"We see these developments as tremendously useful in defeating the remaining lights class actions scattered around the country, " Campagnino said in a research report of the expected difficulties plaintiff lawyers may have in cherry picking litigation-friendly states for lawsuits.
This week data showed that manufacturing is picking up momentum in the U.S. The ISM Manufacturing report released Tuesday showed a reading of 53.9 in December, up from 52.7 the month before, and above the average expectation of economists for 53.5.