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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

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Supreme Court Holds for Plaintiff on Rule 68 Issue, but Suggests Alternatives for Mootness

In a 6-3 decision on January 20, the U.S. Supreme Court provided clarity regarding the impact of Rule 68 offers of judgment and settlement offers in class actions by issuing its eagerly awaited decision in Campbell-Ewald Co....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Closes One Door to Mooting a Plaintiff’s Claims, but Potentially Opens Another

On January 20, 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez, No. 14–857 (Jan. 20, 2016), holding that a defendant cannot moot a plaintiff’s claim under Article III of the U.S....more

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