Settlement, SCOTUS, Class Certification

In Labcorp v. Davis, Supreme Court Passes on Chance to Clarify Issue of Uninjured Class Members

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/11/2025

The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law. In the closely watched case of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the Court delivered a per curiam...more

Justice Kavanaugh Signals One Conservative Vote in Labcorp Toward Imposing a Pre-Certification Standing Requirement Under FRCP 23

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/11/2025

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court declined to decide the question, certified in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis, as to “[w]hether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil...more

Supreme Court Declines to Decide Key Class Certification Issue

DLA Piper on 6/6/2025

On June 5, 2025, the US Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted a closely watched case that could have clarified whether federal courts may certify damages class actions under Rule 23 when the class includes both...more

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/18/2023

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

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Article III Standing Issues Raised in Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Facebook,...

King & Spalding on 3/6/2020

On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Facebook’s petition for a writ of certiorari to consider whether consumers alleged a sufficiently concrete injury-in-fact in a biometric privacy lawsuit. A group of...more

4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/15/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: The monetary value of the top workplace class action settlements skyrocketed in 2017. Though all-time highs in this category were reached in each of the past three years, this year’s Report found that...more

Comcast and its Discontents

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/29/2015

Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011) and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 321 (2011), I appeared before a federal district judge on a motion to dismiss...more

Supreme Court Takes On Class Actions, Again

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/29/2015

Over recent years the United States Supreme Court has waded deep into the waters of class certification, significantly altering the playing field for class action claims. As the Supreme Court continues its 2015 session, it...more

Class Action Round-Up: Summer 2015

Alston & Bird on 9/17/2015

The big news this quarter is the U.S. Supreme Court’s acceptance of Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, an employment case likely to have major ramifications across the whole spectrum of class action litigation. The Court is set...more

Inside the Courts - An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2015 / Volume 7 / Issue 2

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/2/2015

In This Issue: - U.S. Supreme Court: ..Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Indus. Pension Fund, 135 S. Ct. 1318 (4th Cir. Mar. 16, 2015) - Auditor Liability: ..In re Advanced Battery Techs.,...more

Third Circuit Affirms Denial Of Final Approval Of Proposed Settlement And Certification Of Settlement Class Based On Lack Of...

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2013

The Third Circuit rejected plaintiffs’ arguments that the district court abused its discretion by overstepping its authority in declining to certify a settlement class and in misapplying Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, in...more

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