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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Over the past year, the use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, to go public has skyrocketed.[1] As The Wall Street Journal explained, “With interest rates on the floor and investors chasing young companies, this is a dream scenario for SPACs.”[2] As the SPAC boom continues, it is important to understand that SEC guidance on SPACs is evolving. The SEC’s statements on SPACs have quickly progressed from a short bulletin educating investors on using SPAC vehicles to take companies public, to specific guidance str...

5 and even The World Health Organization, 6 it seems that no one is beyond of the reach of the class action, especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But have the plaintiffs in these cases suffered a bona fide injury caused by the defendants' conduct? Many contemporary class actions exhibit features of what one legal scholar of past mass tort waves dubbed the "entrepreneurial model" 7 of lawyer-driven litigation. This article examines those features and the problems they present, and discusses how they can be leveraged in the defense of class actions-from standing to certification ...

“ -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 1. The meteoric rise in class actions over the past decade has been well-documented.  Nowadays even mac & cheese is under attack, with two proposed nationwide class actions filed this month alone claiming labels such as “The Taste You Love”[1]  and “Made with Goodness!”[2] are false and misleading. Hair care products are also in the crosshairs.  This month a plaintiff and her lawyers filed their second class action in a year alleging beauty companies falsely advertised their shampoo as “natural.”[3] From consumer product compa...

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File a motion to quash. that is filed with the district court and court of appeals. a subpoena for live testimony has never been tested in court as to a president of the united states. there is a lot of language, articles and precedent against that. >> so he could do it, mueller. he could fail. it would take a lot of time and that really hurts mueller if he loses. >> i think it does because as long as the subpoena battle is open he will not want to say i closed the investigation. it will take a long time. although i think that the outcome is that mueller will win, we don't know. there is alway...