PointOfLaw Forum tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2011-12-27://8 2013-05-24T20:35:40Z The Manhattan Institute's weblog of news and commentary on law, litigation and legal reform. Movable Type 5.02 Lessons for the CFTC from its Oversight of MF Global tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9595 2013-05-24T19:20:38Z 2013-05-24T20:35:40Z This week, the inspector general of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released his report on the CFTC's regulatory oversight of MF Global, the financial firm that collapsed in October 2011 and had a shortfall of approximately $1.6 billion of customer... Hester Peirce A thought on executive salaries tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9594 2013-05-24T13:14:23Z 2013-05-24T13:14:46Z Ted Frank LaGarde v. Support.com: $31,475 for the class, $700,000 for the attorneys tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9593 2013-05-24T13:13:02Z 2013-05-24T13:09:04Z Support.com offered a free "checkup" of computer safety; according to plaintiffs who sued, this was a scam that overstated the dangers and computer errors in a system to induce people to buy $29 software or a $4.99/month subscription service. LaGarde... Ted Frank Sears v Butler tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9592 2013-05-24T12:52:01Z 2013-05-24T12:52:54Z Coming up on the Supreme Court class action docket next week: the certiorari petition in Sears v. Butler. In yet another class action over alleged defects causing biofilm in washing machines, a Judge Posner opinion took the position that the... Ted Frank In re HP Inkjet Litigation (9th Cir. 2013) tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9591 2013-05-21T13:02:19Z 2013-05-21T13:04:07Z One of the targets of the Class Action Fairness Act was coupon settlements, the problematic class-action settlement device where the attorneys would receive millions, and the class members would receive coupons of little or no value that were often indistinguishable... Ted Frank