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Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo

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The U.S. Supreme Court And Workplace Class Actions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/19/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: As profiled in our recent publication of the 13th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings have a profound impact on employers and the tools they may utilize to...more

The Future of Class Actions: The Impact of Justice Scalia’s Death on Upcoming Rulings

Carlton Fields on 4/26/2016

There is no doubt that the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will have major repercussions on Supreme Court jurisprudence. A 30-year veteran of the Court, Justice Scalia was known for his originalist positions and...more

Supreme Court Refuses to Review $188M Class Action Verdict Against Wal-Mart Based Upon “Trial by Formula”

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/6/2016

Wal-Mart may have felt the first aftershock of the Supreme Court’s March 2016 opinion in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, which undercut overbroad interpretations of its landmark 2011 Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision and found that...more

Supreme Court Limits Wal-Mart, Approves Representative Proof in Employee Class Actions

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/1/2016

In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court last week affirmed a $5.8 million judgment against Tyson Foods and held that damages in a class action can be established by “statistical sampling” – a phrase that may now...more

The Future Of ERISA Litigation — Sleeper Supreme Court Case Worth Watching — Part II

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/18/2015

On May 12, 2015, we reported at here on a non-ERISA case accepted for review by the Supreme Court in the 2015-16 Supreme Court Term that has ERISA Litigation implications. Now, as that Term is set to begin on October 5,...more

Third Circuit Clarifies Article III Standing for Absent Class Members, Impact of Comcast

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/27/2015

In a case of first impression in the Third Circuit, the Court of Appeals held that unnamed, putative class members are not required to establish standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution. Rather, the Court held that...more

The End of “Average Joe,” Class Plaintiff? The Supreme Court Will Review the Use of Composites in Class Actions

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/27/2015

You run a business. You sell actual products. You employ hundreds, or even thousands, of warm-blooded employees, all with names, families, and histories. You battle real competitors daily. Your customers, thank goodness, are...more

Supreme Court to Consider “Trial by Formula” and Standing of Non-Injured Class Members in Tyson Foods

Carlton Fields on 6/15/2015

The Supreme Court recently granted Tyson Foods’ petition for certiorari which presents to the Court two important class action issues: (1) Whether differences among individual class members may be ignored and a class...more

Supreme Court Takes Aim at FLSA Class, Collective Actions

Franczek P.C. on 6/15/2015

Last week, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to Tyson Foods in an appeal of a class and collective action filed under the FLSA and a similar Iowa state law. Hourly workers at Tyson’s Storm Lake, Iowa pork...more

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