On Wednesday, August 18, a London court ruled that a £10 Billion class action against Mastercard can now go ahead on behalf of 46 million British… Read More
August 20, 2021
The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center has taken over Cause For Action to provide listeners with an in-depth look at the Supreme Court’s most recent term,… Read More
August 19, 2021
Last month, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law held the first in a series of hearings on potential changes to… Read More
August 16, 2021
According to a report in Legal Newsline, a serial plaintiff who once bragged that he earned a third of his annual income from Telephone… Read More
August 12, 2021
California, Illinois, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. also popular “food courts” Washington, D.C.— New York’s federal courts are the number one spot for plaintiffs’ lawyers to file lawsuits over food and beverage marketing, according… Read More
August 2, 2021
Lawsuits targeting food and beverage marketing have reached record levels, building on the alarming trend that ILR documented four years ago in the first iteration… Read More
August 2, 2021
In this episode of Cause for Action, ILR President Harold Kim sits down with Howard University School of Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker to discuss the… Read More
July 28, 2021
New Jersey Enacts COVID-19 Protections for Businesses On July 1, 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy signed New Jersey’s COVID-19 liability protection bill. The law will… Read More
July 27, 2021
Missouri Enacts COVID-19 Protections for Businesses On July 7, 2021, Gov. Mike Parson signed Missouri’s COVID-19 liability protection bill. The law will protect businesses… Read More
July 27, 2021
This month, President Joe Biden and his newly-installed chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan announced their plan to undo and replace the consumer-welfare… Read More
July 13, 2021
Florida Enacts COVID-19 Protections for Businesses On June 29, 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s COVID-19 liability protection bill. The law will protect educational institutions… Read More
July 7, 2021
As people both in and out of government know, third party litigation funding (TPLF) has issues. TPLF allows outside funders to invest in lawsuits in… Read More
June 30, 2021
In March 2019, ILR released its groundbreaking white paper, Mitigating Municipality Litigation: Scope and Solutions, which examined a then-emergent surge in litigation by cities, counties,… Read More
June 28, 2021
Texas Enacts COVID-19 Protections for Businesses On June 14, 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ COVID-19 liability protection bill. The law will protect businesses, educational… Read More
June 24, 2021
There is a Chinese Proverb that says, “never do anything that you want to remain a secret.” Now, thanks to a new rule amendment adopted… Read More
June 24, 2021
The number of class actions filed in Europe increased by over 120% between 2018 and 2020, reports British law firm CMS in the first edition… Read More
June 21, 2021
In March 2019, ILR released its groundbreaking white paper, Mitigating Municipality Litigation: Scope and Solutions, which examined a then-emergent surge in litigation by cities, counties,… Read More
June 16, 2021
The Australian Federal Treasurer and Attorney General have announced a government consultation—which allows stakeholders to submit comments to the government—on third party litigation funding and… Read More
June 8, 2021
There’s a good reason we’ve come to call Louisiana the “Lawsuit Paradise.” Lawsuits are rampant in the Pelican State, fueled by intensive trial lawyer… Read More
June 8, 2021
Legal reform advocates know that our civil justice system is flawed – plaintiffs’ lawyers receive large payouts while actual victims often get little to no… Read More
June 4, 2021