Class Actions
Publications of Interest
LawFlash/Client Alert | Class Actions LawFlash
Litigation Practice
Second Circuit sidesteps Concepcion and holds that the ability to enforce federal statutory rights mandates that a plaintiff be allowed to pursue a class action in court notwithstanding the parties' agreement to mandatory arbitration.
Outside Publication | Article
Grace Speights, Paul Evans
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On June 20, in Dukes v. Wal-Mart , the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to plaintiffs seeking to certify employment discrimination class actions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, as well as consumer, antitrust, and ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Class Actions LawFlash
Litigation Practice
In a decision with implications for companies facing class action litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a federal district court, having rejected certification of a proposed class action, could not take the a... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Karen Pohlmann, Marc Sonnenfeld
In Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. , 563 U.S. __ (June 6, 2011), the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a split in the lower courts as to whether securities fraud plaintiffs must prove loss causation to obtain class certif... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
John Lavelle, Jr., Kristofor Henning, Kenneth Kliebard, Gregory Parks, Scott Schutte, J. Cooney, Jr., Joseph Duffy, Molly Lane
In AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion , No. 09-893,—U.S.—(Apr. 27, 2011), the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) prohibits states from conditioning the enforceability ... more
Outside Publication | Article
Joseph Duffy, Viola Vetter, Gregory Parks, Ezra Church
Reproduced with permission from Class Action Litigation Report, 12 CLASS 202 (Mar. 11, 2011). Copyright 2011 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com. more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Class Actions LawFlash
Kristofor Henning, Scott Schutte, J. Cooney, Jr., Joseph Duffy, Molly Lane
In Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court of Orange County (Benson) , ___ Cal. Rptr. 3d ___, No. S171845, 2011 WL 240278 (Jan. 27, 2011), the Supreme Court of California held that consumers who allege that a product's allegedly decept... more
Presentation | Webinar
Joseph Fay, J. Cooney, Jr., Gregory Parks