How does the Risk Settlements platform work? What are the advantages for legal teams when using Risk Settlements? Risk Settlements is not a traditional litigation funder. At its simplest, we provide risk transfer solutions for parties, as well as their funders, facing...
Introduction On January 7, 2022, we presented a one-hour PLI CLE titled Trends in Consumer Product Class Actions and Strategies for Settling Them. Following that presentation, we decided to flesh out three Circuit Court class action decisions that illustrate the...
The Ninth Circuit’s October 2021 McKinney-Drobnis v. Massage Envy Franchising decision might signal the death knell for voucher-based class action settlements that are not considered “coupon” settlements under CAFA. If this settlement cannot survive, it’s not clear...
The Ninth Circuit’s June 2021 decision in Briseño v. Henderson, which reversed and remanded a claims-made settlement involving the ConAgra-owned Wesson Oil’s use of a “100% natural” label, attracted attention for its colorful language, including pop culture references...
