Highlights from this issue include cases such as Pro Se Civil Rights Class Actions. The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a pro se prisoner cannot adequately represent a class, and more....more
2/14/2025
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TransUnion LLC v Ramirez
Standing. The D.C. Circuit held that plaintiffs do not have Article III standing to appeal an adverse class certification decision after those individual plaintiffs prevail in their individual suit....more
Standing. The Fifth Circuit declined the opportunity to determine whether it would follow the “class certification” or the “standing” approach to standing....more
Predominance and Classwide Damage Models. The Ninth Circuit held that class action plaintiffs may rely on a reliable though not-yet-executed damages model (in this case a proposed but not done conjoint analysis) to...more
Communications with Class Members. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court awarding attorneys’ fees and civil sanctions against defendants for encouraging class members to opt-out during the class notice period....more
Ascertainability. The Tenth Circuit affirmed it treated ascertainability as a sub-requirement of numerosity, not a standalone criteria. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of certification of a class of college students who...more
Fail-Safe Class Definition. The District of Columbia Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a class action on the grounds the plaintiffs had proposed an impermissible “fail safe” class—i.e., a class definition for...more