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Supreme Court grants certiorari to address circuit split regarding uninjured class members

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Takeaway: We have written frequently about the different approaches of the Courts of Appeals when addressing certification of a class that includes uninjured class members. See, e.g., En banc Ninth Circuit reinstates class...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Class Action Decisions Published January 2025 - Developments in Class Action Law

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Highlights from this issue include cases such as Pro Se Civil Rights Class Actions. The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a pro se prisoner cannot adequately represent a class, and more....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2023

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Post-TransUnion, A Closer Examination of Threshold for Article III Standing- Class action trials are rare. The potential magnitude of an adverse verdict, even when improbable, makes the risks of trial unpalatable for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

9th Circuit Holds All Members of a Certified Class Must Have Article III Standing To Recover Monetary Damages

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- In a matter of first impression within the 9th Circuit, the court held that each member of a certified class must have Article III standing in order to recover individual monetary damages at trial. - Those class members...more

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Life May Not Be Fair, But Arizona Cannot Find Out Without Standing

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The Sixth Circuit recently held that Arizona lacked standing to intervene in, and object to, a nationwide class settlement at the settlement fairness hearing. The underlying case involved Tristar Products’ defective pressure...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

It’s None of Your Business: Sixth Circuit Says Arizona Lacks Article III Standing to Intervene to Challenge a Class Settlement

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Does a state, whose citizens are among the absent class members in a class action settlement, have Article III standing to challenge the supposed unfairness of the settlement? In Chapman v. Tristar Products, Inc., the Sixth...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

What About the Merits – What, If Anything, Will the Supreme Court Do With Cy Pres-Only Class Action Settlements?

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We have been talking about Frank v. Gaos, (No. 17-961), since the U.S. Supreme Court decided to tackle the extreme case of the use of the cy pres doctrine in the context of class action cases. The settlement is a cy pres-only...more

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