Interpreting Bristol-Myers : Are Unnamed Members of Nationwide Class Actions ‘Parties’? If So, When?
In 2017, the Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California (BMS), holding that a...more
8/11/2020
/ Article III ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Class Representatives ,
Direct Purchasers ,
Discovery ,
Due Process ,
Forum Selection ,
FRCP 23 ,
FRCP 26(b)(1) ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Out-of-State Residents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Ripeness ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Substantially Similar ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Yesterday, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., introduced the SAFE TO WORK Act, which would provide substantial and comprehensive liability protection from coronavirus-related...more
7/28/2020
/ 501(c)(3) ,
Burden of Proof ,
Civil Liability ,
Clear and Convincing Evidence ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Demand Letter ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Federal Pleading Requirements ,
Immunity ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Limited Liability ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Negligence ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Preemption ,
Product Defects ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Punitive Damages ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Retroactive Application ,
Safe Harbors ,
Willful Misconduct
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
1/30/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Attorney General ,
Backstop Agreements ,
BEPS ,
BitLicense ,
Blockchain ,
Board of Directors ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
CFIUS ,
CFTC ,
Chapter 11 ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Common Stock ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Congressional Subpoenas ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Corwin Doctrine ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
DACA ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Debt Financing ,
Debtors ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dischargeable Debts ,
Disgorgement ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Down Rounds ,
Drug Pricing ,
EBITDA ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Enterprise Act 2002 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Issuers ,
FRCP 23 ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
General Elections ,
GILTI tax ,
High-Yield Markets ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Stock Exchange ,
Individual Accountability ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intercreditor Agreements ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
IRS ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Japan ,
Joint Venture ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Listing Rules ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Make-Whole Premium ,
Mergers ,
MFW ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
PCAOB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Political Parties ,
Preferred Shares ,
Private Offerings ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Refinancing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Separation of Powers ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Litigation ,
Technology Sector ,
Third-Party Release Agrements ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Valuation ,
White Collar Crimes
Several pending rulings at the circuit court level have the potential to significantly influence class action law in 2020. Of greatest note, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit may determine the future of...more
1/27/2020
/ All Natural ,
Appeals ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deceptively Misdescriptive ,
False Advertising ,
FRCP 23 ,
Labeling ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Non-Residents ,
Out-of-State Residents ,
Pending Litigation ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Rules Enabling Act ,
Settlement Negotiations
In 2019, significant developments are expected on issues that have been percolating in the mass tort and class action litigation arena for several years. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on cases relating to...more
1/24/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Asbestos Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Class Arbitration ,
Clear Evidence Standard ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cy Pres Funds ,
Failure To Warn ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Forum State ,
In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Preemption ,
Product Defects ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 ,
Warning Labels
The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
3/3/2018
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronic Devices ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Fee-Shifting ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
FRCP 45 ,
FRCP 5.2 ,
In Camera Review ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Third-Party ,
Twitter ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Young Lawyers
In this issue, we cover two decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, three decisions denying such motions, 26 decisions denying class certification or reversing grants of class certification, 22 decisions...more
12/26/2017
/ CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decertification ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 26 ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Remand ,
Motion To Strike ,
Reversal ,
TCPA
The eighth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
10/25/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Default Judgment ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
ESI Format ,
Failure to Produce ,
FRCP 24 ,
FRCP 37 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Inadvertent Disclosure ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Prevailing Party ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Request for Production ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Writ of Mandamus
The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
6/30/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Failure To Preserve ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Honest Belief Defense ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Parties ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Protective Orders ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Sealed Records ,
Search Terms ,
Spoliation ,
Subpoenas ,
Unduly Burdensome ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The sixth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
3/9/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Objections ,
Predictive Coding ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Text Messages ,
Undue Burden ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fifth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
10/14/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Litigation Hold ,
Predictive Coding ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fourth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, cost shifting and other e-discovery...more
6/23/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Communications ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Order to Produce ,
Redaction ,
Request for Admissions ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Waivers ,
Work-Product Doctrine
This is the third edition of The E-Discovery Digest, a periodic publication on notable decisions relating to key discovery topics. It is designed to keep clients up to date on the evolving state of the law regarding discovery...more
2/19/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down several decisions addressing overbroad or “no-injury” class actions, and a number of important issues are percolating in the lower courts as well. Below are some issues...more
1/22/2016
/ Article III ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cy Pres Funds ,
Due Process ,
FRCP 23 ,
Litigation Funding ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Young Lawyers
In This Issue:
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure Other
- Spoliation Decisions:
..Spoliation Sanctions...more
10/27/2015
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Common-Interest Privilege ,
Corporate Privilege ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Credibility ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Internal Investigations ,
Litigation Hold ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Relations ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Testimony ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to...more
6/17/2015
/ Breach of Contract ,
CAFA ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Discovery ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Estoppel ,
FACTA ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Leave to Amend ,
Local Controversy Exception ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Product Defects ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
Remand ,
Res Judicata ,
Rule 68 ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
In This Issue: -
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure
- Spoliation and Preservation Decisions:
..Sanctions...more
6/2/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Contempt ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery ,
Metadata ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Witnesses ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- Nexium and the Problems of Overbroad Class Actions
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike/Dismiss...more
The most watched class action of the past year was the Glazer case — a rare occurrence of a consumer class action trial — which resulted in a defense victory. See In re Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab. Litig....more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed an important question governing the procedure for removing cases to federal court — whether a defendant must attach evidence in support of key jurisdictional facts, such as the...more
This is the sixth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
This is the fifth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
In This Issue:
- Avoiding Class Certification Through an Offer of Judgment
- CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike...more
Skadden recently conducted a study on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform regarding acceptance rates for Rule 23(f) petitions appealing class certification rulings in federal courts. The study...more
In This Issue:
- EU Parliament Cements Position on Privacy Protection Reform
- EU Parliament Passes Cybersecurity Directive
- SEC Holds Roundtable on Cybersecurity
- EU and APEC Introduce Guide for...more
3/28/2014
/ APEC ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
FCC ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business