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Employment Class Action Blog
New York District Court Denies Conditional Certification of Class of Café Managers
By Greg Mersol
The United States District Court has rendered a decision that is interesting in at least two respects. First, it is a lengthy and thoughtful opinion denying certification of a putative…
Employment Law Letter
Supreme Court Rules Tolling Does Not Save Untimely Successive Class Actions
Last week, in a win for employers facing class action lawsuits, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that statute of limitations tolling does not save absent class members’ untimely successive class…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
State Court Adoption of <i>Comcast v. Behrend</i>
By Albert G. Lin, Rand L. McClellan
In Comcast v. Behrend, 569 U.S. 27 (2013), the United States Supreme Court clarified the requirements for establishing that classwide injury and damages predominate over individual issues for the purposes…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Ninth Circuit Holds That Evidence Supporting Class Certification Need Not Be Admissible
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Seyfarth Synopsis: In Sali v. Corona Regional Medical Center, No. 15-5640, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 11497 (9th Cir. May 3,…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Ninth Circuit Concludes that Admissibility is Not a Factor in Deciding Class Certification
On May 3, 2018, in Sali v. Corona Medical Center, et al., Case Number 15-56460, a putative wage-hour class action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that evidence does not have to…
Employment Class Action Blog
Ninth Circuit Finds Evidence at Class Certification Not Required to Be Admissible − The Last Word on the Issue?
By John Lewis
In a 28-page opinion, a panel of the Ninth Circuit overturned a district court’s denial of class certification, in part, because the lower court required supporting evidence to be admissible.…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
Branch v. GEICO: The Convergence of Class Certification and Article III Standing
By Esther Slater McDonald, James Billings-Kang
On January 10, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied Plaintiff Tiffanie Branch’s renewed motion for class certification in Branch v. Government Employees Insurance Company,…
Antitrust Alert
THE LATEST: Class Certification Denied – Indirect Purchases Fail to Substantiate Link between Higher Input Costs and Higher Product Prices
By Matt Evola
Indirect purchaser plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in a lithium ion battery suit was denied for failing to show concrete evidence linking increased input costs to increased end-product prices; theoretical…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Ninth Circuit Vacates Final Approval of National Settlement Class Action Certification
Last month, the Ninth Circuit vacated the certification of a nationwide class for settlement in the In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, No. 15-56014, 881 F.3d 679 (9th…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Court Finds Individualized Issues Predominate and Grants Company’s Motion to Decertify Branch Administrators’ Class
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana recently decided a case highlighting the importance of clear employer policies when it comes to wage payment issues. In…