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Class Actions Insider
Implications for Insurance Class Actions of Wal-Mart v. Dukes
The hot topic right now in the class action world is the oral argument in the Supreme Court in Wal-Mart v. Dukes (transcript; pdf). This employment case -- claiming that…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Third Circuit Follows The Second Circuit Permitting Defendants To Rebut The Fraud-On-The-Market Presumption At The Class Certification Stage
In In re DVI Inc. Securities Litigation, Nos. 08-8033 & 08-8045, 2011 WL 1125926 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2011), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Seventh Circuit’s Ruling On Class Certification In Sex Discrimination Case Could Impact Supreme Court’s Upcoming Decision In Dukes v. Wal-Mart
Co-authored by Rebecca Bjork and Laura Maechtlen On March 30, the Seventh Circuit issued an important opinion blessing a district court’s decision to deny class certification in Randall, et al.…
Class Action Countermeasures
How to Oppose Abandoned Claims
By The Editors
It's a situation familiar to many class-action defendants: a plaintiff files a complaint with, say, ten causes of action. But, by the time the case reaches the certification stage, she's…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Liptak on Big Suits
By joetort
Adam Liptak has an article on the NYTimes week in review entitled "When a Lawsuit is Too Big." In the piece he presents all kinds of arguments, including the argument…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Some Thoughts on the Seventh Circuit’s Opinion in Randall v. Rolls-Royce Corp.
By joetort
With the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes last Tuesday, there's a good bit of focus from around the web on the individualized hearings aspect…
Drug & Device Law
Florida Food Class Certification Vacated, But….
By Bexis
Today the Eleventh Circuit vacated the certification of a Florida consumer protection (FDUTPA) class action in Fitzpatrick v. General Mills, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, No. 10-11064, slip op. (11th Cir.…
Class Action Countermeasures
Adequacy, Typicality, and Credibility – CE Design v. King Architectural Metals
By The Editors
King Architectural Metals manufactured metal building components, which it needed to sell. It made the mistake of faxing an advertisement to CE Design. It probably seemed like a good idea…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Law Profs File Amicus Brief in Halliburton in Support of Petitioners
A group of law professors, spearheaded by Eric Gerding (University of New Mexico), filed an amicus brief (Download 09-1403 tsac Law Professors) in support of petitioners in Erica P. John…
Drug & Device Law
Another TPP RICO Class Cert Denial
By will
You may have heard Einstein’s definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Well, if that’s right, then squirrels must be looking for TPP…