Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act and because of the continued interest in the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, there has been a focus on the amount of money class members may expect to...more
The U.S. Supreme Court in Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson, No. 17-1471, 2019 WL 2257158 (U.S. May 28, 2019) held that a third-party defendant first named in a counterclaim cannot remove cases under either the general...more
5/29/2019
/ CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Co-Defendants ,
Counterclaims ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
General Removal Provisions ,
Home Depot USA Inc v Jackson ,
Jurisdiction ,
Remand ,
Removal ,
SCOTUS ,
Third-Party
On November 21, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a case under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), finding that none of the alleged violations created a...more
Dozens of employers have been caught off guard by the rash of class-action lawsuits recently filed in Illinois alleging violations of Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). But while Illinois was the first, it...more
11/27/2017
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Popular
In Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, 2017 WL 2507341, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that federal circuit courts lack jurisdiction over appeals from class-certification denials (or any other interlocutory decision) taken...more
In Spokeo v. Robins, the U.S. Supreme Court (6-2) reversed the Ninth Circuit’s holding that an alleged violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act was sufficient by itself to create a case or controversy required for a...more
The Ninth Circuit has answered questions left open by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez decision by finding a putative class action was not moot even where the defendant deposited the offered funds into...more
The U.S. Supreme Court largely avoided important class-certification issues and resolved Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo on narrow grounds. 2016 WL 1092414 (Mar. 22, 2016). The Court affirmed a classwide jury verdict for...more
3/24/2016
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour