In the News Today – June 19, 2018
Australian Business Leaders Call for Class Action Review: Two major Australian business leaders called on the country’s government to review the Australian class action system since the movement towards plaintiffs’ lawyer contingency fee has gained momentum. Graham Bradley of EnergyAustralia, Graincorp, and HSBC Bank said a new system should include “some constraint on the fees which class action lawyers and advisers can siphon off.” (Australian Financial Review)
“Bristol-Myers Squibb: 1 Year Later”: Attorneys with Eversheds Sutherland LLP look at the landscape of mass tort litigation one year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Bristol-Myers Squibb decision on personal jurisdiction. (Law360)
