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Defense of Mass Tort Claims, Class Actions, and Significant Product-Based Litigation

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Cert Granted in Interesting Class Action Appeal

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2016
Posted in Class Action, Consumer Products

The Supreme Court has granted cert in an important case raising the issue whether a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction under both Article III a…
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Class Certification Denied on Ascertainability Grounds

By Sean Wajert on July 3, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A federal court in New Jersey last week rejected a class certification effort by plaintiffs complaining about the marketing of Skinnygirl Margaritas. …
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Court of Appeals Breathes New Life Into Class Action Prerequisite

By Sean Wajert on August 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

The Seventh Circuit last week affirmed the trial court’s decision not to certify a class of consumers making product liability claims against the make…
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Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Vitamin Consumer Case

By Sean Wajert on August 2, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court late last month declined to certify a proposed class action in which plaintiffs challenged alleged claims about the weight-loss proper…
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Supreme Court Declines To End Multiple Class Action Mischief

By Sean Wajert on June 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

The second of our Supreme Court trilogy for the week. The Court ruled last week in Smith v. Bayer Corp., No. 09-1205, that a federal district court wa…
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Dukes v. Wal-Mart: What It May Mean for Mass Torts

By Sean Wajert on June 21, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Three new Supreme Court decisions to comment on this week. Let’s take one at a time and start with Dukes v. Wal-Mart, 564 U.S. __ (2011). The U.S. Sup…
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Proposed Class Rep Not Adequate: Got Your Dates Straight?

By Sean Wajert on June 10, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Food and Beverage

A federal court in New Jersey last week joined the small but growing trend (call it a simmer not a boil) of courts putting some real meaning into the …
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Class Certification Denied in YAZ MDL

By Sean Wajert on May 16, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The federal judge managing the multidistrict litigation over the birth control pill Yaz last week declined to certify a proposed national class of use…
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Court of Appeals Vacates Class Certification in Toxic Tort Case

By Sean Wajert on April 14, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Fifth Circuit has vacated the decision of the trial court in granting class status to a group of plaintiffs alleging that a refinery exposed them …
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Class Action Preclusion Case

By Sean Wajert on January 24, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

This week, we are going to explore some of the more interesting cases pending before the Supreme Court. In Smith v. Bayer Corp., No. 09-1205 (U.S., or…
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