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class certification
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Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Trial Courts Wrestle with Expert Testimony and <i>Daubert</i> at Class Certification
Expert testimony plays a critical role in nearly all putative class actions, including at the class certification stage where parties rely on expert evidence to address the requirements of Federal…
Energy & the Law
Royalty Owners Seeking Class Certification Sent Back to the Trial Court
Co-author Niloufar "Nikki" Hafizi The latest Fifth Circuit opinion in Seeligson v. Devon Energy Production, L.P. is the latest round in a class action that has been developing since 2014. The…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
The Third Circuit Defines the Requirements for Orders Certifying Wage Hour Class Actions
By Patrick G. Brady, Michael D. Thompson
The obligations of a district court to analyze conflicting evidence regarding class and collective action certification was recently addressed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Reinig v. RBS…
Proskauer on Advertising Law
If Class Action Litigants Could Turn Back Time (The Text Would Have Said So)
By Lawrence Weinstein, Carl Mazurek, Kelly Landers Hawthorne
Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Ninth Circuit decision, resolving a circuit split in ruling that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f)’s 14-day deadline for a losing party…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Appealing a Class Action Certification Order under Rule 23(f)
By Bona Law PC
Author: Aaron Gott If you are a defendant in a federal class action case, you probably already know that class certification is an important pivot point in the litigation: once…
Proskauer on Class and Collective Actions
United States Supreme Court Says that Equitable Tolling Cannot Extend Deadline to Appeal Class Certification Decisions Under Rule 23(f)
By Elise M. Bloom, Mark W. Batten, Noa Baddish
In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Sotomayor on February 26, 2019, the Supreme Court held that the 14-day deadline to seek permission to appeal a decision granting or denying…
Law and the Workplace
United States Supreme Court Says that Equitable Tolling Cannot Extend Deadline to Appeal Class Certification Decisions Under Rule 23(f)
By Elise M. Bloom, Mark W. Batten, Noa Baddish
In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Sotomayor on February 26, 2019, the Supreme Court held that the 14-day deadline to seek permission to appeal a decision granting or denying…
Declassified
TIME STOPS FOR NO ONE: The Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness Issues in Two Separate Class Cases
By Michael R. Pennington, Zachary A. Madonia
The U.S. Supreme Court suddenly seems to have a little time on its hands. Or at least on its mind. In two different class action cases on its docket this…
Healthcare Law Insights
Deadline for Permission to Appeal Class Certification Ruling Cannot be Equitably Tolled, Supreme Court Holds
On February 26, 2019, in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f)’s 14-day deadline to request permission to…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Seyfarth Shaw’s Jerry Maatman Presents On 2018 Class Action Trend 2: Class Certification Rulings
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, we posted the first video in a series of clips from Seyfarth Shaw’s “Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation” book launch event. Specifically, this set…