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Employment Class Action Blog
<i>O’Connor v. Uber</i>: The Ninth Circuit Unravels the Class Certification Orders in Appeals From Four Related Actions
By John Lewis
In O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc., a Ninth Circuit panel, in four related appeals from District Judge Edward Chen’s rulings, reversed the denial of Uber Technologies Inc.’s motions to compel…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Challenging Class Action Certification and the Classic Antitrust Case of Comcast v. Behrend
By Bona Law PC
Author: Jarod Bona As an attorney defending an antitrust class action, your job is to get your client out of the case as expeditiously and inexpensively as possible. There are several…
Proskauer on Advertising Law
Supreme Court Briefing Begins Over Equitable Tolling of Rule 23(f) Deadline
By Lawrence Weinstein, Jennifer Yang, Russell Kostelak
Our readers may recall that last year, the Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff in a putative class action cannot subvert the discretionary nature of Rule 23(f) interlocutory review by…
Drug & Device Law
Ninth Circuit Upholds Denial of Alaska Genetic Privacy Class Certification
It’s vacation time for many of our colleagues. Bexis shrewdly commenced a hiking holiday in Kauai, just in time to greet a hurricane. We were less adventurous. For us, it…
Technology Law Dispatch
Ninth Circuit affirms class certification denial in genetic information privacy case
In a decision that may give genetic testing companies reason to breathe a sigh of relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed on August 21 the…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Federal Judge Finds J.B. Hunt Compensation System Too Varied To Sustain Class Certification
By Brian L. McDermott, Dorothy Parson McDermott
J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, recently prevailed on a motion to decertify a class of around 11,000 current and former truck drivers,…
Declassified
The Impact of Disparate State Laws on Class Certification for Settlement Purposes: Ninth Circuit to Review Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Decision en Banc
The Ninth Circuit has agreed to review a panel decision from the court which rejected a settlement in multidistrict litigation over the fuel efficiency of Hyundai Motor America Inc. and…
Drug & Device Law
Second Circuit Reverses Class Certification; Insists that District Court Take Close Look at Effect of Various State Consumer Laws on Predominance Requirement
Greetings, August! These are called the Dog Days of Summer, but a lot more gets done this month than you might think. Sure, we usually take our vacation in August. …
Ad Law Access
Second Circuit Bounces Multistate “Natural” Class. Now, Keep An Eye On the Ninth Circuit
By Kelley Drye
Early this year, a Ninth Circuit panel upended a major nationwide class action settlement because it found that the District Court had not sufficiently considered material differences among the 50…
Class Actions Insider
Judge Kavanaugh on Class Actions
With Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, one question to ask is whether, if he is confirmed, that will move the Court to any degree in class action…