Last week I attended the Defense Research Institute (DRI) Class Action Seminar in Washington, DC. Here are some insights I gleaned from day 1 of the seminar (focusing on presentations that had some relevance to insurance class actions):
Comcast v. Behrend (see blog post): Miguel Estrada, who argued this case for Comcast…
A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit regarding the timing of removal to federal court has gotten a fair amount of attention in the legal media. It potentially opens the door to later removals of cases more than 30 days after service of the complaint, although I don’t expect that defendants’ practices will change significantly. …
The Eighth Circuit recently addressed class certification in an insurance class action involving medpay and personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. The case involved the use of third-party bill reviewers and the application of a guideline comparing charges for medical services to the 80th percentile of such charges in the geographic area. The court applied the…
