguity allowed plaintiff to recover her attorney's fees and costs.
This week's post looks at the disastrous result of the 7th Circuit class action case Thomas v. UBS AG and the lessons in multistate class action practice that can be learned from it.

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