Last week, a split Ninth Circuit panel in In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation[1] vacated the certification of a nationwide class for settlement purposes because the district court failed to address choice-of-law...more
Earlier this week, in In re Hyundai & Kia Fuel Efficiency Litig., the Ninth Circuit vacated a nationwide class action settlement, ruling that the lower court had abused its discretion by not considering whether the variations...more
This week, by a 2-1 vote, a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a district court’s approval of a massive class action settlement involving Hyundai’s and Kia’s allegedly inflated statements of fuel efficiency. The majority’s long...more