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Yan v. ReWalk Robotics, Ltd.: No Substitute for Standing in the District of Massachusetts

May 20, 2019 / May 22, 2019 by Melanie Conroy

On May 16, 2019, the District of Massachusetts denied a lead plaintiff’s motion to amend a complaint that sought to overcome standing deficiencies of the original class representative by adding a new named plaintiff. The Court dismissed the putative class action without prejudice, holding that if a class action has only one representative, and that […]

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Yan v. ReWalk Robotics, Ltd.: No Substitute for Standing in the District of Massachusetts