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Kirk Jenkins

Kirk Jenkins

Sedgwick LLP


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The Illinois Supreme Court 2012: The Year in Review

During 2012, the Illinois Supreme Court filed seventy-one written opinions, thirty-nine in civil cases. Although the total opinion output was down somewhat from recent years, this represents the Court's highest number of...more

4/22/2013 - Asbestos Car Accident Class Action Class Certification Corporate Dissolution Duty to Minor Trespassers Evidence Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act Hospitals Record Preservation Sexual Abuse Sovereign Immunity Storm Water Teachers

A Tale of Three Cases: California's Split Over Concepcion Continues

In state and Federal courts throughout the country, the defense and plaintiffs’ bars are debating the application of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, in which the Court...more

4/5/2013 - Arbitration Agreements AT&T Mobility v Concepcion Class Action Class Action Arbitration Waivers Discover Bank Rule Rest and Meal Break SCOTUS Unconscionable Contracts Wage and Hour

Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Even More Than Meets the Eye?

On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in another of this term’s major class action cases. Following on the heels of Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, where the Court closed a loophole...more

4/2/2013 - Class Action Class Certification Comcast Comcast v. Behrend Damages Daubert Hearing Dukes v Wal-Mart Expert Testimony SCOTUS

Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Plaintiffs Can't Stipulate Around CAFA

On Tuesday morning, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decisively closed a loophole in the Class Action Fairness Act, holding in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles that a purported stipulation by the named plaintiff to seek...more

3/22/2013 - Amount in Controversy CAFA Class Action Damages Jurisdiction SCOTUS

Illinois Supreme Court Takes Broad View of Courts' Power to Decertify a Class

Section 2-802(a) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure provides that an order certifying a class action “may be conditional and may be amended before a decision on the merits.” 735 ILCS 5/2-802(a)....more

12/14/2012 - Class Action Class Certification Decertify

Glazer Should Be Added to SCOTUS' Class Action Docket

As I’ve noted in several previous posts, the new term at the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up as a major one for class action litigation. Today I preview Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer, a case still in the petition stage which the...more

11/16/2012 - Class Action SCOTUS

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