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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Remand in Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer class action
On Monday, the Supreme Court sent Whirlpool Corp v. Glazer back to the Sixth Circuit for further consideration in light of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 569 U.S. --- (2013). The…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Common and Predominating Damages: Comcast Opinion Extends Wal-Mart v. Dukes’ Standards for Class Certification but Leaves the Question of Daubert for Another Day
Co-authored by: John B. Lewis, Dustin M. Dow, Patrick T. Lewis, Danyll W. Foix, and Rodger L. Eckelberry Editor’s Note: This Executive Alert was published by members of BakerHostetler’s Securities…
Antitrust Alert
Supreme Court Comcast Decision Makes Antitrust Class Action Certification More Difficult
by David L. Hanselman, Stefan M. Meisner and Daniel Powers The Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend, an antitrust case involving a class of more than two million…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Plaintiffs’ Bar is Whistling Past the Graveyard on Comcast
By Thomas Kaufman As many readers of this blog know by now, last week the Supreme Court issued yet another anti-class certification decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (“Comcast”). While the full scope…
Ad Law Access
Supreme Court Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against Comcast
By Kelley Drye
On March 27, 2013, the Supreme Court held five to four in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864 (Mar. 27, 2013) that the district court improperly granted certification in an…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Fallout from Behrend
By joetort
BNA Law Week reports that the Supreme Court granted cert, vacated the judgments and remanded two class actions yesterday. RBS Citizens NA v. Ross, U.S., No. 12-165, certiorari granted, judgment vacated,…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Building Upon Dukes, Supreme Court Imposes Further Limitations on Certification of Rule 23 Class Actions
While this blog's focus generally is on the substantive provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage-and-hour laws, due to the prevalence of class action litigation, it is…
The Appellate Strategist
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Even More Than Meets the Eye?
By Kirk Jenkins
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in another of this term’s major class action cases. Following on the heels of Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles,…
Employer Law Report
United States Supreme Court Delivers Major Win for Employers – Once Again Raising the Bar for Certifying Class Actions
The United States Supreme Court last week continued the trend, begun with its 2011 decision in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541, of demanding heightened scrutiny of commonality…
Class Defense Blog
Do the Plaintiffs Lack Standing or Are Their Claims Simply Meritless—or Both?
Here’s the situation: You’re facing a class action in federal court in which the plaintiffs define the putative class so broadly as to encompass many people who weren’t injured by…