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Expert Witness Class Action Daubert Standards

Troutman Pepper

EDVA Judge Allows Pension Investment Expert to Testify in Class Action ERISA Case

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A recent decision by Senior District Judge Robert Payne on a Daubert motion in class action litigation against a pension fund offers some helpful lessons on challenging expert witnesses in the EDVA. Trauernicht v. Genworth...more

Carlton Fields

Rough Waters in the Expert “Hot Tub” - Court Throws Class Expert Overboard in Google Play Store Litigation

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One notable opportunity associated with antitrust class action practice is the expert “hot tub,” which generally speaking is an in-court, on-the-record “debate” between dueling economists, with the court, parties, and experts...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Event] Wage The Battle To Win The War: Expert Challenges At Class Certification - September 24th, Chicago, Illinois

Certifying an antitrust class under Rule 23 has become a battle. In the last 20 years, courts have been changing the game around Rule 23 interpretation, and rigorous analysis at class certification has made briefing...more

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Court Declines To Certify Damages Class in Baseball Blackout Suit

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On May 14, 2015, the Southern District of New York issued two opinions in Laumann v. Nat’l Hockey League, No. 12-cv-1817, excluding plaintiffs’ damages expert under Daubert and denying plaintiffs’ motion to certify a damages...more

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S.D.N.Y. Disqualifies Securities Class Action Plaintiffs’ Expert and Denies Class Certification

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Recently, in IBEW Local 90 Pension Fund v. Deutsche Bank AG, No. 11-cv-4209, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155136 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 29, 2013), District Judge Katherine Forrest declined to certify a class of securities plaintiffs and...more

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