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4/24/2025 6:44:59 PM Ninth Circuit overrules “differential targeting” personal jurisdiction standard in web-tracking class action By Terence Hawley California courts continue to wrestle with scores of putative class actions filed by individuals alleging cookies and other web-based...
8/12/2024 5:24:03 PM Ninth Circuit's remand of multimillion-dollar statutory damages award in false advertising class action provides limited guidance to district courts By Terence Hawley New York consumers prosecuting class actions in federal court often assert claims under New York’s General Business Law sections 349 and...
6/3/2024 5:49:24 PM N.D. Cal. class certification ruling rejects “ascertainability” defense despite removal of challenged statements from product labels By Terence Hawley Federal circuit courts have long been split on whether class plaintiffs must prove the existence of an administratively feasible method...
6/3/2024 3:19:51 PM U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Second Circuit Ruling on Dodd-Frank Preemption in Mortgage Escrow Interest Class Action By Brian Willett A class of New York homeowners notched a temporary victory yesterday as the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that the...
4/13/2023 11:10:40 PM Delaware Court of Chancery refuses to lift a status quo order prior to a stockholder class action settlement being noticed, considered and approved By Brian Rostocki Common stockholders filed two class action lawsuits against AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) and its board of directors (the...
9/30/2021 4:28:10 PM Third Circuit takes issue with certification of Rule 23(c)(4) issue class By Terence Hawley Federal court plaintiffs seeking class treatment of an action or claim must prove that they meet all of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...
6/7/2021 5:29:36 PM Northern District of California ruling highlights competing approaches to motions to strike national class allegations based on state law By Terence Hawley National or multi-state class actions asserting violations of different states’ laws can present challenging questions for courts and...
4/5/2021 12:00:00 AM Settlement objector persuades judge to deny fee motion until the “true amount of recovery is determined” for voucher-based class settlement By Terence Hawley The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1711-1715 (“CAFA”), places restrictions on cash attorney fee awards for class...
2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM Eleventh Circuit changes course on administrative feasibility and class certification By Terence Hawley On February 2, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit weighed in on a hotly contested issue in class action litigation: whether plaintiffs must prove...
12/8/2020 10:46:43 PM Ninth Circuit Rejects “Novel” Claim of Economic Injury Based on Overpayment in Putative Consumer Class Action By Terence Hawley In a December 4, 2020 opinion, the Ninth Circuit rebuffed a putative class representative’s efforts to establish Article III standing...