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Eleventh Circuit Provides New Guidance on Class Action Settlements

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 5/16/2024

Suppose that the central issue in a putative class action is a legal issue pending before the Supreme Court. Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, the plaintiffs will recover either nothing or up to $600 million. But...more

Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts - February 2024

Carlton Fields on 3/20/2024

The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more

U.S. Department of Justice Will Likely Become More Active in Reviewing Proposed Class Action Settlements

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/23/2018

• The DOJ has streamlined its process for reviewing CAFA settlement notices. • The DOJ will likely become more aggressive in reviewing class action settlements for fairness, reasonableness and conformity with DOJ policy...more

DOJ to Take Closer Look at Fairness of Proposed Class Action Settlements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/22/2018

For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has exercised its authority under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) to file an objection to a proposed settlement of a consumer class action....more

Class Action Fairness Act Author Introduces New Bill That Would Drastically Reform Class Action Litigation

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/20/2017

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the author of the Class Action Fairness Act, introduced the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017” last week that would substantially change class action...more

Buy One, Get One Free: Appellate Court Strikes Deal to Permit Defendant’s Second Attempt at Removing Class Action Beyond Initial...

K&L Gates LLP on 4/18/2016

Addressing an issue of first impression, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Graiser v. Visionworks of America, Inc., recently upheld a defendant’s second attempt at removing a class action to federal court under the Class...more