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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Where It’s Filed Really Matters: Jurisdictional Limits in Wage and Hour Litigation

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The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel underscores the growing importance of personal jurisdiction in limiting the scope of FLSA collective actions. The court held that employees with no connection to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Litigation Financier’s Battle Against Sysco Provides Food for Thought

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Cloaked in secrecy, neither the terms of litigation financing agreements nor the attendant scuffles between financier and claimant, are typically aired in public. That changed for about four months of 2023, during which...more

Carlton Fields

When Is a Defense “Available”? Avoiding Waiver by Being Bold When Asserting Defenses

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It is well known that, at least in the federal system and Florida, a defendant who fails to raise lack of personal jurisdiction in a pre-answer motion to dismiss waives that defense. But there is an exception to this rule: If...more

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Ninth Circuit Provides Clarity for Settlement of Multi-State Consumer Class Action

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Class actions bring more complexity to litigating and settling cases, and it can increase substantially when the claims arise from multiple state consumer protection laws. In these cases, determining the applicable law(s) to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Ruling Signals Limits on Class Action Forum Shopping

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The Supreme Court’s decision last summer in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), is my pick for “2017 Class Action Practitioners’ Case of the Year”––and it’s not even a class case....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Top 10 New York Commercial Division Cases and Developments of 2017

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In 2017, the New York Commercial Division continued to implement new rules and refine existing rules in order to streamline litigation in the court. The year also saw some key decisions by the Commercial Division as well as...more

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