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Mootness Dismissals Class Action

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Labcorp v. Davis Challenge Regarding Uninjured Class Members Dismissed as Improvidently Granted

In a closely watched case with major implications for class action litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a long-simmering legal question: Can a class be certified if it includes members who suffered no injury? On...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Supreme Court Dismisses ADA Website Accessibility Class Action for Mootness, Vacates First Circuit Decision

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At the close of 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of petitioner Acheson in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer as moot and vacated the underlying decision by the First Circuit that Laufer had constitutional standing to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Class Action Mooted When Class Representative Settles, Ninth Circuit Rules

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On June 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit dismissed a wage and hour class action on the grounds that once the class representative plaintiff settled his individual claims and no longer had any financial stake in the litigation’s...more

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Supreme Court Rules Dismissal Of FLSA Collective Actions Are Appropriate When Individual Claim Is Rendered Moot

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On April 16, 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the concept that a wage and hour collective action brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), can be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when the...more

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