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Class Certification Article III Product Defects

Fishman Haygood LLP

U.S. Sixth Circuit Panel’s Rejection of GM’s Article III Standing and Predominance Challenges to Class Certification is Now Set...

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An August 2024 decision by a panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit in Speerly v. General Motors, which underscores key developments in the law governing class certification, Article III standing, and the treatment of manifest...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Burned Again: District Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Alleging Sunscreen Adulteration Due to Lack of Article III Standing

In this age of mass manufacturing, each unit in a product line is usually the same as every other.  But manufacturing isn’t perfect.  Sometimes, for various reasons, some units in a product line will deviate from the...more

Carlton Fields

Life May Not Be Fair, But Arizona Cannot Find Out Without Standing

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The Sixth Circuit recently held that Arizona lacked standing to intervene in, and object to, a nationwide class settlement at the settlement fairness hearing. The underlying case involved Tristar Products’ defective pressure...more

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Supreme Court Swats Down the “Voluntary-Dismissal Tactic”

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Let’s say you’re a plaintiff in a federal action and you’re seeking class certification. The district court denies your motion. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

This is the ninth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

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