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Seventh Circuit Requires District Courts to Resolve “Battle of Experts” Before Deciding Class Certification

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Gone are the days when district courts in the Seventh Circuit can grant class certification without resolving conflicting expert evidence. On Aug. 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Arandell...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Illinois District Court Issues Important Class Certification Decision in a Section 1 Antitrust Case

On July 22, 2024, Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the Northern District of Illinois issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Opinion”), ultimately ruling to certify a class of vendors that provide back-end software to many of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Attacking Class Certification on a Motion to Dismiss? A Recent Decision Says There is a Way - Insights - Proskauer Rose LLP

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Antitrust class action counsel are in the business of extracting cash from defendants in the form of settlements that are, in effect, a tax on every transaction in the market covered by the case. The bigger the market, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Supreme Court Rules That Federal Courts Are Not Bound to Give Conclusive Effect to Foreign Governments’ Statements About Their...

The Supreme Court ruled today that, when a foreign government presents a formal submission to a federal court about the content of the government’s own laws, the court should accord “respectful consideration” to the...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

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Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Certifies Class In Duke-UNC No-Hire Workplace Antitrust Lawsuit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 1, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina entered an order granting in part, and denying in part, the plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a no-hire...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action Roundup: Summer 2017

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Welcome to our second Roundup of 2017, where we feature the cases litigated and settlements finalized during the second calendar quarter of the year. It was a very active quarter in almost all of the categories we monitor,...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

In a Groundbreaking Decision, Third Circuit Provides Framework for Evaluating Numerosity

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One of the least disputed elements of class certification is Rule 23(a)(1) numerosity, and so there is relatively little analysis from the courts about it. Last month, however, a divided panel of the Third Circuit provided a...more

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Class Action Roundup: Spring 2016

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Welcome to the second 2016 edition of Class Action Roundup! The first quarter of the year witnessed a few key Supreme Court decisions, even with the passing of Justice Scalia, and several settlement cases decided. The issue...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A Quick Take on Justice Scalia’s Legacy on Antitrust Law

The late Justice Antonin Scalia was not the biggest fan of antitrust law. As he famously quipped during his Senate confirmation hearing: “In law school, I never understood [antitrust law]. I later found out, in reading the...more

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