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Class Action Class Certification Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Class Representatives in the United States

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The efficiency of the US class action regime hinges upon a core procedural mechanism: the class representative. By permitting a large group of plaintiffs with typically modest claims to rely on a small subset of...more

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Effective Use of Motions To Deny Class Certification

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Class action defendants who have a strong basis for defeating class certification need not wait around until the plaintiffs move to certify a class before putting the issue to the test. In some instances, a more strategic and...more

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How To Challenge TCPA Class Action Certification

Last month, a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a useful decision in favor of Defendant, recommending that Plaintiff’s Motion to Certify a Telephone Consumer...more

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American Bar Association Moves to Dismiss Class Action Complaint Amid Rising Tide of Data Breach Litigation

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The number of data breaches in the United States has increased significantly in the past ten years.  According to an IBM study, more than 4 out of 5 companies have experienced a data breach at least once. These data breaches...more

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Maryland Federal Court Recertifies Class Action Against Hotel Franchisor for Claims Related to Data Breach

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A federal court in Maryland recently granted a motion for class certification by consumers who brought negligence, breach of contract, and consumer protection claims against hotel franchisor Marriott International and data...more

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New Circuit Decisions Highlight When Individualized Damages Issues May Preclude Class Certification

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Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), a district court may certify a damages class if “the court finds that the questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only...more

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A Name is Not Enough: Ninth Circuit Finds No Standing for First-to-File Shareholder to Appeal Securities Class Action

Imagine you are an investor and you decide to file a lawsuit after a company that you invest in suffers a stock drop. When you get to the courthouse, you find that you are the first person to file a federal securities class...more

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Fifth Circuit Parses Crucial Distinction Between Class Liability Theories and Class Damages Theories

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A recent opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit illustrates the importance of carefully scrutinizing classwide liability theories, even where district courts have flexibility assessing classwide...more

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The Role Record-Keeping May Play In TCPA Class Cert.

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Two recent decisions highlight that the viability of the established business relationship, or EBR, exemption defeating class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case may depend on the defendant company’s...more

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When is a Class Action Superior? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - March 31, 2023

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Substantial Compliance with Contract- American Bus. Investments, LLC v. Shaeena & Allos, LLC, 6th Dist. Lucas, 2023-Ohio-739. In this appeal, the Sixth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Rules Enabling Act Key to New Ninth Circuit Decision on Class Certification

A sometimes-overlooked aspect of class action law is how class certification rules interact with the Rules Enabling Act, which provides that rules of procedure and evidence “shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any...more

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Appeal of Certification of Nationwide Class in ERISA Lawsuit

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On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s decision to certify a class of more than 200,000 retirees alleging that collateralized loans serviced by the...more

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Proposed Amendment to Israeli Class Action Regulations Could Infringe on Public Companies’ Rights

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Recently, the Ministry of Justice published Draft Amendment No. 4 to the Class Action Regulations. This amendment proposes to prospectively include in the public electronic database known as the Registry of Class Actions...more

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Dead End for Class Certification? Ninth Circuit Provides Roadmap for Defending Independent Contractor Misclassification Class...

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For businesses using independent contractor vendors, misclassification claims are usually well-suited for class certification. A plaintiff’s path toward certifying a class can be relatively smooth when all vendors of a...more

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North Carolina Federal Court Holds It Lacks Jurisdiction Over Claims Of Out-Of-State Opt-Ins

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In the latest court ruling to address personal jurisdiction over out-of-state opt-in plaintiffs in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, a federal district court in North Carolina held that it lacked jurisdiction over...more

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Trial Before Certification in FLSA Class Action Case?—Third Circuit Says No Way!

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In a chicken-and-egg type of case, an unusual case, the Third Circuit has emphatically held a Judge taking over a class action case must deal with the threshold issue of whether a class should be certified prior to a trial...more

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“How to Lose a Class Action Settlement in 10 Ways” – Recent Decisions Reflect a Trend of Applying Greater Scrutiny to Attorneys’...

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Last month, the Ninth Circuit struck down a district court’s order approving a class settlement and awarding nearly $7 million in attorneys’ fees to class counsel in a consumer class action challenging the defendant’s...more

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Relief For The Unharmed: Supreme Court Considers Whether Article III & Rule 23 Permit Certification Where Most Class Members Are...

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly declined to resolve a question that has sharply divided the Circuits: whether a class may be certified even though it contains uninjured members. See e.g., Tyson Foods, Inc. v....more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Administrative Feasibility is Not a Requirement for Class Certification

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On February 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a significant decision holding that a putative class representative does not need to establish an administratively feasible method to...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case That Could Alter the Landscape of Private Securities Litigation

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to review a Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision that could alter the landscape of class action litigation under Rule 10b-5. The issue in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v....more

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Third Circuit Adopts a Standard for Reevaluating an Initial Denial of Class Certifications

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District courts within the Third Circuit have historically applied different standards when analyzing a renewed motion for class certification. The Third Circuit used the recently issued Hargrove v. Sleepy's LLC as an...more

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Sleepless Nights Ahead For WalMart’s Overnight Assistant Store Managers After Denial of Class Status

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On April 24, 2020, the District Court for the District of New Jersey in Sundel Quiles, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., d/b/a Wal-Mart, 2:16-cv-09479 (D.N.J. April 24, 2020) recently considered a motion for class...more

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No, You Can’t Use Discovery to Find a New Class Representative

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In a consumer class action pending in California, the Ninth Circuit recently vacated a discovery order that would have forced Williams-Sonoma - prior to class certification - to identify all of its California customers who...more

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Mooting Monster Class Actions: Illinois Supreme Court Decision Provides Framework For Employers

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Illinois Supreme Court recently affirmed a state appellate court’s holding that in class action lawsuits, an effective tender made before a named plaintiff files a class certification motion satisfies...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Tendering Full Relief to Moot a Class Action: It’s Still Possible in Illinois

When a business is sued in a proposed class action and there is only a small amount at stake on the named plaintiff’s claim, often one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is: can’t we just pay the full value of the named...more

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