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class certification
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Southern California Appellate News
New 23(f) study
Professors Burbank and Farhang have released Class Certification in the U.S. Courts of Appeals: A Longitudinal Study:Our findings show that, contrary to conventional expectations, in the period since Wal-Mart and Comcast, plaintiffs have been…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
District Court Erred by Imposing “Administrative Feasibility” Condition on Class Action, Holds Eleventh Circuit
In Cherry. v. Dometic Corp., No 19-13242 )11th Cir. Feb. 2, 2021), the Eleventh Circuit holds that Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 provides no basis to require a class plaintiff…
Employment Class Action Blog
Seventh Circuit Finds Class of 37 Does Not Meet Rule 23’s Numerosity Requirement
By Greg Mersol
As numbers go, 37 isn’t as famous as, say, 1 or 13. It’s a prime number, the atomic number of rubidium and the age of the peasant Dennis in the movie…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Did the 7th Circuit Just Provide a New Avenue to Defeat Certification of a State Law Overtime Claim?
By: Noah A. Finkel Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed a district court’s denial of class certification of a state overtime claim on numerosity grounds,…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Halliburton II Price Impact Defenses Can Limit Severity on Deficient Exchange Act Claims
[caption id="attachment_20532" align="alignleft" width="198"] Nessim Mezrahi[/caption] [caption id="attachment_20991" align="alignleft" width="213"] Stephen Sigrist[/caption] In the following guest post, Nessim Mezrahi and Stephen Sigrist discuss their analysis of Rule 10b-5 private securities…
Privacy World
Only One Bite at the Class Certification Apple: Court Denies Plaintiff’s Request for a “Do-Over” Based on Evidence that Could Have Been Brought Before
By Angelo Carosio, Squire Patton Boggs
As a litigator, there’s nothing more important than pleading your case – and a recent case from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reminds us that in litigation, more often than…
Class Action & Mass Torts
5 Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation: Trend #5 Class Certification Trends Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: In our continuing video blog series analyzing the findings in our Workplace Class Action Report, trend #5 focuses on the success factor of the plaintiffs’ bar for class…
Workplace Class Action Blog
5 Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation: Trend #5 Class Certification Trends Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: In our continuing video blog series analyzing the findings in our Workplace Class Action Report, trend #5 focuses on the success factor of the plaintiffs’ bar for class…
EvidenceProf Blog
Southern District of West Virginia Finds Limited Daubert Analysis Appropriate at Class Certification Stage
By Colin Miller
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 states thatA witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or…
Mass Tort Defense
Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Class Claims in Pet Food Case
By Sean Wajert
Let's start the New Year off right. It's not often we find ourselves agreeing with the Ninth Circuit, especially in the class action realm. But the Ninth Circuit recently upheld…