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December 19, 2014

Supreme Court Clarifies Defendants’ Evidentiary Burden at Removal Stage as to the Amount in Controversy and Halts Tenth Circuit from Applying More Onerous Requirements on Defendants

Class Action Fairness Act, Supreme Court

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

The United States Supreme Court held this week in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLCv Owens that defendants removing cases from state to federal court, including class action defendants...

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November 16, 2014

All’s Not Well that Ends Well: The Real Lessons of Whirlpool.

Class Certifications, Consumer Class Actions

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

In early 2001, I was asked to argue in opposition to a class certification motion in federal court on behalf of the prominent owner of an automobile distributorship. The case was brought on...

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October 31, 2014

Bellermann v. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company: Massachusetts SJC Upholds Denial of Class Certification In Consumer Case Against Utility

Consumer Class Actions, Massachusetts Decisions

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

In December 2008, a major ice storm caused massive and lengthy power outages in several towns in Massachusetts. Twelve residential and business customers of Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light...

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October 30, 2014

First Circuit Clarifies Timing For CAFA Removal

Class Action Fairness Act, Employment Class Actions, First Circuit Decisions

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

You represent the defendant in a putative wage and hour class action filed in state court, alleging that certain categories of employees were denied mandatory meal breaks. The complaint doe...

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July 26, 2014

Shedding Light on the Vexing Problem of Issue Certification

Uncategorized

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

This week I attended the annual Class Actions Seminar sponsored by DRI (the Defense Research Institute). It was an excellent program, covering many recent trends in class action practice of...

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July 18, 2014

ERISA Retained Asset Account Class Action

First Circuit Decisions

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has published a story about our recent First Circuit win. You can find it here.

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June 23, 2014

The Supreme Court Upholds the Basic Presumption in Securities Litigation but Gives Defendants a Chance for a Win at Class Certification

Class Certifications, Supreme Court

Authors:

Mark B. Rosen

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

Earlier this spring, in our post titled, The Supreme Court Ponders the Future of the Basic Presumption in Securities Litigation, we reported on the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in...

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June 23, 2014

Genereux et al. v. Raytheon Company: First Circuit Declines Invitation to Expand Massachusetts Medical Monitoring Law

First Circuit Decisions

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

In this cautionary tale authored by Judge Selya, the First Circuit affirmed the district court’s award of summary judgment to defendant Raytheon Company in a putative class action in which P...

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May 19, 2014

So you want to be a class action defense lawyer.

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Practice area:

Class Action Defense

Not every litigator wants to learn class actions; in fact, most do not. After all, why would anyone want to get mired in the procedural morass of a class action when they could be spending...

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February 23, 2014

To Settle or Not to Settle: Eight Questions Corporate Counsel Should Ask in Evaluating Class Action Settlements

Class Action Settlements

Practice area:

Class Action Defense

To settle or not to settle; that is the question, right? It is asked when you receive the demand letter threatening a class action, when the complaint is filed and served, at the initial sc...

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