D. Matthew Allen at Carlton Fields

Strategies In Class Action Engagement: Complimentary Roles Of Inside And Outside Counsel

This continues our series of blog posts on effective partnering between inside and outside counsel to defend against class action lawsuits. Inside and outside counsel should have different but complimentary roles in...more

10/14/2013 / Class Action , Class Certification , Corporate Counsel , Litigation Strategies , Outside Counsel

Strategies In Class Action Engagement: Focus On Elements That Defeat Predominance

This continues our series of blog posts on effective partnering between inside and outside counsel to defend against class action lawsuits. Here we discuss strategies in class action engagement, focusing on elements that...more

10/7/2013 / Class Action , Litigation Strategies , Predominance Requirement

Strategies In Class Action Engagement: Understand The Nature Of The Claims

This continues our series of blog posts on effective partnering between inside and outside counsel to defend against class action lawsuits. Here we discuss strategies in class action engagement, focusing on understanding the...more

10/1/2013 / Class Action , Class Certification , Corporate Counsel , Litigation Strategies

Introduction To Strategies In Class Action Engagement

This continues our series of blog posts on effective partnering between inside and outside counsel to defend against class action lawsuits. This post begins our multi-part discussion of strategies in class action engagement....more

9/24/2013 / Class Action , Litigation Strategies

Class Actions: Effective Partnering Between Inside And Outside Counsel

The following series of blog posts were excerpted from the class actions chapter of Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, a multi-volume treatise that is a joint project of West and the Association of...more

9/19/2013 / Class Action , Complex Litigation , Corporate Counsel , Litigation Strategies , Outside Counsel

Supreme Court Once Again Upholds Class Arbitration Waiver

On June 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) “does not permit courts to invalidate a contractual...more

6/25/2013 / American Express , American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant , Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , AT&T Mobility , AT&T Mobility v Concepcion , Class Action , Class Action Arbitration Waivers , Federal Arbitration Act , SCOTUS

What Is The Lesson Of Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter?

The Supreme Court today decided Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter. This decision expands the scope of class actions in arbitration....more

6/11/2013 / Arbitration , Class Arbitration , Oxford Health , Oxford Health v Sutter , SCOTUS

Breaking News: The Supreme Court Today Accepted Certiorari In Mississippi Ex Rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.

Breaking news: The Supreme Court today accepted certiorari in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., Docket No. 12-1036. ...more

5/29/2013 / Certiorari , Class Action , Parens Patriae , SCOTUS

Supreme Court Holds Named Plaintiff Cannot Bind Class To Amount In Controversy Below CAFA Threshold To Avoid Federal Court...

The Supreme Court issued the second decision this term that will impact class action law. The issue in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, No. 11-1450 (March 19, 2013) concerned the common practice of a plaintiff who files a...more

3/19/2013 / Amount in Controversy , CAFA , Class Action , Class Certification , Damages , Jurisdiction , SCOTUS

A “Sea Change” In Florida Law?

The Florida Supreme Court issued in intriguing opinion in Soper v. Tire Kingdom, Inc., No. SC11-1462, which provokes questions about the trajectory of Florida class action law. In Tire Kingdom, the court reversed and...more

1/25/2013 / Class Action , Class Certification , Commonality

D. Matthew Allen

Carlton Fields

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