Chris Ross

Jun 27, 2024 | penobscotbaypress.com | Chris Ross

LIBRARY NEWS Stonington Public Library returns to Small Cove Park with our Seaside Series 2024. This year’s lineup features artists, poets, journalists, and novelists with everything from an Island-original picture book to the lights of Broadway and from an Asian brush painting demonstration to a Georgia O’Keeffe mystery.

Mar 24, 2024 | daytondailynews.com | Chris Ross

DWSL currently has over 100 members who participate in many activities. Some activities include: book clubs, bunco, bridge, euchre, Mahjong, nature walks and travel discussions. Women are free to choose when and how often they want to participate. Most activities have an attendance of between five and twelve people. Some activities, like dining out and couples euchre include spouses, but most are just for the ladies.

Mar 5, 2024 | lexology.com | Chris Ross |Leonia Chesterfield |William Carter

In January, the trial in Justin Le Patourel v. BT Group PLC1 commenced in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal, or CAT. The trial is scheduled to be heard over eight weeks. Le Patourel is notable because it is the first trial in the U.K. of an opt-out collective action, a form of class action, under the U.K. Competition Act 1998.

Feb 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Chris Ross |William Carter |Louise Morgan

Key points This is the first example of the CAT deciding a carriage dispute as a preliminary issue before certification. The CAT confirmed that this is the preferred approach, as opposed to “rolled up” hearings addressing both carriage and certification. The test for determining a carriage dispute is assessing “suitability” of the competing proposed class representatives. The CAT has wide discretion as to how to conduct that assessment.