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 issued during each quarter. Our publication is designed to keep both practitioners and clients up to date on class action developments in antitrust, mass torts/products liability, consumer fraud and other areas of law.
The Fall 2014 edition focuses on rulings issued between May 16, 2014, and August 15, 2014, and begins with a short article regarding some of the challenges posed by recent class action jurisprudence.
In This Issue:
- THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT’S PROBLEMATIC APPROACH TO OVERBROAD CONSUMER CLASSES
- CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Rejecting/Denying Class Certification
..Decisions Permitting/Granting Class Certification
- CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT (CAFA) DECISIONS:
..Decisions Denying Motions to Remand/Reversing Remand Orders/ Finding CAFA Jurisdiction
..Decisions Granting Motions to Remand/Finding No CAFA Jurisdiction
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