Dramatic Drop In New Class Action Filings As Labor Law Class Actions Again Claim Top Spot Among Weekly Class Actions Filed In California State And Federal Courts

May 21, 2011 | By: Michael J. Hassen

As a resource to California class action defense attorneys, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the relevant time frame. This report covers the time period from May 13 – 19, 2011, during which time 46 new class actions were filed in these courts — a number much more in line with the total number of class actions filed in past years, as opposed to the very large number filed each week during this year. Of these 46 class actions, 21 involved employment-related claims (representing 46% of the total number of new class actions filed). The only other category to break the 10% threshold involved class actions alleging violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), which includes false advertising claims, with 15 new filings, representing 33% of the total number of new class actions filed this past week.

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