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Current Turmoil and Future Risks in Resolving Data Breach Class Actions

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Data incident lawsuits, especially class actions, have the potential to create significant business disruption, loss of marketplace credibility, civil liability or regulatory exposure. Consequently, companies that experience...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Cisco Diversity Suit Dismissed

Another shareholder derivative suit claiming diversity shortcomings within the company was dismissed last week: A judge in the Northern District of California dismissed allegations that Cisco Systems Inc. falsely and...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Actuarial Equivalence Lawsuits: Plaintiffs May Defeat Motions to Dismiss, But Can They Win Class Cert?

Since 2019, plaintiffs’ counsel has filed just over a dozen class action lawsuits against plan sponsors and fiduciaries alleging that the plans use “unreasonable” actuarial equivalence factors, primarily “outdated” mortality...more

Morgan Lewis - Well Done

Burger King Has Its Way: Vegan Whopper Class Action Suit Dismissed

In an order issued on July 20, Judge Raag Singhal of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a class action lawsuit that claimed Burger King Corporation’s advertising deceived customers by making...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

D.C. Circuit Avoids Decisive Ruling on Personal Jurisdiction in Class Actions

We have repeatedly mentioned the long-awaited decision in Molock v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. from the District of Columbia Circuit. While we hoped this opinion would finally provide some circuit-level clarity about how...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Midyear Update 2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between February 16, 2018, and June 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover three decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, five decisions denying such motions, 27 decisions...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Court Scuttles Class Action Settlement Objectors’ Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Brought By Plaintiff Class Action Firm

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a lawsuit brought by a plaintiff class action firm alleging that objectors to class action settlements violated both RICO and Illinois state law by filing frivolous objections in order to seek payouts,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between November 16, 2017, and February 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover five decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, seven decisions denying such motions, 15...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

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Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

5 TCPA Class Action Trends to Watch in 2018 – Legislation, Administrative Law & Litigation

Have the GOP’s Hopes for Enacting the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act Been Dashed? – Passed in March 2017 by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, H.R. 985, has...more

Burr & Forman

Federal Court Denies Class Certification in TCPA Suit Against Auto-Lender Exeter Finance

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In Billy Ginwright v. Exeter Finance Corp., No. 8:16-cv-565-TDC, ECF No. 107, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194739, 2017 WL 5716756 (D. Md. Nov. 28, 2017), a federal district court recently denied Plaintiff’s motion to certify a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2017

This edition focuses on rulings issued between May 15, 2017, and August 15, 2017. In this issue, we cover four decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, five decisions denying such motions, 27 decisions...more

Benesch

Supreme Court Swats Down the “Voluntary-Dismissal Tactic”

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Let’s say you’re a plaintiff in a federal action and you’re seeking class certification. The district court denies your motion. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

“Individualized Proof of Harm” Required in Robinson-Patman Secondary-Line Claim Prevents Class Certification

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On April 7, 2017, the Northern District of California denied class certification to two proposed classes of wholesalers in ABC Distributing, Inc. v. Living Essentials LLC, Case No. 15-cv-02064 NC (N.D. Cal.), a secondary-line...more

Benesch

Human v. Mouse

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What conceivable correlation exists between class actions and pests? No, it’s not that. At least not for Jeanne Steigerwald. Hers was a story that started, she claimed, when she noticed “mice droppings in her...more

Morris James LLP

Court Of Chancery Explains When Caremark Claim Exists Based On Illegal Conduct

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This decision explains when a Caremark claim exists based on illegal corporate conduct. The “substantial likelihood” of liability that justifies excusing a pre-suit demand on the board must involve a knowing violation of the...more

BakerHostetler

Notice to Unnamed Members of Putative Class After Plaintiff Accepts a Precertification Tender Under New York CPLR § 908

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Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(1), claims, issues, or defenses of a certified class may be settled, voluntarily dismissed, or compromised with the court’s approval. While many states look to the Federal Rules for...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Ponders Whether an Unaccepted Rule 68 Offer Can Moot a Plaintiff’s Claims as It Hears Argument in Gomez

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez on October 14, 2015, an important case presenting the question of whether a defendant can defeat a class action by offering complete individual relief...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

This is the ninth 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

Carlton Fields

New York Court Conditionally Certifies Class of Entry-Level Female Sales Representatives in Collective Action Under Equal Pay Act

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A New York district court magistrate judge conditionally certified a class of past and current entry-level female sales representatives of Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under the Equal Pay Act....more

McGuireWoods LLP

A Classy Affair: Class Action Lawyers Race to Courthouse in Wake of Ashley Madison Data Breach

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Illicit affairs have always imposed risks – from marital discord and divorce to boiling bunnies and Maury appearances. However, when old-school adultery met new-school technology on the Ashley Madison infidelity website,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Summer 2015

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

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