United States: Supreme Court Continues To Push The Envelope For Merits Determinations - Cozen O'Connor
The lesson to class counsel may be that in class actions, pleading or arguing in the alternative can have serious adverse consequences, as the Supreme Court has essentially instructed lower courts to flyspeck class certification evidence for inconsistencies with discarded liability theories.
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United States: Supreme Court Raises The Bar For Class Actions - Fisher & Phillips LLP
Today the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a pivotal decision, holding that as a prerequisite for certification of a class action, a plaintiff must introduce admissible evidence to show that the case is susceptible to awarding damages on a class-wide basis.
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United States: In Massachusetts, ZIP Codes Constitute Personal Identification Information - Fox Rothschild LLP
In connection with a class action lawsuit filed against Michaels Stores Inc., the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts certified to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts three questions: (1) whether a ZIP code constitutes personal identification information; (2) whether, under the Massachusetts statute prohibiting collection of personal identification information during a credit card transaction, a plaintiff may pursue a claim without any evidence of identity thef
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United States: Unexpected Dismissal By Supreme Court Leaves Intact Ninth Circuit Decision Holding That Violation Of A Statutory Right, Without Actual Damage, Confers Article III Standing - Perkins Coie LLP
A Supreme Court decision long-awaited by the class action bar and businesses was a surprise non-event last Thursday when, seven months after hearing oral arguments in First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, the Supreme Court issued an order dismissing the writ of certiorari in the case as improvidently granted.
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United States: Securities Litigation Defense Implications From The Supreme Court's Amgen Opinion - Jones Day
On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, that plaintiffs in a federal securities fraud action need not prove the materiality of an alleged misrepresentation to certify a class under the fraud-on-the-market theory.
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