Jurisdiction, Interlocutory Appeals, Class Action

Pendent Appellate Jurisdiction in Class Actions Addressed by Fourth Circuit

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 3/12/2024

When a class certification decision overlaps with merits issues, can a court of appeals deciding an interlocutory appeal from a class certification order also review an earlier decision on a motion to dismiss if it was...more

In Big Win for Employers, U.S. Supreme Court Rules Court Proceedings Must Be Stayed During Appeal Over Arbitration

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/26/2023

On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held district court proceedings must be put on hold during an appeal on the question of whether claims are subject to arbitration. The ruling is a big win for...more

This Week at the Ninth: Class Opt-Outs and Non-Renewed Contracts

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals on 9/12/2022

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the immediate appealability of orders invalidating class action opt-outs, and considers whether a decision not to renew a contract is an adverse employment action for purposes of a Title...more

Can Out-Of-State Opt-Ins Join A FLSA Class Action: First Circuit Decision Creates Split In Circuits, Signaling Possible Supreme...

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/26/2022

There has, of late, been a lot of controversy over whether workers who live outside a State where a FLSA class action is being litigated can opt-in to that action. Different Circuits have ruled differently on this crucial...more

Does Bristol-Myers Squibb Apply to Class Actions? D.C. and Seventh Circuit Issue New Decisions

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 3/13/2020

This week the D.C. Circuit and Seventh Circuit issued decisions addressing a question that has been hotly debated by class action lawyers on the plaintiffs’ and defense sides: whether the Supreme Court’s decision on personal...more

Supreme Court Confirms Plaintiffs Cannot Manufacture Appellate Jurisdiction Over Class Certification Denials

King & Spalding on 6/16/2017

On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker. Baker resolves a Circuit split concerning whether a plaintiff, after losing a class certification battle, can effectively manufacture...more

Plaintiffs’ Voluntary Dismissal Does Not Transform Denial of Class Certification into an Appealable Final Judgment

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/16/2017

The Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Ginsburg, has held that 28 U.S.C. § 1291 does not confer appellate jurisdiction over an otherwise interlocutory order on class certification following plaintiffs’ voluntary...more

Class Dismissed . . . But not Quite: Supreme Court to Review Appealability of Class Certification Denials When Plaintiffs...

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed on 5/27/2016

Does a federal court have jurisdiction to review an order denying class certification after the named plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss their claims with prejudice? That is the question the Supreme Court will consider in...more

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