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class certification
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Drug & Device Law
Okay, we missed one.
By Bexis
An alert reader read our last post and told us that, just two weeks ago, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed the denial of class certification in a medical monitoring case.…
The Contingency
Class Certification: What Hath the Fifth Circuit Wrought?
The Fifth Circuit knows that Blawgletter loves them. Yesterday's Fifth Circuit decision (with one judge concurring in the result) does some things that class action and securities lawyers ought to…
Drug & Device Law
Stays pending Rule 23(f) appeals
By Bexis
We often write about preemption here, but we suffered an odd type of preemption yesterday.Sometimes we pre-write these blog posts. If we're facing a hectic week, we'll write something on…
Appellate and Supreme Court
Supreme Court Orders & Opinions 3/2/07
It's been a busy week at the Texas Supreme Court. Today's orders included opinions in the following six cases: In Citizens Insurance Co. v. Daccach, the court of appeals affirmed…
California Employment Law Update
Court Affirms Certification Of Class Consisting Of 1.5 Million Female Wal-Mart Employees
By Tony Oncidi
Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 474 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2007) Plaintiffs in this Title VII class-action lawsuit alleged that women employed in Wal-Mart stores are paid less than men in…
Drug & Device Law
Silly MDL Tricks
By Bexis
We've all seen 'em; it's time to talk about 'em: silly MDL tricks. It starts with a few plaintiffs filing a motion with the MDL Panel to centralize a set…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Paxil Class Cert Denied
By joetort
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania yesterday denied class certification in Blain v. Smithkline Beecham (E.D. Pa. Jan. 25, 2007). The plaintiffs sought certification of a Rule 23(b)(3) class action of…
The Contingency
Important ERISA Class Action Decision
A 2-1 Fifth Circuit panel vacated the district court's certification of an ERISA case as a class action today in Langbecker v. Electronic Data Systems Corp., No. 04-41760 (5th Cir.…
Drug & Device Law
Class Actions – Merits Review Is “In” in the Second Circuit
By Bexis
It’s a securities case – but a big one – and it bears mentioning here. In In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 471 F.3d 24 (2d Cir. 2006) ("Miles"),…
TortsProf Blog
Class Actions & Administrative Law: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together?
So suggests Mark Moller (Cato Institute) in his paper. The abstract: This Article considers how courts should interpret federal statutes when the interpretive question affects the scope or availability of…