Class Actions Class Certifications Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions US District Court - Mass
January 8, 2025 by Melanie Conroy
The District of Massachusetts recently issued an opinion decertifying a class of medical students formerly enrolled at Saba University School of Medicine, a for-profit medical school in the Dutch Caribbean that is headquartered in Massachusetts. The reversal followed the court’s initial tentative certification under Federal Rule 23, issued from the bench immediately after oral argument. […]
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September 30, 2024 by Melanie Conroy
This summer, the First Circuit revived a privacy class action based on debt collection practices. In Nightingale v National Grid USA Service Company, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and denied class certification. On appeal, the First Circuit vacated and remanded, focusing its analysis on (1) whether the Plaintiff alleged […]
Class Certifications Class Representative Consumer Class Actions US District Court - Mass
August 20, 2019 by Melanie Conroy
Earlier this month, in Plastic Surgery Associates, SC v. Cynosure, Inc., United States District Judge Denise Casper denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and allowed Cynosure’s motion for summary judgment on claims arising from the marketing of a medical device intended to reduce body fat. The decision provides a searching and instructive analysis of the […]