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Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s on Their Minds: Monster Class Action Certification Case. Cullen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.
Update: On November 5, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. On February 26, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument…
Supreme Court Update
Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (11-1085), Levin v. United States (11-1351), Calhoun v. United States (12-6142) and Order List
By Kim Rinehart
We're back to round out our coverage of recent decisions and orders, including Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (11-1085), on whether securities fraud plaintiffs must establish…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Ninth Circuit Decertifies Chinese Daily News Class, Confirming That The Tough Dukes Standard Applies To Wage-Hour Cases
By Michael Kun The Ninth Circuit has just issued an important new opinion that not only makes clear that the Supreme Court’s landmark Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision in fact applies…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Supreme Court Ruling Lowers Class Action Hurdle for Securities Fraud Cases
On February 27, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s determination that proof of materiality is not required before certifying a securities fraud class action. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust…
Class Actions Insider
Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans Supreme Court Opinion: Potential Impact Beyond the Securities Realm
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (slip opinion). In a 6-3 decision, the Court…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
District Court Decision Denying Certification For Failure Of Common Proof
Following the Supreme Court’s game-changing decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541, 2551 (2011), courts have struggled to determine the level and nature of proof a…
D&O Discourse
First Take on Amgen Decision: Supreme Court “Basically” Endorses Status Quo
By Doug Greene
The Supreme Court released its anxiously awaited decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans yesterday. On the face of the decision, it was a loss for defendants in that…
The D&O Diary
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Securities Class Action Plaintiffs Need Not Prove Materiality for Class Certification
In a much anticipated ruling in the Amgen securities class action litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority opinion written by Justice Ginsburg, held that a securities plaintiff…
The Contingency
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Amgen Class
The legal landscape for class actions has gotten harder for plaintiffs to cross in the last decade or so. Today it got no worse. And plaintiffs and their counsel rejoice…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Individualized Causation and Reliance Defenses Render Class Representative Inadequate in the Northern District of Illinois
By Raj Chohan
Class action defense practitioners routinely face uphill battles on the issue of individualized defenses for class members. However, these arguments should not be overlooked as tools to defeat class certification.…