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Class Actions Insider
Montana Class Action Decision Illustrates Some State Courts’ Divergence From Wal-Mart
The Montana Supreme Court’s recent decision in Diaz v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, 2011 Mont. LEXIS 433 (Mont. Dec. 21, 2011) is an interesting example of how…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Ninth Circuit Changes Course On Class Certification Ruling In Light Of Dukes
Co-authored by Brandon McKelvey and Fred Sanderson Citing the Supreme Court's recent decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, on December 30, 2011, the Ninth Circuit vacated its prior decision reversing a district…
Drug & Device Law
Class Action Smackdown
By Bexis
Class action plaintiff lawyers have been known to do some pretty sleazy things. Don’t just take our word for it. Check out the ALI’s recently adopted Principles of the Law…
Class Action Countermeasures
The Maturing Motion to Strike Class Allegations
By The Editors
Last week, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a trial court's decision striking class allegations where a proposed nationwide class would necessarily invoke the laws of fifty different jurisdictions. (Russell Jackson has…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Court of Chancery Analyzes Class Conflicts for Certification
Co-authored by Dean N. Razavi.The Delaware Court of Chancery granted a motion to certify a class of investor plaintiffs in a limited liability company, dismissing a claim raised by the…
Employment & Labor
Scholarship On Evolving Rule 23 Class Certification Standards
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Laura Maechtlen We were honored by Westlaw's request that Seyfarth's class action practitioners author an analysis of the SCOTUS ruling in Dukes, et al.…
Drug & Device Law
Medical Monitoring – Another Individualized Issue
By Bexis
Medical monitoring is an odd-duck (we would say illegitimate) tort because it's almost 100% dependent upon a particular procedure - the class action - for its existence. Procedure, of course,…
Class Actions Insider
Class Action on Insurance Company’s Use of a Database To Evaluate Medical Bills: Colorado Supreme Court Says Denial of Class Certification Was Proper
The Colorado Supreme Court recently issued several new decisions on class certification, one of which was in an insurance class action – State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Reyher,…
Delaware Business Litigation Report
Court Of Chancery Analyizes Class Conflicts
Garrett v. Zon Capital Partners LP, C.A. 5607-CS (November 10, 2011) This is a rare Court of Chancery decision discussing when a class should be certified. The Court reviewed and…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Banking Class Action Case Headed to Sixth Circuit
Earlier this month, Arlington Video Productions, Inc. filed a notice of appeal from denial of class certification (and later summary judgment) in a case it brought against Fifth Third Bank…