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

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The Roundup covers notable class action decisions each month from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court class action cert petitions....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - May 2024

In Cheapside Minerals, Ltd. v. Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., 94 F.4th 492 (5th Cir. 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed an unresolved question regarding the local controversy exception under...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Passes on the Chance to Tighten Class Certification Review

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On April 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court declined certiorari in the case of National ATM Council, Inc. v. Visa Inc. The central issue raised in the petition was the depth of analysis a court must conduct at the...more

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Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Circuit Split on Whether Courts May Grant Class Certification by Averaging Different Class...

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On April 29, 2024, the Supreme Court issued an Order List indicating that certiorari had been denied in Brinker International, Inc. v. Steinmetz, Docket No. 23-648. The Eleventh Circuit Brinker Decision - Brinker was...more

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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.: Court of Appeal Confirms No Compensation for Risk “In the Air”

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In Palmer v. Teva Canada Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision to deny certification of a proposed product liability class action seeking damages for the alleged increased risk of being...more

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Motion to Strike Damages Expert Leads to Denial of Class Certification

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A recent decision denying class certification in the Northern District of Illinois highlights the importance for class action defendants of challenging a named plaintiff’s damages expert as part of a strategy for opposing...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supply Demanded: Ninth Circuit Confirms Classwide Damages Models Must Account for Supply-Side Factors

In a decision issued earlier this year, Mier v. CVS Health, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 19472 (9th Cir. 2023), the Ninth Circuit held (per our research, for the first time) that class-wide damages models must be based on conjoint...more

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Eleventh Circuit rules consumers can recover statutory damages for willful FCRA violations without proving actual damages

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Joining every other circuit to address the same issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently ruled that a consumer does not have to prove actual damages to recover statutory damages for willful...more

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Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe - Part II – Italy And Spain: October 2023

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Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

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Opt-Outs in Securities Class Action Settlements More Likely in Recent Years, Especially for Large and Complex Cases

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The percentage of securities class action settlements with at least one putative class member opting out has increased in recent years, according to a new report by Cornerstone Research in conjunction with Latham & Watkins...more

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Fifth Circuit Parses Crucial Distinction Between Class Liability Theories and Class Damages Theories

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A recent opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit illustrates the importance of carefully scrutinizing classwide liability theories, even where district courts have flexibility assessing classwide...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Liability vs. Damages in Class Certification Analysis Addressed by Fifth Circuit

In analyzing class certification issues, courts have said that common issues may predominate in some cases even though damages would have to be determined individually for each class member. But what about where some class...more

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Ninth Circuit: conjoint analysis fails to show class-wide damages for fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims

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Takeaway:  We have written about the use of survey-based conjoint analyses to prove class-wide damages.  See Ninth Circuit summarily reverses exclusion of conjoint survey with “major flaws” (January 18, 2022).  Recently,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - August 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

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Does Due Process Limit Aggregate Statutory Damages in Class Actions?

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Statutes defining minimum damages per violation, such as many consumer protection laws, often inspire class actions. Plaintiffs argue that certification of such classes is easier because they avoid issues of individualized...more

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Northern District of California Decertifies Class Under Comcast Due to Inadequacy of Damages Model

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In Freitas v. Cricket Wireless, LLC, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently decertified a class because of a “critical” mistake in Plaintiff’s damages model that rendered it...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Q1 2022

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2022. In this edition, COVID cases are still endemic for insurance companies, kids’ contracts are voidable...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were Individualized

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed an issue that tends to arise frequently in class certification motion practice: how trial courts should apply the predominance requirement where appellate decisions have said that the need...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Exclusion of Damages Expert at Class Certification Stage Results in Partial Denial of Certification Motion

Just a decade ago, it was still an open question whether parties could challenge the admissibility of expert testimony in class certification proceedings. The United States Supreme Court recognized the issue in Wal-Mart...more

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Ontario Divisional Court Overturns Certification of Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim in Data Breach Class Action

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In Stewart v. Demme, the Ontario Divisional Court (the “Court”) overturned the certification of an intrusion upon seclusion claim in a data breach class action against a hospital, where a nurse used patient health records to...more

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Ninth Circuit: proof of injury is a merits issue that can doom class treatment

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Takeaway: When a district court certifies a damages class action, it often cites the long line of cases holding that, because damages for each class member can be determined after a class action trial on liability,...more

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Ninth Circuit summarily reverses exclusion of conjoint survey with “major flaws”

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Takeaway: Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), the ability of a class action plaintiff to win class certification can often rise or fall with the plaintiff’s ability...more

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Ninth Circuit: California antitrust law does not apply to the claims of a nationwide class

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Takeaway: Consumer class actions primarily target a damages remedy. In the antitrust context, state antitrust law provides the path to damages for indirect purchasers, because federal antitrust law bars indirect purchaser...more

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Court Denies Class Certification in Illinois Oil Spill Case

On October 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied the plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in Morr v. Plains All American Pipeline, LLC 2021 WL 4478660 (S.D. Illinois,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Scanning the Class and Collective Action Horizon

While group litigation and collective actions have traditionally been more difficult to pursue in the UK than in the U.S., changes to UK civil procedure rules and societal attitudes towards group ligation means that these...more

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