Takeaways -
Courts and litigators have become increasingly comfortable with remote proceedings, and they are likely to be used more frequently after the pandemic subsides than they were before.
Where jurors participate...more
The food and beverage industries introduced numerous technologies and products over the past year and a half that have raised new questions about advertising practices and presented novel legal issues regarding how goods are...more
7/7/2021
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Natural Products ,
Plant Based Products ,
USDA
Historically focused on manually wading through large volumes of email and electronic documents, e-discovery is transforming in nuanced ways. Discovery of mobile devices, social media and other online applications raises...more
4/24/2019
/ Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Data Protection ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Litigation ,
Mobile Devices ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Subpoenas ,
Technology ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages
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
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:
- 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
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
This is the third 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
3/8/2014
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Burden of Proof ,
Butler v Sears ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
EFTA ,
FDCPA ,
Fraud ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Indirect Purchasers ,
Injunctions ,
Motion To Strike ,
Negligence ,
Numerosity ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Removal ,
RESPA ,
Rule 68 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
Unfair Competition ,
Whirlpool v Glazer
The food and beverage industry has experienced a recent spate of consumer class actions attacking various aspects of the labeling and marketing of products. Advertising and marketing claims by manufacturers that a product is...more