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Turning the Tables in Class Action Discovery: Conducting Merits Discovery Prior to Class Certification Remains a Viable Defense...

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Class actions often are lengthy and costly undertakings for defendants, and the discovery process can demand the most significant amount of resources. When discovery on class certification issues is then followed by merits...more

Kilpatrick

Filing An Early Motion To Strike Class Allegations

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A recent decision by the Western District of Michigan is indicative of the increasing trend in federal district courts to grant early motions to strike class allegations where it is obvious that a class cannot be certified....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2017"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine a district court ruling against Wendy's that continues a shift toward an increase in merchants' data protection responsibilities and the Article 29 Working...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Fairness Act Author Introduces New Bill That Would Drastically Reform Class Action Litigation

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the author of the Class Action Fairness Act, introduced the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017” last week that would substantially change class action...more

Smart & Biggar

Canadian IP law and practice in 2016: reviewing the highlights

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As the calendar turns the page from 2016 to 2017, we take the opportunity to review Canadian IP law and practice highlights from the past year....more

BakerHostetler

Post-Tyson Foods, Defendants Should Take the Offensive in Discovery Sampling

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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Tyson Foods and in light of the greater emphasis on proportionality in the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants can expect to see an increase in the use of sampling in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Rejects The EEOC’s Request For A Free Pass From Discovery In Pattern Or Practice Lawsuit

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In an order recently issued in EEOC v J.R. Baker Farms, LLC, et al., Case No. 7:14-CV-136 (M.D. Ga. Sept. 9, 2015), Senior Judge Hugh Lawson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia compelled the EEOC to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Litigating California Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions

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We are excited to announce the 15th edition of Seyfarth Shaw’s publication Litigating California Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions. As in previous editions, the publication discusses and analyzes the most commonly...more

Brooks Pierce

Business Court Resolves A Trio Of Discovery Issues

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Three interesting discovery issues were resolved last week by Judge Bledsoe's Order in Gay v. Peoples Bank. First, can you obtain in discovery in a class action the fee arrangement between the plaintiff and his lawyers? ...more

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