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Federal Court Rejects Class Action on 23(a) Grounds

By Sean Wajert on September 30, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court in Massachusetts federal court recently denied class certification to consumers who claimed their wood-plastic composite decks were de…
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Court of Appeals Rejects Nuisance Class

By Sean Wajert on September 23, 2015
Posted in Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Eighth Circuit recently reversed class certification in a recent environmental case. See Smith v. ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Co., No. 14-2191 (8th C…
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Long-lasting Lipstick Class Kissed Off

By Sean Wajert on May 19, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

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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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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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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Supreme Court Remands Two Class Actions in Light of Comcast

By Sean Wajert on June 12, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

Earlier this week I spoke at a CLE seminar on the topic of class actions, and part of my focus was the recent Supreme Court decision in Comcast Corp. …
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Toy Class Rejected on Commonality Grounds

By Sean Wajert on December 12, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

Christmas ought to be the toy season, after all Suzy wants a dolly and Johnny wants a truck. But the plaintiff bar wants it to be season of toy litiga…
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Food Spread Class Action Certified: What Happened to Wal-mart?

By Sean Wajert on November 21, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Food and Beverage

A California federal judge recently denied certification of a nationwide class, but certified a statewide class of plaintiffs in a suit over allegedly…
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Ninth Circuit Applies Dukes

By Sean Wajert on September 26, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Ninth Circuit issued an interesting class action decision applying several of the key aspects of the recent Supreme Court decision in Wal–Ma…
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Dukes Applied to Reconsideration of Class Certification

By Sean Wajert on July 25, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

A state court recently denied the motion of a group of Michigan residents to certify a class action regarding their dioxin claims against Dow Chemical…
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