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Ascertainability Issues Doom Class

By Sean Wajert on February 5, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The federal court in Maryland recently rejected a proposed class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, raising the important issue of as…
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Class Certification Denied in Dog Treat Case

By Sean Wajert on February 3, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

A federal court recently denied certification to a proposed nationwide class in a suit alleging defective dog treats. See Holt, et al. v. Globalinx P…
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Federal Court Rejects Fraud Class Action

By Sean Wajert on October 23, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud

A federal court stayed a rejected proposed class action pending the outcome of plaintiffs’ petition for interlocutory appeal of the class certificatio…
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Denial of Class Certification Does Not Deprive Federal Court of CAFA Jurisdiction

By Sean Wajert on October 9, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Quick CAFA point for our readers. Another federal court has ruled that the denial of a motion for class certification does not divest a federal distri…
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Voluntary Dismissal Not A Route To Appellate Review of Class Issue

By Sean Wajert on September 12, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Getting an appeals court to focus on class decisions- certification, refusal to certify, and decertification – can be crucial to litigants on both sid…
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Homeowner Class Decertified Under Statute of Repose

By Sean Wajert on September 9, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A federal court last week decertified a class of North Carolina homeowners who alleged breach of warranty against the manufacturer of window trim in a…
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Another Plaintiff Fails to Obtain Class Certification for Claims About Products Not Actually Purchased

By Sean Wajert on June 18, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

We’ve posted before about the curious phenomenon of plaintiffs suing about the labeling on a product they never even purchased. Recently class certifi…
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Consumer Fraud Claims Denied; Class Decertified

By Sean Wajert on April 18, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A federal court ruled recently for defendant in a proposed class action about the labeling of an iced tea product. See Ries v. Arizona Beverages USA L…
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Denial of Class Certification Affirmed in Cellphone Case

By Sean Wajert on August 27, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

The Eleventh Circuit last week upheld a trial court’s refusal to certify a class action accusing the defendant of improperly reactivating lost o…
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Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Licensing Case

By Sean Wajert on July 20, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

A New York federal court rejected a class certification motion recently in a suit over Scholastic Corp.’s alleged use of photographs in publications f…
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