Topic
class certification
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Drug & Device Law
This Is The Correct Standard For Judging Predominance In Class Actions
The Third Circuit issued a gem of an opinion on class certification last month, and we like it because it puts a laser focus on what a plaintiff has to…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Ohio Federal Court Rules That Varying “Interests” And “Feelings” Among Putative Class Members Prevents Class Certification
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: Although federal courts are certifying class actions at a record rate, a recent opinion by the…
Employment Class Action Blog
Maryland District Court Refuses Conditional Certification of Proposed Class of Grocery Store Managers
By Greg Mersol
Grocery stores have taken on special prominence as being on the front lines of the current coronavirus pandemic. Just as that role was becoming apparent, the federal district court in…
Employment Class Action Blog
Illinois District Court Denies Certification of ADA Claims in Airplane Mechanic Case
By Greg Mersol
It’s been awhile since we’ve addressed attempts at bringing class action disability claims (September 27, 2013 and March 6, 2014), but as we’ve noted in the past, they make poor…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Supreme Court Decision on ERISA Statute of Limitations May Help Defendants Defeat Class Certification
Believe it or not, the Supreme Court of the United States just decided whether “to have ‘actual knowledge’ of a piece of information, one must in fact be aware of…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Tendering Full Relief to Moot a Class Action: It’s Still Possible in Illinois
When a business is sued in a proposed class action and there is only a small amount at stake on the named plaintiff’s claim, often one of the first thoughts…
TortsProf Blog
Gilles & Friedman on Issue Class Actions
Myriam Gilles & Gary Friedman have posted to SSRN The Issue Class Revolution. The abstract provides:In 2013, four Supreme Court Justices dissented from the decision in Comcast v. Behrend establishing…
Business and Commercial
California Court Sets High Bar For Class Certification In False Advertising Cases
By Lisa Yun Pruitt, Shannon Petersen
The California Court of Appeal recently made it more difficult for plaintiffs to certify class actions based on false advertising or fraud. In Downey v. Public Storage, Inc., Case No.…
Business and Commercial
California Court Sets High Bar For Class Certification In False Advertising Cases
By Lisa Yun Pruitt, Shannon Petersen
The California Court of Appeal recently made it more difficult for plaintiffs to certify class actions based on false advertising or fraud. In Downey v. Public Storage, Inc., Case No.…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Superiority and Mootness of Injunctive Relief Claim Addressed in Recent Denial of Class Certification
A recent decision by a Washington federal district court caught my eye because it involved a circumstance I often see—a new development in the law results in a class action…