The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law. In the closely watched case of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the Court delivered a per curiam...more
On March 18, the Supreme Court declined to review a Sixth Circuit decision affirming an Ohio federal court’s order certifying a class on specific issues in a groundwater pollution suit....more
Just when you thought litigating Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions was as unsafe as it could get for defendants, the Ninth Circuit said, “Not so fast.” In McKesson v. True Health, two chiropractic...more
In recent years, federal antitrust enforcers and businesses that accept payment cards have been waging a slow war against payment card fees and the card network rules that protect them. The payment card industry’s antitrust...more
Last week, the United States Supreme Court granted cert in Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods, Inc., a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) case with potentially wide reaching implications in federal class actions. In Bouaphakeo,...more