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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.
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Another Day, Another Dispute Between Appellate Courts Over Employment Arbitrations

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The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments....more

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New Challenges to Incentive Awards for Class Representatives Invite Supreme Court Review

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that highlights a growing disagreement among federal appellate courts as to whether class action settlements may include a cash incentive award to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2020

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Interpreting Bristol-Myers : Are Unnamed Members of Nationwide Class Actions ‘Parties’? If So, When? In 2017, the Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California (BMS), holding that a...more

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Supreme Court Holds That American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to Successive Class Actions

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Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-342, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Gorsuch joined. Justice Sotomayor filed...more

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