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Class Settlements
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Class Actions Insider
Second Chance to Opt Out of Class Not Required for Class Action Settlement
The Ninth Circuit recently ruled in favor of President Trump. That was not a typo, and this is not fake news. The ruling was not in favor of Trump in…
Drug & Device Law
California Class Action Update
Class actions hold our interest, even though we do not see them all that often anymore in the drug and medical device space. Maybe we are the rubbernecking motorists who…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Dollars And Sense: Federal Court Refuses To Enjoin State Court Squabble Over Attorneys’ Fees
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Peter J. Wozniak Seyfarth Synopsis: In a TCPA class action where final settlement (including attorneys’ fees) had already received final approval, a federal district…
Class Actions Insider
Are Nationwide Class Settlements Endangered By Ninth Circuit’s Opinion in Hyundai and Kia Case?
The Ninth Circuit’s decision this week vacating a class action settlement in In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litig., No. 15-65014 (9th Cir. Jan. 23, 2018) is getting a…
Class Action Countermeasures
Has the Ninth Circuit Overhauled Nationwide Settlement Classes?
Earlier this week, in In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Efficiency Litig., the Ninth Circuit vacated a nationwide class action settlement, ruling that the lower court had abused its discretion by…
Class Action & Mass Torts
4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: In yesterday’s blog, readers were given an extensive overview of the historically high numbers regarding class action settlements in 2017. Today, author Jerry Maatman provides his own analysis…
Class Action & Mass Torts
4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements
Seyfarth Synopsis: The monetary value of the top workplace class action settlements skyrocketed in 2017. Though all-time highs in this category were reached in each of the past three years,…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
New York’s Highest Court: Pre-Certification Settlements Require Classwide Notice
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Court of Appeals holds that the state’s class action rules require notice of settlements to be sent to putative class members – even though no…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
11th Circuit axes class action settlement; Holds objector should have been allowed to intervene
By 1531775666-httpswww.sefinanciallitigation.com
In Technology Training Associates, Inc. v. Buccaneers Limited Partnership, No. 17-11710 (October 26, 2017), the Eleventh Circuit axed an approved class action settlement due to plaintiffs’ counsel’s apparent “desire to…
CAFA Law Blog
CAFA Doesn’t Bar A Stipulation Of Dismissal For Re-filing An Un-certified Class Action In State Court For The Purpose Of Settlement.
Adams v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, No. 16-3382 (8th Cir. July 25, 2017). In this action, while reversing a district court’s order, the Eighth Circuit found that CAFA doesn’t bar…