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class certification
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade
In U.K.’s First Ever Class Action, Tribunal Adopts Canadian Approach to Class Certification
By Elliott Joh
On March 31, 2017, the U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal issued its judgment on the first-ever application for an opt-out Collective Proceedings Order (the equivalent of a motion for class certification)…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Game On: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Xbox Plaintiffs Can Create Appellate Review
Recently, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker,[1] a case that may significantly impact class-action defense and appellate jurisdiction. Plaintiff classes frequently want to immediately…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Court Uses Novel Issue Certification Device To Sidestep Individualized Issues Otherwise Precluding Class Certification
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., John S. Marrese, and Christopher M. Cascino Seyfarth Synopsis: A group of female truck drivers sued their employer for policies allegedly resulting in a hostile…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Chipotle Defeats Class and Collective Certification
Our colleague Adriana S. Kosovych, associate at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Hospitality Employment and Labor blog that will be of interest to many of our readers: “Chipotle…
Class Defense Blog
Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Microsoft v. Baker To Address When A Named Plaintiff Can Appeal The Denial Of Class Certification
By Archis A. Parasharami, Adam Hudes
Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument (pdf) in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, a case that raises complicated questions about federal appellate jurisdiction and Article III standing, but ultimately…
Drug & Device Law
There’ll Always Be Posner: Reversal of Class Certification in the Blink of an Eye
We've seen it before. The Southern District of Illinois will certify class actions with no real cause of action and no real damages. While not as bad as the drive-through-class-certification…
CAFA Law Blog
Successful Class Certification Is Not A Prerequisite To CAFA Jurisdiction
Slocum v. International Paper Company, 2016 WL 6543301 (E.D. La. Nov. 4, 2016). A Louisiana District Court denied the plaintiffs’ motion to remand in a consolidated class action, finding that…
Class Defense Blog
Court Strikes Class Allegations in TCPA Case
By Charles E. Harris II, Hans Germann
The recent decision in Cholly v. Uptain Group, No. 15 C 5030, 2017 WL 449176 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 1, 2017), drives home the point—as we’ve discussed on the blog before—that…
Employment & Labor
What Employers Should Know About The Record Breaking Wage & Hour Class Certifications Of 2016 – Trend #5
Wage & hour litigation is a “hot button” issue for employers around the country. In our fifth installment video detailing the six key findings of the Workplace Class Action Report,…
Class Actions Insider
Gorsuch on Class Actions: How Might He Compare to Scalia?
Justice Scalia made major contributions to class action law, writing the Supreme Court’s opinions in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes and Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, two of the Court’s most…