Illinois Senator Mark Kirk suffered a stroke about a year ago. He is only 53 years old, was an active member of the Navy Reserves and worked out regularly, so it was, to say the least, a surprise. After a
Dodd-Frank Two Years Later, Part I
September 24, 2012
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
I spoke recently at the annual conference of the National Association of State Treasurers (“NAST”). The panel I was on was directed to Dodd-Frank and the impact of its financial reforms two years after the Act became law. I’m going
Traditional and New Media in Class Action Notice: The State of Play
March 02, 2012
by Amy Sayre, Paralegal
The following is a guest blog post by Shannon Wheatman of Kinsella Media. As the Internet is increasingly used for communication, entertainment, news and information gathering, class action attorneys frequently ask how the evolving media landscape is affecting our approach
Disappearing Cases
February 02, 2012
by Amy Sayre, Paralegal
The following is a guest post by F. Paul Bland, Jr., a Senior Attorney for Public Justice. This probably won’t shock you: five members of the U.S. Supreme Court really like mandatory arbitration. Over the last few decades, the most
Unhappily Musing on the “News”
January 19, 2012
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
It always amazes me how editors of newspapers can mold public opinion merely by the wording of headline and the placement of a story. The New York Times today gave me another reminder of this insidious practice and ability. If
Republicans Block Another Obama Nominee, Consumers Suffer Another Blow
December 16, 2011
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
On Thursday, Dec. 8, in a 53 to 45 vote, Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Richard Cordray as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Despite Cordray’s backing by 37 of the nation’s Democratic and Republican Attorneys General,
Guest Post by AAJ Pres. Gary Paul: U.S. Chamber’s Hypocrisy Exposed
November 17, 2011
by Amy Sayre, Paralegal
The following is a guest post written by President of the American Association for Justice, Gary Paul. Every October the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform holds a summit as part of their continued mission as the leading
What’s Wrong With THIS Picture? Emasculating the SEC is NOT Good for the Country
June 23, 2011
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
I picked up the Financial Times this morning. Like the Wall Street Journal, it has a series of short paragraphs (blurbs) in a column on the left-hand side of the first page. The top one was headlined: “Tennessee Bank Agrees
Strict Construction My Eye: Supreme Court Blows by Seventh Amendment
June 22, 2011
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court took another sledgehammer to the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Maybe sledgehammer is too strong of an image, because in reality,
