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BREAKING: Today, the Sixth Circuit affirmed class certification in a massive defective transmission lawsuit against GM. The appellate court rejected GM’s appeal of a lower court’s class certification of 26 statewide classes who claim GM was aware of the transmission defect and safety risks for years. It also concurred with the lower court’s rejection of key GM arguments about consumer fraud and arbitration. “We are very pleased the 6th Circuit affirmed Judge Lawson’s very thoughtful and thorough class certification order. As the evidence shows, GM has known for years about these transmission defects yet did nothing to tell its customers. Instead, GM went as far as to direct dealers to tell the customers that harsh shifts were ‘normal or ‘characteristic,’” said Ted Leopold, a partner at Cohen Milstein and court-appointed Sole Lead Counsel for the class. “GM’s conduct is highly irresponsible and a breach of the consumers’ trust. We look forward to holding GM accountable before a Michigan jury.” The certified class is composed of more than 800,000 owners of GM vehicles with one of two models of eight-speed automatic transmissions, the GM 8L90 or 8L45, which were manufactured between 2015 and March 1, 2019. #transmission #productliability #breachofwarranty #consumerprotection #fraud Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/dX3MdErP

ALM/Law.com interviews Robert Braun, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll in Washington, D.C., who helped lead the plaintiffs to the #settlement with the NAR. He told Law.com that he remains hopeful that the settlement will provide more transparency to a market that has been notoriously riddled with requirements and restrictions. “We continue to be very pleased by the settlement agreement,” Braun said. “We think that it’s important, and includes really significant reforms to the residential #realestate brokerage market that should bring relief to sellers and homebuyers.” Braun also said that he thinks the new landscape could lead to innovative ideas being generated in the real estate brokerage industry, whereas parties were previously stuck with a traditional process in which compensation was fixed on a MLS listing. “Our hope and expectation is that the settlement agreement will lower transaction costs for sellers and buyers, and will create opportunities in the residential real estate brokerage space for new business models that didn’t exist before, are more efficient than what existed in the past, and are cheaper for buyers and sellers,” he said. #antitrust #homeseller #homebuyer #fairmarket https://lnkd.in/g-r7eMCU

AI has potential to supercharge the work of #pensionfunds and their advocates, write Aaron Marks and Lyzette Wallace. Read their insights from the latest #ShareholderAdvocate: ➡ https://lnkd.in/e3nGHVvf #investorprotection #generativeaai

“We applaud the National Consumer Law Center for petitioning the CFPB to help further renter protections in the United States,” said Brian Corman, a partner at Cohen Milstein who helps spearhead the firm’s #fairhousing litigation efforts. “The inappropriate use of credit history and other background information to screen out rental housing applicants continues to be a national crisis, particularly against people of color, people with disabilities, and people using state and federal housing vouchers to pay rent. We are hopeful these proposed revisions will help mitigate further disparities and hold landlords and property managers to account.” #renterprotection #housingdiscrimination #housingvoucher   https://bit.ly/4dILaI4

A controversial new Delaware law will allow companies to grant some stockholders broad powers without a shareholder vote. Richard Lorant provides a closer look at how the law was enacted and what it will mean for investors: ➡ https://lnkd.in/e84rGVUP #ShareholderAdvocate #investorprotection #DGLC #delawarelaw

“I don’t think there was anything malicious about this,” Joe Sellers, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, said of the #discrimination during a telephone interview. His firm and Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. represented a group of more than 1,000 women who work at CBP, who will receive between about $7,000 and $100,000 each, depending on individual circumstances. If maliciousness didn’t play a role, there was “probably a paternalistic view about pregnancy,” he added, among supervisors who doubted the ability of pregnant employees to do the job or the safety of the fetuses when those employees were on their regular assignments. #pregnancydiscrimination #pda #classaction https://lnkd.in/emaHguZ8

Opportunity for a Cloud Engineer to develop scalable cloud architectures and ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security with a focus on business requirements. The ideal candidate has a strong background in cloud computing, Microsoft Azure Services, Office 365, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation. Learn more on our Careers site ➡ https://lnkd.in/e_NAh5D7 #itjobs #cloudengineer #opportunity #dcjobs

We are proud to share that our firm is once again among the Ceiling Smashers in law, coming in at No. 3 in Law360’s survey of firms (101-250 lawyers) with the highest representation of women in the equity partnership. #ceilingsmasher #womeninlaw https://lnkd.in/eKpzbJC7

Congratulations, Rob, Ali, Harini, and Eric! Best Lawyer has named Robert Cobbs, Alison Deich, Harini Srinivasan, and Eric Kafka Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® for 2025. Annually, Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding legal talent through a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring that the awarded lawyers meet the highest standards of professional excellence in their respective areas of practice. #antitrust #civilrights #employment #consumerprotection Read more: https://bit.ly/3Atj8RQ

Congratulations, team! The Best Lawyers in America has named 11 of our attorneys, including: + Andrew Friedman + Leslie Kroeger + Ted Leopold (Recognized since 2005) + Diana Martin + Joe Sellers (Recognized since 2007) + Dan Small + Poorad Razavi + Takisha Richardson + Kai Richter + Christine Webber + Michelle Yau Annually, Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding legal talent through a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring that the awarded lawyers meet the highest standards of professional excellence in their respective areas of practice. #antitrust #civilrights #consumerprotection #employmentlitigation #erisalitigation #personalinjury #productliability Read more https://lnkd.in/ebRSH98E