The Supreme Court held unanimously on June 11 that American Pipe tolling does not apply to successive class actions brought outside the statute of limitations. The case, China Agritech v. Resh, resolves a circuit split over...more
6/18/2018
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Appeals ,
China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Equitable Tolling ,
FRCP 23 ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation
Wells Fargo achieved a significant victory on Thursday in decade-old litigation over allegedly unlawful overdraft fees when the Eleventh Circuit held that Wells Fargo had not waived its right to compel arbitration as to the...more
We are pleased to share BakerHostetler’s 2016 Class Action Year-End Review, which offers a summary of key developments in class action litigation during the past year. Class action litigation moved to the forefront of the...more
3/31/2017
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Article III ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Due Process ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
FRCP 23 ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Young Lawyers
The Eighth Circuit has become the first federal circuit court to apply the Supreme Court’s Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2398 (2014) (Halliburton II) decision. Relying on Halliburton II, the Eighth...more
5/4/2016
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Financial Markets ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Material Misstatements ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Stock Prices