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New Life for Class Arbitration, or Strategic Mistake in an Isolated Case?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 week ago: The Supreme Court issued its decision today in the first of two arbitration-related class action cas … more →

Tags: Supreme Court Decisions, Alito, american pipe, Arbitrability, Arbitration, class-action, Class Arbitration, class arbitration waiver, FAA

What the Heck's Going on With Class Actions?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 2 weeks ago: My sincere apologies to the loyal ClassActionBlawg reader for the scarcity of new content lately. I … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Supreme Court Decisions, Attorney General, Attorneys General, behrend, cafa, class-action, Comcast, Diversity

Recent Developments in Privacy Class Actions

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 2 months ago: Work commitments have prevented me from posting over the past week, but I wanted to take the opportu … more →

Tags: Data Privacy Class Actions, class-action, class certification, Comscore, data privacy, Hannaford, predominance, Privacy, privacy class action

Supreme Court Tells Lower Courts to Roll Up their Sleeves in Assessing Expert Testimony on Issues of Classwide Proof2 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 2 months ago: The United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864 today.   … more →

Tags: Supreme Court Decisions, rule 23, Antitrust Class Actions, Supreme Court, predominance, rigorous analysis, SCOTUS, expert testimony, Scalia

Plaintiff's Counsel Can't Bind Class By Stipulating to $4,999,999 in Damages, Says Supreme Court in Standard Fire1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 3 months ago: The Supreme Court issued its first-ever decision interpreting the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) t … more →

Tags: Class Action Fairness Act, Supreme Court Decisions, 4, 5, 000, .:., $5 million, 999, Amount in controversy

Materiality Can Wait, Says the Supreme Court in Amgen1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 3 months ago: The Supreme Court has issued its opinion in one of the most highly anticipated class action-related … more →

Tags: rule 23, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, 10b-5, Amgen, Basic, Causation, connecticut, erica p. john

You Know Good and Well that Your Call May Be Monitored or Recorded for Quality Assurance Purposes

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 5 months ago: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling yesterday that will be a blow to plaintiffs seeki … more →

Tags: Data Privacy Class Actions, ADT, California, Call Center, class-action, class certification, faulkner, invasion of privacy, monitored or recorded

Intra-class Conflicts, Regression Analysis, Antitrust Impact, and Class Certification

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 6 months ago: My partner, Bob Abrams, sent me a copy of the order granting Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for Cl … more →

Tags: Antitrust Class Actions, Antitrust, behrend, cartel, class-action, Comcast, Conspiracy, daubert, expert testimony

16th Annual Class Actions Institute In Review – Session 2 – “The Class Definition That Works . . . or Does It?”4 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 7 months ago: This is the second of what will be six posts summarizing my notes of the six presentations at the AB … more →

Tags: Practice Tips, rule 23, ascertain, Ascertainability, Carr, class-action, class certification, class definition, Class Member

Do Class Actions Threaten the Future of U.S. Manufacturing?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 8 months ago: Tiger Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association, authored an impassioned op-ed for th … more →

Tags: class action reform, rule 23, Supreme Court Decisions, class-action, class certification, glazer, manufacturing, predominance, Product Liability

Baker Hostetler Team Recognized for Excellence in Major Class Litigation

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 11 months ago: Editor’s Note: I don’t often use this blog as a platform to brag about my firm, but I th … more →

Tags: Antitrust Class Actions, Class Action Settlements, abrams, Antitrust, antitrust class action, cartel, class-action, class action settlement, Competition

The Juridical Link Doctrine - Is it Passé or Set for a Resurgence?

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 11 months ago: For those who practice in the area of insurance-related class actions, I highly recommend an article … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, standing, class certification, Second Circuit, juridical link, Mahon, ticor, Article III

Tenth Circuit Holds that Mere Allegation by Plaintiff of Intent Not to Seek More than $4,999,999.99 in Damages Is Not Dispositive of CAFA Jurisdiction1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 11 months ago: Earlier today, the Tenth Circuit joined the majority of Circuit Courts of Appeals in holding that a … more →

Tags: CAFA Requirements, Bell, cafa, class-action, Class Action Fairness Act, Court of Appeals, diversity jurisdiction, Eighth Circuit, Frederick

California Supreme Court to Weigh in on Statistical Sampling in Class Actions

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: In preparing for our webinar on the use of statistics in class actions tomorrow, I discovered that t … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Brinker, California Supreme Court, class-action, class certification, duran, inference, regression, sampling

Trial By Formula, Statistical Sampling, and the Right to Due Process1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: Editor’s Note: This is a joint post for ClassActionBlawg and the newly-launched Baker Hostetle … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Employment Class Actions, drogin, Due Process, Dukes, predominance, sampling, Statistical Sampling, statistics

And Speaking of Morrison...

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last week that confirms that there are still s … more →

Tags: International Class Action Law, Securities Class Actions, 10/B, 10b-5, absolute activist, conduct and effects, Ficeto, Morrison, National Australia Bank

More on Posner's McReynolds Decision

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: For those readers who are interested in additional insights on Judge Posner’s opinion in McRey … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Commentary, Employment Class Actions, class-action, Disparate Impact, Dukes, employment class action, Employment Discrimination

Can't Seem to Find Common Ground with Plaintiff's Counsel? Try the Trustee.

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: Alison Frankel, whose On the Case blog is featured in the Thomson Reuters News and Insight section, … more →

Tags: CAFA Requirements, Class Action Settlements, Class Action Trends, other class action blogs, ARTICLE 77, Bank of America, blackrock financial, cafa, class-action

... More on Amex III3 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: As promised in my post late last week, the Baker Hostetler client alert on last week’s Second … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, american express merchants, amex III, arbitration waiver, Class Arbitration, Concepción, FAA


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