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Seventh Circuit Ties Class Counsel’s Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees to Amount Claimed by Class, in Context of a Judgment

On November 14, 2017, the Seventh Circuit issued its third opinion ending a class action that was almost a decade old. Holtzman v. Turza, No. 17-2330, 2017 WL 5450484 (7th Cir. Nov. 14, 2017). The ...
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Blackmailer Beware: Seventh Circuit Disgorges Class Objectors' Inequitable Settlement Proceeds

The Seventh Circuit held last Thursday that individuals who object to a class action settlement voluntarily assume a limited fiduciary duty to other class members, which they can breach by settling ...
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Seventh class graduates from Auction Academy

It was tassel-turning time in the Windy City last month. Coinciding with this year’s NAAA Convention in Chicago, Auction Academy’s seventh class completed the final session of its two-year curriculum, ...
The National Law Review

Seventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Groundwater Case

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Seventh Circuit Revives Class Action Over ‘Prescription’ Pet Food

CHICAGO (CN) – The Seventh Circuit reinstated pet owners’ class action fraud suit against Hill’s Pet Food, ruling Tuesday that the FDA did not authorize the company’s “prescription” label on ...