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Seventh Circuit Reverses Remand Order Based On Supreme Court’s Knowles Decision

Carlton Fields on 4/21/2014

In what may become a more common trend in CAFA litigation based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, ––– U.S. ––––, 133 S.Ct. 1345 (2013), the Seventh Circuit reversed the district court’s...more

Can You Keep Up? Emergence of CFPB and Significant Developments Transform Consumer Finance Landscape

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/21/2014

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed significant financial system reform legislation, the Dodd-Frank Act, which created a new regulator of financial institutions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

"Mass Tort and Consumer Class Action Outlook: A Mixed Landscape for Defendants in 2014"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2014

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have improved the landscape for defendants seeking to fend off mass tort and consumer class actions. In Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), the Supreme Court tightened...more

Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Class Actions

King & Spalding on 10/4/2013

The Supreme Court continued to focus on class action litigation during this term, handing down a number of significant rulings relating to jurisdiction, class certification, and arbitration of putative class claims. The many...more

It Just Got Easier To Remove Class Actions

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 9/5/2013

In Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility Services LLC the Ninth Circuit cited recent United States Supreme Court precedent to make it more difficult for class action plaintiffs to pursue their claims in state court. Rodriquez has...more

CAFA? Don’t mind if I do: Ninth Circuit Overturns Lowdermilk’s Legal Certainty Standard to Remove Class Actions Under CAFA

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 9/4/2013

In a boon to defendants seeking to remove cases to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), the Ninth Circuit has overturned a rule requiring defendants to show to a “legal certainty” that the...more

More Relief For Business: U.S. Supreme Court Continues To Restrict Far-Reaching Claims

Polsinelli on 7/24/2013

In This Issue: - Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Take-Away from Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles - Take-Away from Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles Amgen Inc. v. -...more

"Business Cases in the US Supreme Court"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/15/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court recently closed its 2012 term with its usual headline-grabbing flurry of June decisions. Several of those decisions, as well as many more that received less publicity, will affect business interests. In...more

After Standard Fire Uncertainty Continues About the Legal Certainty Standard for CAFA Removal in California District Courts

BakerHostetler on 6/14/2013

Of all the recent landscape-shifting opinions the Supreme Court has issued in the class-action arena, perhaps none appear as straightforward as Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 133 S.Ct. 1345 (2013)....more

Product Liability Update - April 2013

Foley Hoag LLP on 4/23/2013

In This Issue: - United States Supreme Court Holds Class Certification Improper Absent Showing Plaintiffs’ Damages Can Be Measured on a Classwide Basis through Use of a Common Methodology that Is Consistent with...more

Burr Alert: A Look At The Supreme Court’s Recent Decision In Standard Fire v. Knowles And The Trend Of Recent Victories For Class...

Burr & Forman on 4/15/2013

On March 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, ____ S. Ct. ____, 2013 WL 1104735. Writing for the unanimous Court, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that a...more

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