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Class Settlements
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Employment Class Action Blog
Proposed Rule 23 Amendment for Class Action Settlement: Sea Change or Codification of the Status Quo?
We’ve noted several times in this blog the difficulties parties may face when trying to obtain court approval for a settlement they have reached. Recognizing many of these issues, new…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Proposed Rule 23 Amendment for Class Action Settlement: Sea Change or Codification of the Status Quo?
Proposed amendments to the class action settlement process in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) are scheduled to take effect on Dec. 1, 2018. One of the proposed amendments requires…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Federal Authorities Continue to Monitor Proposed Class Action Settlements
Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continue to scrutinize class settlements to ensure that neither defendants nor class action counsel are improperly benefiting…
ContractsProf Blog
Settlement agreements don’t release claims related to fraud around the settlement itself
A recent decision out of the Eastern District of Louisiana, In re Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 09-2047 (behind paywall), stems from a multi-district litigation over the sale of…
Class Action Countermeasures
More on In re Hyundai & Kia
Just a brief update on the 9th Circuit's most controversial class-action case of the year. As expected, the proponents of the settlement that was rejected have appealed the case to…
Declassified
Must the Rule 23 Predominance Requirement Be Satisfied for Purposes of a Class Settlement? The Ninth Circuit Says, “Yes.”
In 2015, the Rule 23 Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules floated the idea of amending Rule 23 to eliminate the predominance requirement for class certification in the…
All About Advertising Law
The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch Believes a Coupon-Driven Class Action Settlement Is “Unfair” and States it Is Cracking Down on “Unfair” Class Action Settlement Proposals
By Randy Shaheen, Dan Rosenzweig
Is the government about to make it harder for companies to settle consumer class actions? The Department of Justice's Consumer Protection Branch, in a Statement of Interest (Statement), has requested…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Ninth Circuit Vacates Final Approval of National Settlement Class Action Certification
Last month, the Ninth Circuit vacated the certification of a nationwide class for settlement in the In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, No. 15-56014, 881 F.3d 679 (9th…
The D&O Diary
ISS Releases Updated Top 100 U.S. Securities Suit Settlements List
Prior observers have already noted that in 2017 the value of securities class action lawsuit settlements plunged to lows not seen in years, largely due to from a shortage of…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Multi-Million Dollar Nationwide Class Settlement Vacated by Ninth Circuit
In a “major blow to multistate class actions,” according to the dissenting opinion in Espinosa v. Ahearn (In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Econ. Litig.) 2018 U.S.App.LEXIS 1626 (January 23,…