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class certification
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
New York District Court Applies a More Relaxed Standard and Certifies Two Classes in an Antitrust Class Action
Plaintiffs filed a class action suit in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Chinese manufacturers (the defendants) of vitamin C, alleging that the defendants violated…
Class Actions Insider
Every Class Certification Order Must Specify the Class Claims, Issues and Defenses Under Rule 23(c)(1)(B), According to Seventh Circuit
Regular readers of my blog may recall that my post last week about the ABA Premier Speaker Series webinar on class actions described how Mark Perry had made an interesting…
Mass Tort Defense
Class Certification Denied in Baby Formula Case
By Sean Wajert
A federal court last week denied class certification in a lawsuit over insect parts allegedly found in baby formula, recognizing that the claims raise
Class Action Countermeasures
Framing the Certification Opposition – Ross v. RBS Citizens NA
By The Editors
Today's case is a perfect illustration of the difference between tactics and strategy, or, more accurately, between litigation strategy and litigation grand strategy. As you may remember, a tactic is…
Employment Law Watch
California Court of Appeal Green Lights Repetitive Class Action Litigation
By Remy Kessler
Most employers assume that if they successfully defeat a plaintiff's motion for class certification in a wage and hour class action, the same class claims cannot be raised again in…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Makes It Harder To Fight Copycat Class Actions
Co-authored by Tim Nelson and Brandon McKelvey The California Court of Appeal has issued a published decision holding that denial of class certification in one lawsuit may not prevent similar class…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 19, 2012
On another snowy day in Seattle, we had 158 posts come across the wire. As has been the case a lot lately, we have a lot of Supreme Court commentary in today's…
Employment & Labor
“Second Generation” Dukes Issues – Dismissal Of Class Claims Based On Defective Architecture Of The Class Theories
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and David Ross Dukes issues - stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal ruling this past spring in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S.…
Class Actions Insider
Daubert at Class Certification, Lack of Injury to Class Members, Fail-Safe Classes and Class Definitions All Addressed in New Seventh Circuit Opinion
The Seventh Circuit has started 2012 off with a significant class certification opinion. Messner v. Northshore Univ. Healthsystem, No. 10-2514, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 731 (7th Cir. Jan. 13, 2012)…
The Contingency
Enemy of the Good: Class Cert Doesn’t Require Perfect Proof, Seventh Circuit Says
The Seventh Circuit held last week that a district court set too high a standard for class certification in an antitrust case. "In essence," the panel ruled, it is important…