Avoiding Endless Jurisdictional Ping Pong
What happens when a wage and hour class action, removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. §§1332(d) and 1453 fails certification as a class action? What...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Enjoins Copycat Class Action
In the latest installment of a long running saga involving the stainless steel drums in Sears Kenmore clothes dryers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit utilized the All Writs Act, 28...
View ArticleOral Argument In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
The biggest news on the class action front is that the Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. That case presents the issue of whether class action waivers in...
View ArticlePrivate Third-Party Financing Of Class Actions
Co-authored by Lorie Almon and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. A recent New York Times article is creating a buzz in the class action world - the article discusses the phenomenon of how private third parties...
View ArticleClosing Thoughts On Workplace Class Action Developments In 2010
Seyfarth Shaw's 2011 Workplace Class Action Report is coming soon! The report is the sole compendium in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to workplace class action litigation. Our loyal readers can expect...
View ArticleThe 2011 Workplace Class Action Report Is Here
The year just ended was a seismic one for employment-related class action litigation, paving the way for more far-reaching judgments, court rulings, and changes to class action law in 2011....
View ArticleCalifornia Court Of Appeal Limits Plaintiffs' Request For Discovery To Locate...
By Kari Levine and Laura Maechtlen In a ruling on April 25, 2011, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District in Starbucks v. Superior Court (Lords), No. G043650 (Cal. App. Apr....
View ArticleCourt Rules That Dukes Does Not Justify Limits On Discovery In A Gender...
By Alex Drummond and Laura Maechtlen The Supreme Court's decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), continues to find its way into briefing for the nuts and bolts of many class...
View ArticleCourt Holds That 4th Amendment Applies To The Government's Enforcement...
By Alex S. Drummond and William Miles The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, paper, and effects against unreasonable...
View ArticleThird Circuit Reaffirms EEOC's Broad Subpoena Power In Mixed Ruling For...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer Riley On September 14, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued another opinion in EEOC v. Kronos, Inc., No. 2:09-MC-00079 (3d Cir. Sept. 14,...
View ArticleThe EEOC Wins A Round In Its Discovery Tug-Of-War In EEOC v. Freeman
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Rebecca Bjork In EEOC v. Freeman, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179183, at *6 (D. Md. Dec. 19, 2012), Magistrate Judge Day of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland...
View ArticleBroad Discovery Allowed By Magistrate Judge In Plaintiffs' Quest To Certify A...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Laura J. Maechtlen As our blog readers may remember, the fourth amended complaint filed by plaintiffs in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 3:01-CV-02252 (N.D. Cal.),...
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