I’m quoted and this site is mentioned by a Daniel Fisher Forbes.com article on the James Frey class action litigation. (“A Million Little Lawsuits Over Frey”, Jan. 30). The article refers to our January 12 post correctly predicting the “inevitable free-riding class action.” We had further coverage Jan. 17, Jan. 25, and Jan. 27. See also this site’s collection of class action posts, as well as that of our sister site, Point of Law, which also has extensive discussion of class actions.

Update: New York Daily News reports two more class actions in New York, including one filed in state court where it will be removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act. One advantage of the Class Action Fairness Act is that, before, a defendant would face multiple suits, and would have to settle eventually, because winning one didn’t prevent another suit from moving forward. Plaintiffs could play “Heads I win, tails don’t count.” Now, all of these suits will be consolidated, and a defendant with a legally meritorious case has a chance of winning a case dispositively in court.

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