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Supreme Court Watch: Justices Seek Briefing on Potential Application of Spokeo

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Here at FCRAland, we frequently discuss cases applying the Supreme Court’s 2016 case Spokeo v. Robbins.  That case specified that, for a plaintiff to have standing under FCRA, the plaintiff would need to allege an injury that...more

Kilpatrick

The Seventh Circuit Forecloses One “Pick Off” Method Under Rule 67, But Leaves A Trail Of Crumbs For Both The Plaintiffs’ And...

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Takeaway: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in January 2016 in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez that an unaccepted Rule 68 offer of judgment has no legal effect and therefore does not serve to moot a class action. 136 S. Ct. 663...more

Carlton Fields

Supreme Court Rules Against Using Settlement Offers to Moot Class Actions

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In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, a decision released in January, a majority of the United States Supreme Court held that an unaccepted Rule 68 offer of judgment by a defendant cannot moot a putative class action....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mooting Class Actions by Offer of Judgment – Episode 2: The Ninth Circuit Strikes Back

In Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, 136 S. Ct. 663 (Jan. 20, 2016), the Supreme Court resolved a split among courts and held that an unaccepted settlement offer of complete individual relief does not moot the plaintiff’s lawsuit. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Third Circuit Follows Gomez on Mootness Issue, But Narrowly

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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez that an unaccepted Rule 68 offer of complete relief does not moot a plaintiff's individual claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

New York Court Rules Rule 67 Deposit Cannot be Used to Pick Off Named Plaintiffs in Putative Diet Pill Class

Recently, a New York court held that a putative class action defendant’s depositing of funds sufficient to cover the full amount of a plaintiff’s individual claims does not moot the plaintiff’s case and therefore cannot be...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Want to Settle Before Class Certification? The Supreme Court Raises the Stakes

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, a putative class action case, that an unaccepted pre-certification settlement offer to the named plaintiff does not moot either the plaintiff’s claim or...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Leaves Door Open to Class Action Settlement Offer Pick-Off Defense

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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U.S. --- (2016), that a lawsuit is not moot after a plaintiff declines to accept an offer of judgment made by the defendant pursuant to Federal Rule of...more

Cole Schotz

Supreme Court Holds That Unaccepted Offer of Judgement Does Not Moot Class Action

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As many employers facing wage and hour class and collective actions are aware, defendant employers often attempt to make an offer of judgment to a named plaintiff in an attempt to moot class and collective actions. On...more

Littler

The Supreme Court Rules an Unaccepted Offer of Judgment Cannot Moot a Case, But What About Payment of Complete Relief?

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A divided U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez that an unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment is a legal nullity that cannot moot a case.  However, the Court left open the possibility...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Employment Practices Newsletter - February 2016

In New Guidance, DOL Gets Aggressive on “Joint Employment” - By issuing a new interpretative document in January, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division attempted to clarify the concept of “joint...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Holds that Rejected Rule 68 Offer of Judgment Does Not Moot Class Action

On January 20, 2016, the United States Supreme Court rejected a strategy recently used by some defendants to defeat class actions in their infancy. In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857 (2016), a majority of the Court...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Does Campbell-Ewald Mean for Your Business?

A recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant cannot terminate a putative class action by offering the representative plaintiff complete relief, rejecting some courts’ dismissals of class action...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: January 2016

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Supreme Court Holds Defendant Cannot Moot Putative Class Action by Making Unaccepted Offer of Judgment for Complete Relief to Representative Plaintiff - In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 846 (S....more

Goodwin

Update Campbell-Ewald: SCOTUS Rules Against Defendant’s Ability to Moot Cases with Settlement Offers, But Provides a Roadmap for...

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We have an update on Campbell-Ewald, one of the Supreme Court cases we were monitoring last fall. While, contrary to our prediction, the majority decision in Campbell-Ewald, 577 U.S. ___ (2016) appears to deal a blow to...more

Burr & Forman

Supreme Court Holds Offer of Settlement/Judgment Does Not Moot Claims Under Certain Circumstances

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Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, 2016 WL 228345 (U.S. Jan. 20, 2016) In a much anticipated decision, a majority of the United States Supreme Court held that unaccepted offers of full judgment and settlement do...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Unaccepted Rule 68 Offer Does Not Moot Plaintiff's Claims, SCOTUS Rules

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an unaccepted Rule 68 settlement offer does not moot a class action even when the offer would provide the named plaintiff with complete individual relief. The decision in Campbell-Ewald...more

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Picked Off:  The Supreme Court Rejects The Mooting Effect of Unaccepted Offers of Judgment and Settlement

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A seemingly innocuous recruitment text message from the United States Navy has led to the official unraveling of a tactic long-used and widely-favored by defendants to escape a class action lawsuit before class certification....more

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Supreme Court Rejects One Strategy for Defeating Class and Collective Actions

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In recent years, one tactic for attempting to defeat wage and hour class and collective action lawsuits class action lawsuits has been to offer the named plaintiffs full relief for their individual claims in the case. Even if...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Supreme Court Sustains TCPA Plaintiff’s Claim Following an Unaccepted Settlement Offer

On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, where it was considering whether a plaintiff seeking damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is able to...more

King & Spalding

Is there a silver lining for defendants in the recent class action decision by the Supreme Court?

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On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U.S. __ (2016), holding that an unaccepted offer of judgment made by a defendant pursuant to Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of...more

Fisher Phillips

Bad News, Good News: Supreme Court Clarifies Federal Contractor Immunity Standards

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The Supreme Court both limited and expanded the legal standards that relate to federal contractor immunity from lawsuits in a decision released last week. According to the January 20, 2016 decision in Campbell-Ewald Co. v....more

Baker Donelson

SCOTUS: Unaccepted Settlements and Judgment Offers Don't Moot a Plaintiff's Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court held Tuesday in a 6-3 decision in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Jose Gomez that an unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment does not moot a plaintiff's case. In this case, the U.S. Navy contracted...more

Troutman Pepper

It Is Not All Bad News from the Supreme Court in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez

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In a recent clash between contract principles and the mootness doctrine, contract principles won. Relying on traditional contract principles, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision on January 20, holding that an...more

Clark Hill PLC

Supreme Court Hands Down a Potentially Powerful Class Action Weapon

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, a closely watched Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case. The plaintiff, Gomez, filed a TCPA class action after he received allegedly unwanted (and...more

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