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class certification
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Class Action Countermeasures
What Happens to a Reversed Class Action?
By The Editors
This week, we ask the question: what happens to a class action after the defendants win an appeal? The case posing this question is Glaberson v. Comcast Corp., No. 03-6604,…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Plaintiffs in Comcast Class Action Allowed to Attempt Recertification of a Narrowed Class
Following the Supreme Court's reversal of certification of an antitrust class in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), the district court in the case has allowed plaintiffs…
Class Defense Blog
Twelve Amici Join Mayer Brown in Seeking Supreme Court Review of Front-Loading Washer Cases
By Joshua Yount
As I have previously blogged, my colleagues and I have filed certiorari petitions in two significant cases affecting class-action litigation, Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Butler (pdf) and Whirlpool Corp.…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Florida Court Allows Plaintiff Extensive Communication with Putative Class Members
By Tina Amin
A recent decision from the Southern District of Florida denied a motion seeking to limit plaintiffs’ ability to contact putative class members to solicit support and evidence in support of…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision. Another Class Action Bites the Dust. Cullen v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co.
Update: Read a more thorough analysis of this merit decision here. On November 5, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Cullen v. State Farm…
Proskauer on Class and Collective Actions
Fourth Circuit Finds District Court Erroneously Applied Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes In Denying Leave to Amend Complaint in Pay Discrimination Suit
By Laura M. Fant, Robert Rachal
In its recent decision in Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., No. 12-1610 (4th Cir. Oct. 16, 2013), the Fourth Circuit ruled that the district court abused its discretion by…
Employment Class Action Blog
Fourth Circuit Argues With Itself Over Dukes’ Application
By Greg Mersol
While commentators can, and often do, debate fine points regarding the technical elements of a class action claim, the result in a given case is often dictated by a more…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Saks Puts Up Its “Dukes”? Judge Rules Class Members Too Dissimilar In Denying Class Certification
Co-authored by Laura Maechtlen and Nadia S. Bandukda Last week, in Till v. Saks Inc., U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the Northern District of California denied Plaintiffs’ motion to certify…
Class Defense Blog
The Seventh Circuit’s Unique Approach To Handling Rule 23(f) Petitions
We recently noted that the Ninth Circuit had granted a Rule 23(f) petition in Chen v. Allstate Insurance Co.—on the issue whether a named plaintiff can refuse an offer of…
Antitrust Alert
Detroit Nurses Object to Sixth Circuit Reviewing Class Certification Decision
On October 11, 2013, the plaintiffs in the Detroit nurses litigation who have accused Detroit-area hospitals of conspiring to suppress their wages opposed VHS of Michigan, D/B/A Detroit Medical Center’s…