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Go Hyder! We're so excited to congratulate MMA fighter Hyder Amil on his victory this weekend – his 3rd win under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner and another step in a 10-0 undefeated streak. Edelson takes huge pride in sponsoring Hyder, a Bay Area native. Check out his 38-punch combo to win the fight that commentators called "absolutely bananas." https://lnkd.in/eK4dWvAZ. On to the next one!  #ProudSponsor #BayAreaFighters #UFC

Just when you thought it was all pickleball and polar bears, we snag the Trial Strategy Innovation award from the Elite Trial Lawyers (ETL) Awards on Thursday night! The ETL recognized our groundbreaking work on behalf of the class arising from the Labor Day 2020 Wildfires, where we won a historic liability trial for an entire class and $220 million so far in verdicts against PacifiCorp. So excited, too, for Lauren Blazing, Megan Delurey, and Schuyler Ufkes, who won awards as Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar for their ace work in the legal field. 🌟🌟🌟 #RisingStars #ThatsAPickleBallReference

REMINDER! We will be holding a virtual town hall on our settlement with Columbia on Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6 PM ET. Registration and information at ColumbiaSettlement2024.com.

Please join us this Monday at 6 PM ET for a virtual town hall meeting about our recently-announced settlement with Columbia University. This first-of-its-kind agreement protects the safety of all students on campus during protests, accommodations for impacted students, and sets the stage for real, safe debate on these issues in the Columbia community. All are invited to attend the town hall. You can submit questions for us via the registration page and any member of the Columbia community will be welcome to ask questions live. Please register by visiting our website at: https://lnkd.in/g_q4DMTP. Among the topics we’ll address are: - The lawsuit against Columbia and what happened in the case - What the settlement provides  - Next steps 

Our founder and CEO, Jay Edelson, has been recognized (for the second time) as one of Lawdragon's 500 leading plaintiff financial lawyers! We're so glad for this recognition of Jay's industry-leading work in privacy and consumer fraud. Keep your eyes on this space for more big announcements from the firm later this year. To view the list: https://lnkd.in/epuZ8-AR #LegalRecognition #Lawdragon500 #LeadersInLaw #LitigationExcellence #InnovationInLaw

We're not the kind of law firm that wears tuxedos, but for this we'll make an exception. Our founder, Jay Edelson, is getting the Illinois Bar Foundation Distinguished Award for Excellence for his career raising the bar in plaintiffs' law. We’re really proud of this recognition of the reform wing of the plaintiffs' bar (and Jay's the first class action lawyer to ever get this award). We'll be bringing some polar (sp)ice to the Gala too—all fun, promise. SAVE THE DATE: October 18 at the Old Post Office!

We're not the kind of law firm that wears tuxedos, but for this we'll make an exception. Our founder, Jay Edelson, is getting the Illinois Bar Foundation Distinguished Award for Excellence for his career raising the bar in plaintiffs' law. We’re really proud of this recognition of the reform wing of the plaintiffs' bar (and Jay's the first class action lawyer to ever get this award). We'll be bringing some polar (sp)ice to the Gala too—all fun, promise. SAVE THE DATE: October 18 at the Old Post Office!

We filed a class action lawsuit today on behalf of Columbia students who have been displaced from campus because the school could not guarantee their safety. The complaint is here: https://lnkd.in/gmRvWwWZ. All Columbia students deserve the right to safely complete this semester in person with the rest of the student body, free from harassment and discrimination. Unfortunately, our suit alleges that the university has failed to secure the safety of its students, particularly its Jewish students, who have been subject to harassment and threats from a small group of people in the protests inciting violence.  It is the university's responsibility to ensure all students feel safe, welcomed and supported on campus. Our suit alleges it needs to enforce its policies and let students feel free to study, take finals and otherwise be students without worrying they will be assaulted. We are proceeding on a breach of contract theory and are seeking immediate injunctive relief.

Exciting news! 🎉 Edelson PC proudly announces the addition of Meredith Drukker Stratigopoulos to our Mass Torts and Trial teams as a partner. Meredith previously served as a partner at Watts Guerra LLP, where she established a practice advocating for sexual assault victims. Following a groundbreaking year of growth, we're thrilled to have Meredith's expertise to further bolster our dedication to our clients. Welcome aboard, Meredith! 👏 #EdelsonPC #Law #NewHire #TrialLawyer https://lnkd.in/emixHYRg

In the 23andMe MDL, we filed a brief today arguing for a new paradigm for Courts to evaluate leadership motions in class actions. The basics are below, but you can check out the Reuters coverage here: https://lnkd.in/eRKaFjig.  We start with the premise that under the current framework, courts are put in an uncomfortable position: first, pick the lawyer for the class—evaluating their backgrounds and proposed strategy in the case—and then snap back to the decider role when those strategies play out. The result is generally large bloated "consensus" teams that lead to quick and really bad settlements. So what to do? The answer we suggest is unusual: let's ask the class. With the help of incredible professors Alissa Del Riego and Joseph Avery, we ran a survey asking the class what they wanted to see in a lead firm. And the results were illuminating:  1. A smaller, more efficient lead team  2. Lawyers with proven track records in the specific legal claims being brought  3. A record of really good settlements in similar cases  4. Financially strong firms - we argue that a good proxy is to see which firms took PPP money during the pandemic.  5. Firms that want to litigate the case and have done real investigatory work instead of those that want to settle without having done the work And, wait for it.... 6. Firms that deliver high claims rates. But here's the part that gets us uninvited to the plaintiff's parties. The class also cares about cost. So, we are doing the unthinkable: we're saying up front that we won't seek the lessor of (a) 20% of the actual real benefits to the class (not cy pres, unclaimed funds or injunctive relief) or (b) the percentage of the class that files valid claims. That is, if there's a 5% claims rate, we will seek no more than 5% of the fees. As we've argued at conferences, if courts adopt this as a rule, the days of anemic claims rates will be done, just like coupon settlements were ended post CAFA. Really excited to get this idea out into the world. #classaction, #mdl, #reform