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class certification
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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
WHIRLPOOL SEEKS EN BANC REVIEW OF PANEL’S DECISION IN WASHING MACHINE LITIGATION
As we previously reported back on May 4, 2012, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit, relying heavily on the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
California District Court Certifies Class in ZIP Code Collection Suit
On May 4, 2012, a federal court in California granted a motion for class certification in a suit alleging that IKEA violated the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 by…
Class Action Countermeasures
CLE Presentation – The Gauntlet: Early Challenges to Class Certification
By The Editors
Earlier today, I had the distinct pleasure of presenting at the CLE International Class Action conference in Los Angeles with an old friend of mine, plaintiff's lawyer Garrett Wotkyns of Schneider Wallace.…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Guest Blog: Putting the Case on at a Class Certification Hearing
By Roy Futterman, Ph.D., Director, DOAR Litigation Consulting As class certification hearings in labor and employment cases and other types of class action litigation have become more like mini-trials in…
Employment Class Action Blog
California Appeals Court Finds Plaintiffs’ Counsel Inadequate, Upholds Denial of Class Certification Motion
It’s bad enough that a plaintiff’s attorney loses a motion to certify a class – it must be even worse when the reason the motion is denied is the attorney’s…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Seventh Circuit Reluctantly Opens The Door For Copy-Cat Class Action Suits
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley In the concluding chapter of a long-running class action saga, on May 1, 2012, the Seventh Circuit vacated its order enjoining…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
California Judge Issues Tentative Ruling Dooming Meal And Rest Break Class Based On Brinker
Co-authored by Jon Meer and Brandon McKelvey On Tuesday, a California trial court judge in Los Angeles issued a tentative ruling denying class certification in a proposed meal and rest…
Employment Class Action Blog
California Court Proves That They’ll Print Anything These Days With Denial of Decertification in Newspaper Carrier Case
When James Bond brandishes his Walther PPK and walks into a printing plant, you know one thing is certain - you will be "treated" to at least a half-dozen newspaper…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Lead Plaintiff Sells Shares After Tender Offer But Before Merger Closed; Court Still Approves Plaintiff as Class Representative
In In Re Celera Corporation Shareholder Litigation, C.A., No. 6304-VCP (Del. Ch. March 23, 2012) , the putative lead plaintiff in a class action, New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System (“NOERS”),…
CAFA Law Blog
The Badlands Give a Good Opinion for CAFA Jurisdiction
Calvillo v. Siouxland Urology Assocs. P.C., No. CIV. 09–4051–KES, 2011 WL 5155093 (D.S.D. Oct. 28, 2011). In this action a District Court in South Dakota held that denial of class…