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class certification
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Law and the Workplace
Embracing Wal-Mart & Distinguishing McReynolds, The Seventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification Of Sprawling (And Stale) Classes
On August 8, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed an order certifying large classes in a lawsuit alleging race discrimination and hostile work environment. Bolden…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Seventh Circuit Rejects Repackaged Class Claims And Embraces Broad Application Of Dukes
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer Riley In recent posts, we have recounted efforts by the plaintiffs’ class action bar to “re-boot” class certification theories to work around the…
Employment Class Action Blog
California District Court Denies Certification for Failing to Comply with Schedule
By Greg Mersol
It is black letter law that the decision whether to certify a class lies within the District Court’s discretion. Of course, the court must be able to control its docket…
Class Action Countermeasures
The Other Trends in the Mid-Year NERA Report
By The Editors
Last week, NERA Economic Consulting released its latest mid-year report on trends in class-action securities filings. The trend most are mentioning is the decline in the pace of securities settlements, coupled with the…
Class Actions Insider
Title Insurance Class Action: Denial of Certification Demonstrates Strategies for Avoiding and Defending Underwriting-Related Class Actions
Back in May of 2011, I wrote a blog post about a denial of class certification by the Western District of Washington in Boucher v. First American Title Insurance Company. …
Mass Tort Defense
Amicus Files Third Circuit Brief on Important Class Issue
By Sean Wajert
One of the things we like to do is flag for our readers interesting arguments raised by amicus on important appeals. The Product Liability Advisory Co
Class Defense Blog
Seventh Circuit: Order Partially Decertifying a Class Is Appealable Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f)
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) gives federal courts of appeals authority to permit interlocutory appeals from orders granting or denying motions to certify a class. The rule leaves it…
Class Actions Insider
Is An Order Modifying A Class Definition Appealable Under Rule 23(f)? Seventh Circuit Says Yes
The Seventh Circuit recently addressed an interesting issue regarding the types of appeals permitted by Rule 23(f). In Matz v. Household International Tax Reduction Investment Plan, No. 12-8010, 2012 U.S.…
Drug & Device Law
Still Standing
By Bexis
About a year ago we reported on the dismissal of what we characterized as a “really bogus” attempted class action in In re McNeil Consumer Healthcare Marketing & Sales Practices…
The Appellate Strategist
Will Daubert Become Part of Class Certification Hearings?
By Kirk Jenkins
In the closing days of its term, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted certiorari in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend, setting up what is certain to be a major…