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King & Spalding

Ninth Circuit Grants Mandamus to Vacate Discovery Order Intended to Help Plaintiff’s Counsel Find Named Plaintiff to Pursue Class...

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On mandamus review, the Ninth Circuit recently vacated a district court order directing Defendant Williams-Sonoma to produce a list of California consumers, as the order improperly sought to aid plaintiff’s counsel in finding...more

Polsinelli

Turning the Tables in Class Action Discovery: Conducting Merits Discovery Prior to Class Certification Remains a Viable Defense...

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Class actions often are lengthy and costly undertakings for defendants, and the discovery process can demand the most significant amount of resources. When discovery on class certification issues is then followed by merits...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Winter 2017

In this issue, we cover two decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, three decisions denying such motions, 26 decisions denying class certification or reversing grants of class certification, 22 decisions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

7th Circuit Affirms Plaintiff’s Own Estimates of Class Size Can Satisfy CAFA

In Roppo v. Travelers Commercial Insurance Company, the Seventh Circuit held that even after a motion to remand CAFA removal jurisdiction can be sufficiently established by a defendant’s “good faith estimates” of the amount...more

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Seyfarth Shaw Submits Comments And Testimony On The Proposed Amendments To Rule 23

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw submitted comments and oral testimony to the Federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules regarding needed reform and guidance to Rule 23, the rule that governs class action litigation in federal...more

Fish & Richardson

Sanctions for Failure to Conduct a Reasonable Inquiry Into Factual/Legal Basis for Discovery Responses

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Recently in Rodman v. Safeway, Inc., 2016 WL ­­­5791210 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 4, 2016), U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar imposed monetary sanctions of $688,644 because of the failure of Safeway and its counsel to conduct a...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Spotify, NMPA Accused of a Concerted Effort to Taint the Class Pool

In a putative class action alleging widespread copyright infringement commenced in December 2015 against Spotify, Plaintiff, the lead singer for the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, recently moved pursuant to Federal...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Insights From FDCC Program On December 2015 Amendments To Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Last week, I attended an excellent program of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel regarding how the December 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are impacting the defense of class actions and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Important Changes in Litigating Oil and Gas Cases in Federal Court: What the 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules Mean for Oil and...

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Many oil and gas disputes are litigated in federal court. In recent years, federal litigation has undergone significant changes in discovery practices and rules. For example, with the increase in electronically stored...more

Butler Snow LLP

Are you Certifiable?

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It is not unusual for opposing counsel to demand that you “certify” that your client’s document production is complete and correct. What does this mean? Are you required to do it? The issue often arises in...more

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