A federal judge in Oklahoma earlier this week denied class certification to homeowners living near a research facility, holding that individual issues
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Another Artificial All Natural Class Action Rejected
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We have posted before about the plaintiffs’ bar ongoing war on innocuous product labels, especially the popular “natural” claims –seeking t…
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Court of Appeals Addresses Class-wide Arbitration Issue
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Our loyal readers know that the decision whether a matter gets sent to arbitration, as opposed to being adjudicated through traditional litigation, ca…
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Class Certification Reversed in Unfair Trade Practices Case
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A Florida appeals court recently decertified a class action with an unusual theory: a car maker who allegedly used headlights that can be too easily s…
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Class Plaintiffs Ordered to Brief Damages Theory Under Comcast
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We have posted about the impact of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426, 1435 (2013). As the Supreme Court reemphasized in Comcast, in order for …
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Long-lasting Lipstick Class Kissed Off
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A federal court has rejected a proposed class of plaintiffs who alleged that they purchased deceptively labeled lipstick and foundation, in part becau…
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Comcast Requirement of Class-wide Damages Dooms Class
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A California federal court has denied class certification to a putative class of consumers who bought food products marketed as healthy, which alleged…
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