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Remand Not Warranted in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on March 25, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Often defendants in proposed class actions think of an individual’s playing a dual role as lead plaintiff and class counsel as a useful fact to defeat…
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Rare Class Decision Describing Adequacy Prong

By Sean Wajert on March 20, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The adequacy prong of Rule 23 as applied to named representatives probably does not garner as much attention in litigation as the other prerequisites.
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Federal Court Rejects Copycat Class Action

By Sean Wajert on February 17, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A California federal court declined to certify a putative class of consumers in a suit accusing defendant of marketing defective dryers. See Martin M…
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Class Certification Denied in Plant Explosion Case

By Sean Wajert on December 20, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

A Massachusetts federal court last week declined to certify a class in a suit against chemical company Ashland Inc., in a dispute over a factory explo…
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Reconsideration Denied in Rejected “All Natural” Class Action

By Sean Wajert on September 7, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

Here is an update on an interesting case we posted on before. A federal court last week denied a motion for reconsideration of its ruling that denied …
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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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Class Certification Denied in BPA MDL

By Sean Wajert on July 11, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The federal judge in the MDL involving BPA in baby bottles refused last week to certify three proposed multistate classes in this multidistrict litiga…
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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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