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State Supreme Court to Review “Trial by Formula” Short Cuts In Class Action

By Sean Wajert on July 5, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to review an important class action issue: the use of “trial by formula” as a vehic…
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Amici Weigh in On Consumer Class Certification in 6th Circuit

By Sean Wajert on June 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

Earlier this month, a number of prominent business groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers, weighed in supporting a petition for r…
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State Supreme Court Applies Lessons of Dukes to Toxic Tort Class Action

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

Louisiana’s Supreme Court last week reversed the certification of a class action brought by property owners over the alleged release of contaminants f…
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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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Court of Appeals Rejects Medical Monitoring Class Action

By Sean Wajert on August 31, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Medical Monitoring, Toxic Tort

The Third Circuit last week affirmed a lower court decision denying class certification in a medical monitoring case alleging vinyl chloride exposures…
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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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