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What's New in Class Action Law?

November 10, 2025

U.S. District Court in California Certifies Narrow Class (Due to Article III Standing Issues) for Damages under ERISA (and RICO) for Inflated Balance-Billing Practices

Written by Steve Herman
November 9, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Rejects Cross-Jurisdictional Tolling Based on Federal Class Action for Cases Initially Filed in Texas State Court

Written by Steve Herman
July 28, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts – and Clarifies – the So-Called “Class Certification” Approach in Determining the Level of Showing Required to Satisfy Article III Standing at the Certification Stage

Written by Steve Herman
July 9, 2025

Reviewing GM Transmission Certification, the U.S. Sixth Circuit, En Banc, Reverses on Commonality and Predominance Grounds

Written by Steve Herman
June 6, 2025

U.S. Ninth Circuit Requires Heightened Scrutiny for the Knowing and Voluntary Waiver or Release of ERISA Claims

Written by Steve Herman
April 10, 2025

Judge Duncan, of the U.S. Fifth Circuit, Calls Into Question the Constitutionality of the Qui Tam Relator Statute

Written by Steve Herman
January 15, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Federal Jurisdiction is Divested Where Plaintiff Amends Complaint to Remove Federal Claims

Written by Steve Herman
January 7, 2025

U.S. Third Circuit Finds That Plaintiffs Who Purchased Contaminated and Subsequently Recalled Products Had Article III Standing to Allege an Economic Injury

Written by Steve Herman
September 12, 2024

U.S. Eighth Circuit Reinstates Class Fee Objection by Serial Objector and Vacates Class Fee Award

Written by Steve Herman
August 31, 2024

U.S. Sixth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing and Predominance Challenges to Class Certification, Which is Affirmed in Multi-State Defective GM Transmission Case

Written by Steve Herman