Class Certification, Commonality, Ascertainable Class

The Class Action Chronicle - Midyear Update 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/13/2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between February 16, 2018, and June 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover three decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, five decisions denying such motions, 27 decisions...more

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/13/2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between November 16, 2017, and February 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover five decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, seven decisions denying such motions, 15...more

Class Action Reform and the “Fairness in Class Action Act”

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/24/2017

While the Congressional legislative agenda has taken a back seat in the headlines lately, the fact remains that there still is an agenda, and it includes class action reform....more

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/19/2015

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

California Federal District Court Certifies Class of 160,000 Uber Drivers

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 9/3/2015

In O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc. (Filed 09/01/2015, No. C-13-3826 EMC), the United States District Court, Northern District of California, certified a class of approximately 160,000 current and former drivers of Uber in...more

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2014

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/8/2014

This is the third 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