Class Actions Class Notice Massachusetts Decisions
April 19, 2022 / January 12, 2023 by Don Frederico
The Backdrop Class actions are like butterflies; they must undergo a metamorphosis before they fly. The transformation occurs when a court grants class certification. At that instant, what had started out as an individual lawsuit emerges as its own entity, with a number of legal consequences flowing from the change. Among them, plaintiff’s counsel becomes […]
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Appeals Class Action Settlements Class Notice
February 12, 2019 / May 17, 2024 by PAMarketing
On December 1, 2018, the amendments to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 took effect, principally altering portions of the Rule governing class action notice, settlement, and appeals. Although the amendments were approved earlier in 2018 by the United States Supreme Court, they had been in the works for some time. In 2014, a subcommittee of […]
Class Action Settlements Class Notice
April 5, 2017 / February 26, 2019 by Lucas Ritchie
On this blog, we previously wrote about the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, and identified its potential to bring significant changes to class action practice. That Act was passed by the House on March 9, 2017, based on a 220-201 vote, split almost entirely along party lines, and has now advanced to […]
