The Texas Supreme Court rejected plaintiffs’ attempt to engage in a “fishing expedition” of the employer of two experts retained in a produc
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Rare Class Decision Describing Adequacy Prong
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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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Proposed Class Rep Not Adequate: Got Your Dates Straight?
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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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Class Rep Who Dismisses Individual Claim Lacks Standing to Appeal Denial of Certification
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A proposed class representative who voluntarily dismisses his individual claims lacks standing to appeal the denial of certification of the class clai…
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Medical Monitoring Class Actions Rejected in Beryllium Cases
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The Third Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two putative class actions that sought medical monitoring for workers and neighbors of factories using…
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Facebook Groups and Class Actions
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Plaintiffs have sued the Procter & Gamble Co. in a proposed national class action, alleging that new Pampers diapers containing “Dry Max&rdq…
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Canadian Court Rejects Pharmaceutical Class Action
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We have posted before about just how difficult Canada is becoming as a jurisdiction for class actions defendants, particularly companies in the pharma…
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