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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Trial Courts’ Tool Box Doesn’t Include PAGA Manageability Authority

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In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., the California Supreme Court jump-started 2024 with a boon to employees, ending trial courts’ inherent authority to dismiss unmanageable claims under the Private Attorneys’ General...more

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California Court Rules That A PAGA Claim Does Not Survive The Plaintiff’s Death

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While there are many similarities between class claims and representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), the different nature of the two types of claims produces divergent results in some contexts. A...more

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Uber Loses Appeal Challenging $91 Million in Mass Arbitration Fees

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The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court just issued the latest significant ruling in the mass arbitration space, a litigation trend that has been gaining notoriety over the last year and a half....more

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California Supreme Court Revises Ascertainability Prerequisite to Class Certification

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• In Noel v. Thrifty Payless, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified the scope of the ascertainability prerequisite to class certification. The Court held that proposed classes are ascertainable if defined by objective...more

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Class Actions: A Brief Comparison of Federal and California Practice [Part 5 of 5]

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Attorneys who appear in both state and federal courts must be familiar with the differences between the two systems. While some rules have harmonized over time,[1] other procedures are entirely distinct. As a matter of...more

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Implementation of Collective Redress Mechanisms Under German and EU Law–Are We Facing US-Style Class Actions in Europe?

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On November 1, 2018, a new German act implementing a “class action”-type procedure for consumers-related matters, the so-called model declaratory judgment action (Musterfeststel-lungsklage), came into force. So far, the...more

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California Supreme Court Gives PAGA Plaintiffs Broad Right to Contact Information; Recognizes Employee Burden to Show...

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On July 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of California issued a unanimous opinion in Williams v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Marshalls of CA, LLC), holding that a representative plaintiff in a Private Attorneys...more

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