Say What? Ninth Circuit Says Affirmative Defenses Can’t Stop Class Certification Unless Defendant Proves the Merits of the Defense as to Every Single Class Member

Michael R. Pennington, Scott Burnett Smith, Say What? Ninth Circuit Says Affirmative Defenses Can’t Stop Class Certification Unless Defendant Proves the Merits of the Defense as to Every Single Class Member, Declassified (April 1, 2019) [The Library at LexBlog, LEX-WK-2A2BW5K0, lexpid.org/2A2BW5K0]