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Class Action Defense Blog
Pennsylvania Federal Court Ruling Highlights Different Standards For Class And Collective Action Certification
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Natalie Bare, and Harrison Weimer Duane Morris Takeaways: A recent ruling by Judge Joshua Wolson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
Class Action Defense Blog
Three Months After Class Certification Was Denied, New Mexico Federal Court allows Sixteen FedEx Delivery Drivers To Intervene In A Class Action
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Emilee N. Crowther Duane Morris Takeaways: In Martinez v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc., No. 20-CV-1052, 2024 WL 418801 (D.N.M. Feb.…
Class Action Defense Blog
California Federal Court Grants Class Certification To iPhone App Purchasers
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Sean P. McConnell Duane Morris Takeaways: On February 2, 2024, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern…
Class Action Defense Blog
Federal Illinois Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion For Class Certification Seeking A ‘Second Bite At The Apple’
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Derek S. Franklin Duane Morris Takeaways: On January 29, 2024, in Hossfeld v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 1:20-CV-07091 (N.D. Ill. Jan.…
Class Action Defense Blog
DMCAR Trend #3 – The Likelihood Of Class Certification In 2023 Remained Strong
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaway: In 2023, the number of class certification rulings issued by courts eclipsed the numbers issued in recent years,…
Inside Class Actions
Rigorous Scrutiny of Expert Evidence Results in Denial of Caustic Soda Class Certification
On December 28, the Western District of New York denied class certification in Miami Products & Chemical Co. v. Olin Corp, 1:19-cv-00385, an antitrust lawsuit alleging collusion over the price…
Class Actions Insider
Can a Class Member Intervene After Class Certification Is Denied? Sixth Circuit Says No.
When class certification is denied because the named plaintiff’s claim fails for some reason, sometimes an absent class member will try to intervene rather than filing their own separate suit.…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (January 1 – January 5)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good evening. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for…
Your ERISA Watch
District Court Certifies Two Classes of Workers Seeking Early and Optional Retirement Pension Benefits in DuPont Spin-Off
Cockerill v. Corteva, Inc., No. 21-3966, __ F.R.D. __, 2023 WL 7986364 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2023) (Judge Michael M. Baylson) For the second week in a row, we have…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Pump Your Brakes: Sixth Circuit Warns District Courts to Make “Rigorous” Rule 23 Analysis
The Sixth Circuit yesterday in a per curiam opinion (paneled by Judges Boggs, Thapar, and Readler) accepted interlocutory appeal of and vacated a class certification order from the Eastern District…