In a 5-4 split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to have reworked a longstanding precedent that has been a foundation of antitrust litigation for more than 40 years—the “direct purchaser” rule of Illinois Brick, which...more
5/21/2019
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Apple Inc v Pepper ,
Class Action ,
Direct Purchasers ,
Dismissals ,
Internet Retailers ,
iPhone ,
Mobile Apps ,
Monopolization ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS
In a much-anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that allegations of actual injury are not required to seek damages under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act). The case is...more
2/6/2019
/ Actual Injuries ,
Amusement Parks ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Reversal ,
Standing ,
Written Consent
In recent years, courts have reached divergent conclusions about the circumstances in which a damages class containing uninjured persons can be certified. Although there is some room to debate what constitutes injury, it is...more
11/12/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
De Minimis Claims ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Standing ,
Substantial Evidence
The Supreme Court’s decision in China Agritech Inc. v. Resh means that class action plaintiffs can no longer rely on serial class actions to toll their statute of limitations indefinitely. Instead, the Supreme Court held that...more
6/13/2018
/ Appeals ,
China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Equitable Tolling ,
FRCP 23 ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation
Last month, in Arkansas Teachers Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., the Second Circuit vacated the Southern District of New York’s order certifying a class in a Rule 10b-5 securities fraud class action. At issue...more
2/12/2018
/ Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Comcast v. Behrend ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
FRCP 23 ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Investors ,
Misrepresentation ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Reversal ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Stock Prices ,
Stocks