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...
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First Circuit Decisions
May 30, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In Mass. Ret. Sys. v. CVS Caremark Corp., the First Circuit recently revived a shareholder securities fraud class action stemming from the 2006 merger of retail pharmacy chain, CVS, and pres...
Employment Class Actions
May 23, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
With the economy dragging and jobs difficult to come by, students who might otherwise have obtained paying jobs have increasingly turned to unpaid internships as a way to gain relevant exper...
Employment Class Actions Supreme Court
April 17, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in the case of Genesis Healthcare Corporation v. Laura Symczyk. The majority declined to answer the question...
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 Fairness Act Supreme Court
March 25, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) was designed to ensure a federal forum for class-action cases “of national importance.” CAFA extends the federal courts’ diversity jurisdiction...
Class Arbitration
March 22, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Last summer, I* wrote about the First Circuit’s June 27, 2012 decision in Download Fantastic Sams v FSRO Assoc, a case holding that, in the event of an arbitration provision that does not ex...
Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
March 16, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
The patchwork of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions construing our consumer protection statute (Chapter 93A) has created a great deal of confusion, particularly over the last dec...
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...
Class Action Settlements Class Certifications
March 5, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In a watershed moment for class action securities litigation, last Wednesday the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, making it ea...
