Arbitration Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
May 9, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to re-review a case involving the enforceability of class action waivers in arbitration provisions in light of last term's United States S...
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Consumer Class Actions First Circuit Decisions
May 8, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In a case that sheds some light on how the court handles allegations of subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act, and how it applies the heightened pleading standards...
Class Action Settlements First Circuit Decisions
April 30, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In 2009, the First Circuit held, as a matter of first impression, that class action settlement agreements may, in appropriate circumstances, include provisions for cy pres distributions. In...
Class Certifications Supreme Court
January 1, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
It isn't complicated. A majority of the Supreme Court holds that, where an expert's model will not prove damages on a classwide basis, "[q]uestions of individual damage calculations will in...
