Consumer Class Actions
May 5, 2016 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
The CFPB today released a proposed rule that would ban consumer financial services providers such as banks, credit card issuers, and small-dollar lenders from using mandatory arbitration clauses to prohibit consumers from filing or joining class actions against them. Please click here for further analysis and potential impacts of the proposed rule.
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October 17, 2015 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
On October 7th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposals that, if adopted, would limit the use of arbitration provisions in consumer class actions against banks and other companies offering consumer finance products and services. For more information, you can access our client alert here.
Class Certifications First Circuit Decisions
January 26, 2015 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
As my colleague Don Frederico noted in his January 24th post, a divided First Circuit panel recently affirmed the district court’s class certification decision in In re Nexium Antitrust Litigation. In so doing, the First Circuit weighed in on a critical issue that arises in many class cases: is class certification proper where certain members of the class have not suffered injury?
Class Action Fairness Act Supreme Court
January 16, 2014 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court once again weighed in with a decision regarding class actions, but this time with a twist. In what is a rare event in the class action context, the Court hande...
Class Certifications Supreme Court
August 14, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Earlier this year, I blogged about the Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend. At the time, I noted that Behrend reaffirmed that damages methodologies must be closely examined...
Arbitration Class Arbitration Massachusetts Decisions Supreme Court
July 1, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Just over two years ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act preempted a state rule that class action waivers...
Class Arbitration Supreme Court
June 14, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In a March post on this blog, my colleague John Aromando previewed the then up-coming oral argument before the Supreme Court in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, discussing the possible imp...
Consumer Class Actions Supreme Court
April 3, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
On March 27th, the Supreme Court issued a notable opinion addressing not only the interplay between class certification and merits issues, but also the relationship between Rule 23(b)(3) pre...
Class Action Settlements
March 8, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The Third Circuit’s recent opinion in In re Baby Products Antitrust Litig. is noteworthy for its approach to cy pres distributions in class settlements, a topic that has also garnered recent...
Consumer Class Actions US District Court - Maine
January 18, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Just before the holidays, Judge Singal issued an order de-certifying a class in Loef v. First American Title Insurance Company. The Loef decision both provides an excellent example of the ch...
