Contracts
Jul. 30, 2009
Toll Position
A recent 9th Circuit case marks the first time California's equitable tolling doctrine has been applied to toll a successive class action, writes Elizabeth Koenig.
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By Elizabeth Koenig The 9th Circuit recently reversed a district court's ruling that had dismissed as untimely a securities class action brought by investors in a privately held English building society. The 9th Circuit's decision in Hatfield et al. v. Halifax PLC and HBOS PLC, 2009 DJDAR 6687 (9th Cir. May 8, 2009) applied California's equitable tolling doctrine to conclude that a nearly identical class action filed in 2003 in...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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