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Third Circuit Clarifies Class Action Standing and Ascertainability in 'Kelly'

These two pressures have probably kept many a consumer attorney up at night as they wrestled with how best to bring a would-be consumer class action in the Third Circuit knowing the case law that ...
HRD America

Third Circuit ruling empowers HR to resolve wage disputes faster

Third Circuit decision gives HR leaders more flexibility to resolve wage-and-hour class actions – find out what this means ...
Courthouse News Service

Seventh Circuit dubious of data collection class action

A Ronald Reagan appointee pressed the customers on their standing and supposed injury suffered from having their voiceprints ...
JD Supra

Sixth Circuit Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Over Corporation’s Internal Investigation Documents

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued a significant decision in In re FirstEnergy Corporation, granting a writ of mandamus ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Addresses Class Representative Incentive Awards and Attestation Requirement

A recent Ninth Circuit decision on a class action settlement, In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, 2022 WL 4492078 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2022), received significant attention in the legal ...
The National Law Review

First Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Based on Potential Intra-class Conflict, But Approves Named Plaintiff Incentive Awards

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Seventh Circuit Emphasizes “Rigorous Analysis” to Certify Class against University for Its Decision to Cancel Classes during the Pandemic

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9th Circuit decertifies tuna price-fixing classes, clamps down on uninjured class members

Antitrust class action plaintiffs won a battle on Tuesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op Inc v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC(2021 WL 1257845) that three ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Class 2 Circuit Requirements

Article 725 provides the requirements for Class 2 circuits in Part III. The definitions for Class 2 circuits can be found in Art. 100. In the November 2020 issue, we discussed the general requirements ...