Defending Class Actions in Canada is aimed at businesses that may become defendants in class action suits in Canada and the lawyers who defend them. Companies doing business in this country now have an intense interest in the proliferation of class actions and the risks posed by that development to their operations

California prosecutors filed a major lawsuit against several lawyers and call center operators for allegedly running a nationwide scam to dupe desperate homeowners into paying thousands of dollars to join dubious lawsuits against some of the country’s largest banks.

A report by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shows that new filings in U.S. bankruptcy courts rose by 8 percent from 2009 to 2010, but that number pales in comparison to the more than 30 percent increases seen across the country annually since 2006.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey has posted job openings for unpaid “Special Assistant U.S.

The legal sector shed 2,600 jobs in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s especially grim news given the results of the ABA’s latest Lawyer Population Survey, which shows the number of lawyers across the country continues to expand.