Must You Take "No" for an Answer?
By Martin Woodward – May 21, 2019 | Options after an adverse Rule 23(f) ruling in theory and practice.
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
The Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee consists of practitioners, corporate counsel, and academics interested in class actions and stockholder derivative suits. Its leadership of top practitioners works to keep members abreast of issues in the class actions area, with subcommittees focused on areas that include antitrust law, consumer law, derivative suits, employment law, mass torts, pharmaceuticals and health law, and securities law.
Articles
A Circuit Split Arises over the Admissibility of Evidence on Class Certification
By Fred Burnside and Lauren Rainwater – May 21, 2019 | The Ninth Circuit broke from its sister courts in concluding that evidence considered on a motion for class certification need not be admissible evidence.
Practice Points
Seventh Circuit: The Need for Extrinsic Evidence Is Not an Automatic Bar to Class Certification
By Adam Polk – May 8, 2019 | The case is Red Barn Motors v. NextGear Capital.
Contractual Ambiguity Does Not Provide a Sufficient Basis to Compel Class Arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act
By Scott Carlton – May 6, 2019 | SCOTUS rules in Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela.
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Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives on the Implications of the First Circuit’s Asacol Decision
By Britta Stamps, Brad Bodamer, Adam Polk, and Scott Grzenczyk – December 12, 2018 | Britta Stamps and Brad Bodamer offer the defendants' perspective on the First Circuit's recent class certification decision in the In re Asacol Antitrust Litigation, while Adam Polk and Scott Grzenczyk provide insights on the decision from the plaintiffs' side.
Interview Series: Women in Class Actions (Part 2)
By Lindsay Breedlove and Jan Levine – April 17, 2018 | In Part 2 of our interview series, Jan Levine, a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia, sat down with Lindsay Breedlove, also a litigator at Pepper Hamilton, to share her experience as a member of the class action defense bar with significant leadership experience in large class actions. (15:47)
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
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Events & CLE
Jun
13
Events | In-Person
25th Annual National Institute on Aviation Litigation (AVI)
ETHICS 60 min
This year’s program emphasizes topics and discussions surrounding current issues in pilot hiring and training (FAA’s 1500 hours rule), FAA Preemption, developments in drone regulations/use litigation…
Jun
20
Events | In-Person
Fourth National Institute on Cybersecurity and Data Protection: A Law Firm's Responsibility in Managing Data Risk
ETHICS 60 min
Increasingly law firms are under the microscope for their own data handling practices. What happens when it’s your firm that’s been breached?
Jun
21
Events | In-Person
Sixth Annual Class Actions and Mass Torts Regional CLE Program
CLE 240 min
Join us for the annual Regional CLE Program on Class Actions and Mass Torts in San Francisco CA. A diverse and knowledgeable faculty of judges, academics, practitioners from both sides of the bar, an…