Judicial Review of Class Action Settlements Jonathan R. Macey Deputy Dean and Samuel Harris Professor of Corporate Law‚ Corporate Finance and Securities Law‚ Yale Law School. Geoffrey P. Miller Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor‚ New York University Law School. We thank Richard Stewart for helpful comments. Both Macey and Miller have consulted in class action cases‚ and Miller has testified as an expert witness in a number of class action settlements‚ including several of the cases referenced
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the status of women. In the late 19th century‚ middle-class women created settlement houses in poor and urban neighborhoods‚ so they could carry out reform work in the surrounding neighborhoods. As these houses grew and evolved‚ settlement house workers started lobbying local‚ state‚ and national governments to pass reform legislation like minimum wage‚ workplace safety standards‚ and sanitation regulations. These settlement houses gave women a setting where they could do sociological research and
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Janira Garcia 09-14-2012 1st Pd. Settlements of British North America Although there was economic and religious concerns during the colonial period it is believed and can be proved that economic concerns had more to do with the settling in British North American than religious concerns. Economic concerns that drove the settlements included‚ over population‚ standard of living‚ as well as high unemployment. Throughout history‚ people from around the world from different cultures have to American
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SOCIAL ISSUE: Informal Settlements in Davao City TOPIC DISCUSSION: Urban housing is a worldwide need‚ especially urgent in rapidly growing cities of the developing world‚ evident in unplanned and informal communities. These are examples of the informal sector housing – often described as squatter settlements or “slums” – that represent latent assets and the basis of urban solutions (Bhatt‚ 2004). In Davao City‚ the increasing number of informal settlers can be attributed to the rapid
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Men and women had their own important role in the settlement and development in the new world. The different areas women occupied may have been overlooked in a male dominated society. In Jamestown the arrival of women symbolized the start of a permanent settlement. Women in the early colonies helped with the development of the new world without settlement would not have been possible. One of the main things that they were responsible for was the raising of the children that would live in the new
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Aboriginals have always had a strong link between them and the land with the belief of the Dreamtime and the art‚ symbols‚ rituals and totems that came with it. After the white settlement‚ the way in which aboriginals lived their everyday life took a dramatic turn. It had affected their culture for many generations with a disconnection with the land to them. Captain cook arrived to Australia in 1770 and it was believed that there was at least 750 000 Aborigines living in 600 different tribes in
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The Bank for International Settlements (Bank for International Settlements‚ BIS) is the oldest international financial institution in the world‚ having been in operation since 1930. With its headquarters in Basel‚ Switzerland‚ the BIS assists central banks regarding the investment of cash reserves‚ provides a forum for international monetary cooperation‚ acting as agent or trustee in the execution of international loan agreements‚ and engages in extensive economic research. The BIS is involved
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Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) BSP is a system designed to facilitate and simplify the selling‚ reporting and remitting procedures of IATA Accredited Passenger Sales Agents‚ as well as improve financial control and cash flow for BSP Airlines. A truly worldwide system: at the close of 2009‚ there were 86 BSPs‚ covering more than 160 countries and territories serving about 400 airlines‚ while gross sales processed amounted to USD 191 billion. NOTE: Earlier the head office was in sharjah but they
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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Turkey and the Dispute Settlement Mechanism The Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) of the WTO constitutes the guarantee of the legal structure arising from the WTO Agreements. This mechanism is only applied to trade disputes between WTO Member states and arising from government policies but the disputes between person and firms are out of the scope of DSM. The main purpose of the mechanism is to ensure that WTO Members act in accordance with the WTO Agreement‚ to protect the rights and obligations
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