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Oklahoma federal judge stays class notice but declines to stay summary judgment briefing based on defendant’s Rule 23(f) petition...

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A federal judge in Oklahoma recently stayed class proceedings, including the distribution of class notice, but declined to stay summary judgment briefing pending a ruling on the defendant’s petition to the Tenth Circuit for...more

Goodwin

Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence Is...

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Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence is Required for Each Putative Class Member; District Judge Approves Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Administrative Feasibility is Not a Requirement for Class Certification

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On February 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a significant decision holding that a putative class representative does not need to establish an administratively feasible method to...more

King & Spalding

Second Circuit Issues Back-to-Back Opinions Holding That Classes of Past Purchasers Cannot Be Certified for Injunctive Relief,...

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In the span of two weeks, the Second Circuit issued two opinions that likely sound the death knell for Rule 23(b)(2) “injunction classes” in that circuit unless plaintiffs can establish that every class member stands to...more

Carlton Fields

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Bankruptcy Preemption May Bar FDCPA and FCCPA Claims Either Way

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After receiving a bankruptcy discharge, a borrower whose home is pending foreclosure has two options: stay in the home and, perhaps, make voluntary payments on the mortgage, or leave the home and start fresh. When a debt...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Supreme Court Revises Ascertainability Prerequisite to Class Certification

• In Noel v. Thrifty Payless, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified the scope of the ascertainability prerequisite to class certification. The Court held that proposed classes are ascertainable if defined by objective...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Third Circuit Tackles Third-Party Funding Issues in In Re: National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation

Third-party litigation funding has received increased scrutiny over the past several years, particularly in the context of mass torts, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. Most of this scrutiny has focused on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Say What? Ninth Circuit Says Affirmative Defenses Can’t Stop Class Certification Unless Defendant Proves the Merits of the Defense...

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

American Pipe Clarified: Statute of Limitations for Class Actions not tolled by a Prior Motion for Class Certification

In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court held on June 11, 2018 that a pending motion for class certification does not toll the statute of limitations for the filing of a new class action lawsuit by a putative...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Good News For Defendants: Supreme Court Rejects Tolling For Class Actions

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On June 11, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, clarifying the scope of the tolling doctrine triggered by the filing of a class action. The doctrine, as established by earlier Court...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - June 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February 2018 and May 2018. ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Pending Class Action Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations

The U.S. Supreme Court reached a decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh holding that the equitable tolling rule does not apply to subsequently filed class action claims. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Limiting Class Action Tolling: Supreme Court Rules That Filing A Class Action Does Not Toll The Limitations Period For Successive...

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In China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, the Supreme Court earlier this month held that pending class actions do not toll the limitations period for successive class actions. The ruling limits plaintiffs’ ability to bring successive...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Supreme Court Refuses to Extend American Pipe Tolling to Successive Class Actions

On June 11, 2018, in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, the United States Supreme Court held that the American Pipe tolling doctrine, which suspends the running of the statute of limitations applicable to the claims of individual...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Supremes: No More Class Action Stacking

A putative class action plaintiff may not launch a new class action lawsuit after an earlier court denies class certification if the applicable statute of limitations has run, says the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous...more

Bracewell LLP

In Securities Case, U.S. Supreme Court Curbs Successive Class Actions

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court reigned in plaintiffs’ ability to file new class action suits outside the statute of limitations. The Court decided in China Agritech that, following denial of class...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Tolling for Copycat Class Actions

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Class-action plaintiffs cannot toll the statute of limitations indefinitely by filing copycat class actions until certification sticks, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday, June 11, in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh. The...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Supreme Court Narrows Its Holding in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

The U.S. Supreme Court bars previously absent class members from bringing subsequent class actions outside the applicable limitations period. The Supreme Court’s decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh cements a new limit...more

Jones Day

U.S. Supreme Court: Plaintiffs May Not Piggyback Successive Class Actions Beyond Statute of Limitations

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When does time run out on filing a class action? Under the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal decisions in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah and Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker, a timely class complaint tolls the statute of...more

BakerHostetler

SCOTUS: American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to Successive Class Actions

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The Supreme Court held unanimously on June 11 that American Pipe tolling does not apply to successive class actions brought outside the statute of limitations. The case, China Agritech v. Resh, resolves a circuit split over...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Supreme Court Class Action Ruling A Boon For Employers

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The legal world is abuzz with the ripples created by a recent US Supreme Court decision on the statute of limitations in class actions. A recent post in the Epstein Becker Wage & Hour Defense Blog makes some interesting...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Supreme Court Reduces Exposure to Successive Class Actions

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court held in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-432, 584 U.S. __, 2018 WL 2767565 (2018), that the equitable tolling doctrine established by its landmark decision, American Pipe v. Utah, does...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

U.S. Supreme Court Says “No” to Plaintiff Attempts to File Repetitive Class Actions After Statute of Limitations Has Run Out

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It is easy to overgeneralize the outcome of a legal dispute as pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant to paint a picture of which way a court is leaning and who is finding favor. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second...more

Dechert LLP

Supreme Court Limits American Pipe Tolling for Successive Class Actions

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In China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the filing of a class action complaint does not toll a statute of limitations period for later-filed class actions raising the same claims. The...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Rules That Class Actions Do Not Toll the Limitations Period For Successive Class Actions

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In China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, the Supreme Court recently held that pending class actions do not toll the limitations period for successive class actions. The ruling limits plaintiffs’ ability to bring successive class...more

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