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Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2024 Q3 – Our Market Research is Sustainable

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Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, it’s not a breach if it isn’t stolen, a greenwashing claim is washed away, and a...more

Jones Day

Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe - Part I: Class Actions in the United States and the European Union

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Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

First Circuit Rejects Classwide Settlement, Finds That Would-Be Class Representatives Could Not Adequately Represent Subclasses...

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The First Circuit recently reversed the District of Massachusetts’s approval of a settlement award that improperly lacked any subclasses within the 4.8-million-person putative class, finding it “too difficult to determine...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Spam or Class Action Refund? Consumers Can’t Tell

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Two recent studies by the FTC show that some methods for notifying potential class members of class action settlements are not as effective as courts and counsel might believe. In September, the FTC published a report on two...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Nationwide class actions: dangling on a precipice?

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An unexpected decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has raised questions about the viability of nationwide class action settlements. What appeared to be a wrapped-up settlement agreement unraveled after...more

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