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Once More Into The Jurisdictional Morass: Supreme Court Grapples With Specific Jurisdiction At Oral Argument In Ford Cases

The Supreme Court heard roughly an hour of oral argument on Wednesday in a pair of cases against Ford Motor Company raising important questions about the scope of personal jurisdiction. In Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth...more

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United States Supreme Court To Consider The Bare Metal Defense

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The United States Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in Air and Liquid Systems Corp. et al. v. Devries et al. and is set to wade into the fiercely contested waters surrounding the bare metal defense under...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Propriety Of Overbroad Washing-Machine Classes Despite Supreme Court’s Ruling In Comcast v. Behrend

Earlier this year, as noted in a previous Skadden memorandum, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 702 F.3d 359 (7th Cir....more

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Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Certification of Defective Washing Machine Class on Remand From Supreme Court

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In a closely watched decision after remand by the Supreme Court, on July 18, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld for a second time the class certification order in In re Whirlpool Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab....more

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"Supreme Court Vacates Another No-Injury Washing Machine Class Action"

Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily vacated and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 702 F.3d 359 (7th Cir. 2012), for further consideration in...more

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