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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Trends Report June 2022

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In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys discuss recent developments in arbitration and their impact on employment class actions. These include the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault...more

Kilpatrick

Navigating Jurisdictional Issues In Class Action Litigation

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Takeway: Class action litigation implicates jurisdictional issues in a number of ways. Class action defendants generally prefer federal over state courts and – when presented with the opportunity – will seek to remove...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Top 10 Key Class Action Points for 2019

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Some legal commentators and lawyers have pronounced the death of class actions in light of significant changes in the law in the last fifteen years, including the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act and the Supreme...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Midyear Update 2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between February 16, 2018, and June 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover three decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, five decisions denying such motions, 27 decisions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Brief Look at Justice Kennedy’s Rule 23 Record

While he often kept us guessing about how he might vote in politically significant cases, retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy was far more predictable on class action issues over the course of his 30-year tenure on the Supreme...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Ruling Signals Limits on Class Action Forum Shopping

The Supreme Court’s decision last summer in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), is my pick for “2017 Class Action Practitioners’ Case of the Year”––and it’s not even a class case....more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: October 2016

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Massachusetts Federal Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Because Defendant’s Unconditional Checks for Named Plaintiff’s Maximum Damages, Even Though Uncashed, Mooted Suit - In Demmler v. ACH Food Companies, Civil No....more

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Eleventh Circuit Confirms There Is No CAFA Jurisdiction Where Separate Suits Are Filed To Keep The Number Of Plaintiffs Under 100

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The plaintiffs—cruise passengers on the ill-fated Costa Concordia—filed two separate lawsuits, neither of which contained more than 100 plaintiffs....more

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