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class certification
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Antitrust Law Blog
Comcast v. Behrend Sets a Higher Bar for Class Certification
By Jennifer Driscoll-Chippendale On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court continued its recent trend of imposing more stringent standards for class certification in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend, 569 U.S.…
Antitrust Law Blog
<i>Comcast v. Behrend</i> Sets a Higher Bar for Class Certification
By Jennifer Driscoll-Chippendale On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court continued its recent trend of imposing more stringent standards for class certification in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend, 569 U.S.…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Class Certification in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend—Katharine Parker
It's been a big couple of weeks for class actions, both inside and out of the Supreme Court. Among those cases heard at by our nation's highest court was Comcast Corp.…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Supreme Court Raises Bar for Class Certification
By Stuart Gerson Wage-hour lawsuits filed under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) represent one of the fastest growing and most problematic areas of litigation facing employers today, especially…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Comcast v. Behrend: Supreme Court Tightens Certification Requirements, But Leaves Standard For Expert Evidence Uncertain
On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864, which tightened class certification requirements in two respects. First, Behrend requires plaintiffs to show…
Employment Class Action Blog
Surveying the Damages: Comcast Opinion Extends Wal-Mart v. Dukes’ Standards for Class Certification
By John Lewis
Co-Authored By: Dustin M. Dow In the latest class action case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a majority of the Court extended the Wal-Mart v. Dukes analysis to damages and…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
UniTek Argues $3.8M FLSA Award Cannot Stand in Light of Seventh Circuit Decertification Decision
In a recent motion filed in Monroe v. FTS USA, LLC, No. 2:08-cv-02100 (D.E. 441-1), defendants Unitek USA, LLC and its subsidiary, FTS USA, LLC, (collectively “UniTek”) asserted that a…
Supreme Court Update
Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles (11-1450), Comcast Corp v. Behrend (11-864) and Millbrook v. United States (11-10362)
By Kim Rinehart
On to part two of this week's reporting. After handing the plaintiffs' securities class action bar a victory in Amgen just a few weeks back, the Court gave the class…
Class Action Countermeasures
Supreme Court reinforces predominance standard – Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
By The Editors
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, the antitrust case which commentators (including me) had expected would finally resolve the question of whether a trial…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Did The Earth Just Move? Comcast Suggests Individual Damage Calculations Prevent Class Certification
Co-authored by Richard Alfred and Patrick Bannon Is a class action permitted if each class member’s damages would have to be proven separately rather than measured on a class-wide basis?…