Defense counsel tend to see individualized issues of fact and law when litigating a class action. Plaintiffs counsel, on the other hand, will often look at those same issues and suggest that they ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit recently weighed in on the effect of uninjured class members on class certification—decertifying three classes in Olean Wholesale Grocery Coop. v. Bee ...

These two pressures have probably kept many a consumer attorney up at night as they wrestled with how best to bring a would-be consumer class action in the Third Circuit knowing the case law that ...

(Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set important precedent in relatively unmapped territory in its ruling Tuesday in In re Volkswagen ‘Clean Diesel’ Litigation. Judges Milan Smith and ...

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(Reuters) - For class action plaintiffs’ lawyers, there’s a whole lot to like about the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision affirming approval of the $380.5 million Equifax data breach ...

Illinois residents argue that Chicago's policy of prohibiting officers from accepting cash bail if the warrant was issued ...