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class certification
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Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
The Rule 68 Pen Is Not Mightier Than The Class Certification Sword: The Ninth Circuit Holds That Unaccepted Rule 68 Offers Will Not Moot Class Certification
Authored by Laura Reathaford Employers considering a Rule 68 Offer of Judgment in order to moot class certification must think again at least in the Ninth Circuit where the Court of…
Class Actions Insider
Title Insurance Class Action: Fourth Circuit Affirms Decertification and Dismissal Based on Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
A recent Fourth Circuit opinion highlights the importance of exploring the possibility that plaintiffs in a class action may have an administrative remedy in the state insurance department, which they…
Class Actions Insider
Does State Law Vary on Breach of Contract? Yes, as a Recent Denial of Certification Recognizes
In seeking to certify multistate and nationwide class actions against insurance companies, plaintiffs’ attorneys often argue that the law of breach of contract is essentially the same nationwide, and therefore…
Class Actions Insider
Consideration of the Merits on Class Certification: Certiorari Petition in Kartman v. State Farm Argues That Seventh Circuit Improperly Decided the Merits
I previously posted on the Seventh Circuit's opinion reversing class certification in Kartman v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., where the plaintiffs claimed that State Farm improperly applied inconsistent…
Class Action Countermeasures
In re Zurn Pex – Daubert and Class Certification
By The Editors
One of the key issues that many (including me) assumed would be resolve in Wal-Mart v. Dukes was the question of what kind of Daubert inquiry would be necessary at…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Michigan State Court Issues One Of The First Opinions Applying Dukes In A Non-Employment Class Action Setting
By William Dugan and Jennifer Riley In one of the first court opinions applying Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4567 (U.S. 2011), a Michigan state court ruled…
Mass Tort Defense
Dukes Applied to Reconsideration of Class Certification
By Sean Wajert
A state court recently denied the motion of a group of Michigan residents to certify a class action regarding their dioxin claims against Dow Chemical
Class Action & Mass Torts
Michigan State Court Issues One Of The First Opinions Applying Dukes In A Non-Employment Class Action Setting
By William Dugan and Jennifer Riley In one of the first court opinions applying Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4567 (U.S. 2011), a Michigan state court ruled…
Class Actions Insider
Webinars on Insurance Industry Impact of 2011 Supreme Court Decisions on Class Certification; DRI Class Action Seminar in Late July
My partner, Steve Goldman, and I were pleased to be invited to present webinars in late July and early August for the American Insurance Association and the National Association of…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Class Action Defendants Are Winning On Appeal – Surprising Statistics on Class Actions In The Sixth Circuit
We have covered a number of important Sixth Circuit decision on class actions over the past year, including as Randleman v. Fidelity National Title Ins. Co. and Dealer Computer Services,…