Notice Requirements, Appeals, Class Members

For Richards And Not For Poorer: Employers in the Seventh Circuit Get Reprieve From Unfair FLSA Collective Certification Standard

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2025

The Seventh Circuit has joined the Fifth and Sixth Circuits in establishing a higher bar for employees to clear before courts may authorize “notice” to potential members of an FLSA collective action. Although the Seventh...more

Eleventh Circuit Holds Administrative Feasibility is Not a Requirement for Class Certification

Goodwin on 2/26/2021

On February 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a significant decision holding that a putative class representative does not need to establish an administratively feasible method to...more

Sixth Circuit Reminds District Courts and Defendants That Notice Must Be Given Before Binding Class Members

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 12/9/2019

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provides an important reminder that if defendants want absent class members to be bound by a summary judgment ruling in their favor, generally they must...more

Five Points to Know about the December 2018 Amendments to Rule 23

Polsinelli on 3/13/2019

On December 1, 2018, the amendments to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule 23”), which governs class actions, went into effect. The amendments codify certain procedures the courts have been requiring or...more

New York Court of Appeals Decision Requires Needless Notice of Individual Settlements in Putative Class Actions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/13/2018

Class actions have dual natures. They start out as only individual cases, but they can become massive, collective cases where the rights of absent parties are adjudicated all at once. In most respects, class certification...more

Chris Lazarini Examines New York Court's Definition of "Class Action" and "Members of the Class"

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 2/13/2018

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case in which the New York Court of Appeals provided guidance on Rule 908 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, deciding that Rule 908 requires sending notice of a...more

New York’s Highest Court: Pre-Certification Settlements Require Classwide Notice

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/14/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Court of Appeals holds that the state’s class action rules require notice of settlements to be sent to putative class members – even though no class has been certified....more

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