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Class Actions Insider
Class Action on Premium Finance Agreements: Florida Supreme Court Addresses Class Certification
A recent Florida Supreme Court decision addressed class certification in a case involving insurance premium finance agreements, and highlighted several important issues. In Sosa v. Safeway Premium Finance Co., No.…
Mass Tort Defense
Class Certification Denied in BPA MDL
By Sean Wajert
The federal judge in the MDL involving BPA in baby bottles refused last week to certify three proposed multistate classes in this multidistrict litiga
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Must Read: Coffee on Wal-Mart v. Dukes
By joetort
BNA has published a fantastic analysis by John Coffee on Wal-Mart v. Dukes. Unfortunately, it is behind a pay wall: 'You Just Can't Get There From Here': A Primer on…
Texas Employment Law Update
Wal-Mart v. Dukes Not Evidence of High Court Pro-Business Slant
I keep reading reports that Wal-Mart v. Dukes, where the Court reversed a class certification including 1.5 million women (who worked all over the U.S. under different supervisors at different stores) that was based…
Employment Law
Supreme Court Clarifies the Standard on which Future Class Actions will be Evaluated in the Federal Courts
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, No. 10-277, which clarifies how certain class actions will be defined and…
Class Actions Insider
Seventh Circuit Injunction Against Repetitive Class Action Remanded For Reconsideration In Light Of Smith v. Bayer
On the final day of the Supreme Court term, the Court vacated and remanded the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. for reconsideration in light of…
CAFA Law Blog
It Was A Busy Class Action Month At the Supreme Court – High Court Issues a Trio of Class Certification-Related Opinions
The Supreme Court Justices have had their fill of class action procedure over the last few weeks, as the Court handed down a trilogy of opinions on class certification to…
The D&O Diary
Will Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes Affect Securities Cases?
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 20, 2011 decision in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, numerous commentators have asserted that the case could have a significant impact…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Class Action Suits
Co-authored by Elizabeth D. Langdale The U.S. Supreme Court overturned certification of a class of 1.5 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in the largest sex…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
De-Certifying Classes In FLSA Actions: Demand A Trial Plan, Early On
Amanda Haverstick just penned something in a recent edition of Employment Law 360 concerning the use by employers in FLSA collective actions of demanding an early trial plan from plaintiffs’…