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Product Liability

Sep. 13, 2011

Judge's ruling draws lines around Concepcion

A Santa Ana federal judge punched a hole last week in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that has forced class actions into private arbitration by allowing some claims against DirecTV to stay in court.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Santa Ana federal judge punched a hole last week in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that has forced class actions into private arbitration by allowing some claims against DirecTV to stay in court.


U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford held in an order Tuesday that the plaintiffs were acting as private attorneys general vindicating a public right under California consumer laws. I...

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