Bloomberg Law
July 24, 2017, 12:26 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Mastercard Wins Dismissal of $18 Billion Class Action

• A London court shot down an $18 billion class action suit against Mastercard filed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on behalf of a group representing 46 million consumers. The suit would have been the largest of its kind since U.S.-style class actions were introduced in the U.K., but the ruling could dent the country’s appeal as a destination for such suits, a White & Case partner said. ( Bloomberg )

• Facebook hired Google senior counsel and eDiscovery manager Mira Edelman to be its director of eDiscovery services. Edelman, who was at Google for six years, earlier spent nearly 12 years at law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, ...

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