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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

En Banc 9th Circuit Holds Class Action Certification Is Different For Settlement Classes

• En banc 9th Circuit affirmed a $210 million settlement in multidistrict litigation against Hyundai and Kia relating to their alleged misrepresentations about the fuel efficiency of their vehicles, reversing the decision of...more

McGuireWoods LLP

9th Circuit Saves Nationwide Settlement Classes

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Sometimes settlement with a putative class of nationwide consumers is the best option for resolution. However, since the initial ruling of the Ninth Circuit in In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Econ. Litig., the mechanism to go about...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Must the Rule 23 Predominance Requirement Be Satisfied for Purposes of a Class Settlement? The Ninth Circuit Says, “Yes.”

In 2015, the Rule 23 Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules floated the idea of amending Rule 23 to eliminate the predominance requirement for class certification in the settlement context. The suggestions...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

No Soup for You! Judge Denies Preliminary Approval of Settlement in CJ Foods’ Annie Chun Soup Case

A recent decision from the Southern District of California highlights two challenges with obtaining preliminary approval of nationwide food misbranding class action settlements. On December 16, 2015, in Peterson v. CJ...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Insights from DRI Class Action Seminar 2014 – Part 1

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Last week I attended the Defense Research Institute’s third class action seminar, an event that I had the privilege of helping put together. As I’ve done in past years, I will summarize my “takeaways” from the seminar here....more

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