Alan S. Kaplinsky

Alan S. Kaplinsky

Ballard Spahr LLP


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Ninth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Providing Conditional Incentive Awards

Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed approval of a $45 million class action settlement that had been reached with three credit reporting agencies in Radcliffe v. Experian...more

4/25/2013 - Class Action Experian Incentives Settlement

Supreme Court Ruling on Employee’s Lawsuit Will Also Affect Rule 23 Class Action Cases

In a decision that has broad implications beyond its labor law context, the U.S. Supreme Court held on April 16, 2013, that an employee plaintiff in a collective action whose individual claim was mooted by her employer’s...more

4/18/2013 - Class Action Collective Actions FLSA Genesis HealthCare Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk Mootness Rule 23 Rule 68 SCOTUS

Sixth Circuit Rejects Nationwide Settlement of Robo-Signing Class Actions

A nationwide settlement of three class actions involving claims that a creditor’s practice of using “robo-signed” affidavits in debt collection actions violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) has been...more

3/12/2013 - Class Action Debt Collection FDCPA Robo-Signing

Pro-Arbitration Ruling Likely from Supreme Court

Yesterday, we attended the highly anticipated oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in Italian Colors Restaurant v. American Express Travel Related Services Co. While no one can predict with certainty how the Court will...more

3/1/2013 - American Express Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Class Action Class Action Arbitration Waivers Credit Cards SCOTUS

Kentucky County Clerks Cannot Sue MERS for Failure to Record Mortgage Assignments, Sixth Circuit Rules

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action filed against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), its parent company, and 15 financial...more

2/27/2013 - Assignments Class Action County Clerks Failure to Record Injunctions MERS Mortgages Public Officials Recording Fees Standing

U.S. government takes position on validity of class action waivers in arbitration agreements with CFPB on sidelines (for now)

On January 30, the United States filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Respondents in American Express Company v. Italian Colors Restaurant, No. 12-133, an extremely important case involving the...more

2/1/2013 - American Express Arbitration AT&T Mobility CFPB Class Action Class Action Arbitration Waivers Federal Arbitration Act SCOTUS

State AG Lawsuit Not Removable under CAFA, Second Circuit Holds

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that a parens patriae action brought by a state attorney general is not removable from state to federal court as a “class action” under the Class Action Fairness Act....more

1/16/2013 - Attorney Generals CAFA Class Action Parens Patriae Pharmaceutical Prescription Drugs Removal

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide When Sufficient Contractual Basis Exists for Class Arbitration

In another demonstration of its interest in resolving issues arising under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will decide what contractual language provides a sufficient...more

12/11/2012 - Class Action Class Arbitration Federal Arbitration Act

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