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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Supreme Court to Hear Two Important Appeals Regarding the Requirements for Pleading Securities Fraud

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in the Facebook and NVIDIA putative securities class action cases. Our Securities Litigation Group breaks down the potentially far-ranging...more

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Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts – January 2024

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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

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Supreme Court Grants Review in Significant Arbitration Case Regarding PAGA 

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The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari to address the important question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") requires the enforcement of an arbitration agreement that would require representative...more

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court ruled on several cases involving class actions in the last few months. A case awaiting certiorari could dramatically change the jurisdictional requirements for plaintiffs in class actions across the country....more

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Three Strikes and You’re in – Supreme Court to Hear Three ERISA Cases in Upcoming Term

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The upcoming term of the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up to be a busy one with respect to cases arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). There have been other terms with multiple ERISA...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Time Stops For No One: The Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness Issues in Two Separate Class Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court suddenly seems to have a little time on its hands. Or at least on its mind. In two different class action cases on its docket this week, the question at hand was timeliness....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Has Cy Pres Gone Too Far: U.S. Supreme Court to Consider When Class Action Plaintiffs Get Nothing, but Their Lawyers and Charities...

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There has been a lot of discussion surrounding class action litigation over the course of the last several years. The U.S. Supreme Court has tackled a variety of issues ranging from the use of class action waivers in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Supreme Court To Consider Degree of Deference Courts Should Give Foreign Countries' Interpretation of Their Laws

On January 12, 2018, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation), No. 16-1220. The issue before the Supreme Court is...more

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High Court Grants Certiorari in Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation

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On Friday, January 12, 2018, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of two Vitamin C purchasers in what has become known as In re: Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation. Appellants are seeking to overturn a 2016...more

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Supreme Court Seeks Input of United States in International Price-Fixing Case - Request Could Signal Intent to Review Second...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, took the somewhat unusual step of inviting the Acting Solicitor General to express the views of the United States regarding Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome...more

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Supreme Court Holds Voluntary Dismissal With Prejudice Does Not Constitute An Appealable "Final Decision" That Would Allow The...

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On June 12, 2017, the United States Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Ginsburg, held that “[f]ederal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction under [28 U.S.C.] § 1291 to review an order denying class certification...more

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Supreme Court Will Weigh Insider Trading, Securities Act Class Action Requirements

In its 2016 fall term, the U.S. Supreme Court will have the opportunity to consider two cases involving securities laws, one of which is already on the calendar for oral argument. The cases concern the “personal benefit”...more

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