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2008: Your Guide to the Year Ahead - October

Posted 21/01/2008 by The Daily Diary

Continuing your exclusive look at the biggest stories of 2008 - before they happen.

October
Class action specialist Cohen Millstein Hausfeld & Toll goes on the warpath, declaring its intention to sue every member of the UK public after the long-anticipated deluge of group actions fails to materialise.

“The failure of UK citizens to embroil domestic companies in gratuitous litigation shows a wilful disregard for the wellbeing of lawyers,” says a spokesperson for the firm.

In the US, the last remaining fee earner at Milberg Weiss switches off the lights in accordance with the embattled firm’s partnership deed.

"You mean we launched here for no reason?"

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