Just when you thought litigating Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions was as unsafe as it could get for defendants, the Ninth Circuit said, “Not so fast.”
In McKesson v. True Health, two chiropractic...more
4/1/2019
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Amicus Briefs ,
Burden of Proof ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Consent ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Reversal ,
TCPA ,
Unsolicited Faxes
In recent years, courts have reached divergent conclusions about the circumstances in which a damages class containing uninjured persons can be certified. Although there is some room to debate what constitutes injury, it is...more
11/12/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
De Minimis Claims ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Standing ,
Substantial Evidence
The Supreme Court’s decision in China Agritech Inc. v. Resh means that class action plaintiffs can no longer rely on serial class actions to toll their statute of limitations indefinitely. Instead, the Supreme Court held that...more
6/13/2018
/ Appeals ,
China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Equitable Tolling ,
FRCP 23 ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation
In a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court has upheld a controversial tool used by employers to stop class action lawsuits before they start: contractual provisions requiring employees to bring individual...more
5/24/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has sent the Target data breach consumer class action settlement back to the trial court for a second look at class certification, holding that the district judge did not...more