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...
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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...
Employment Class Actions
February 9, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
Last month, I expressed concern that a Seventh Circuit decision authored by Judge Posner in a consumer class action emphasized efficiency over fairness in deciding whether a class should be...
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...
Class Arbitration Employment Class Actions
January 15, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, upholding the enforceability of a class action waiver in a consumer arbitration agreement, was applauded by employe...
Consumer Class Actions
January 11, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
As recently discussed on this blog, the Seventh Circuit – in an opinion authored by Judge Posner – reversed a district court’s denial of class certification regarding claims involving Whirlp...
January 8, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
In a recent Seventh Circuit decision that has received much attention, Judge Posner explained the predominance requirement of Rule 23(b)(3) in a way that no doubt will be cited frequently by...
Uncategorized
December 27, 2012 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
A few weeks ago I read a blog post by a contributor to Forbes, expressing concern that the Supreme Court is "trying to impose substantial restrictions on class actions." The post gets off t...
Employment Class Actions First Circuit Decisions
December 2, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In our last post, Katy Rand ?explored both the substantive Massachusetts employment law issues and the Rule 23(a)(4) analysis in the First Circuit's recent Starbucks tips case. This post wi...
November 14, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Last week, in Download Matamoros et al v Starbucks Corporation, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed decisions of the District of Massachusetts (Hon. Nathanial M. Gorton), granting cl...
