Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 24 (2013)
In Comcast, the putative class of more than 2 million current and former Comcast Cable subscribers alleged that a practice
Read moreIn Comcast, the putative class of more than 2 million current and former Comcast Cable subscribers alleged that a practice
Read moreWal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011) Plaintiffs proposed to prove a general policy and common mode
Read moreThe Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo case, which a lot of watchers believe is a test of statistical averaging used
Read more“The two sides have canceled each other out” wrote Judge Dillard of the Johnson County District Court in Iowa City,
Read morePosts here on The Witness Box usually touch on statistics in the form of statistical evidence and statistical expert analysis
Read moreEmployment law and FLSA violations are in the headlines this week, due to a New York Times multi-part expose on
Read more“…Experts serve a very important role in legal proceedings, one that is often indispensable.” ‘A lawyer’s view of the statistical
Read moreNERA’s article exploring the role of data in wage and hour cases introduces the reader to the statistics that may
Read moreA current executive and a former manager are suing a subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corp. (BSNC) for $50 million plus
Read moreIn Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association, a class of 260 bank officers sued their employer for unpaid overtime resulting from
Read more‘Use of statistical evidence in complex wage litigation‘, an article written by Adam T. Klein and Tarik F. Ajami of
Read more“Data seems like a dry and boring word, but without [it] we cannot understand our world”…”[w]ithout complete and accurate data,
Read moreStatistical sampling is regularly used in employment discrimination, antitrust and toxic torts cases to minimize cost and effort in cases
Read moreThe Center for Forensic Economic Studies (CFES) is a group of economists and statisticians who offer litigation support, with a
Read moreSpecialty insurer Hiscox recently released the findings from its state-by-state study of employment litigation trends. The analysis found that US businesses
Read moreThe US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division offers a statistics page of aggregate enforcement data as part of
Read moreThe Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), along with the Census Bureau, are the chief focuses of the Department’s Economics
Read moreEconomists and statisticians are most often involved in business damages cases involving trade secrets in the capacity of expert witnesses who provide
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