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What's New in Class Action Law?

September 17, 2020

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Holds Incentive Awards Prohibited under U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

Written by Steve Herman
September 14, 2020

U.S. Third Circuit Affirms Class Certification in Antitrust Case

Written by Steve Herman
September 9, 2020

U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York Certifies Class Relating to a Cost of Insurance Increase on Life Insurance Policies

Written by Steve Herman
July 27, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Reverses Certification of ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

Written by Steve Herman
July 20, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Classwide Arbitration Award, While Noting Defense Counsel’s Change-in-Position and Demand for Oral Argument

Written by Steve Herman
June 27, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Declines to Sanction Defendant for Frivolous Appeal

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Confirms that Discovery Cannot Be Used to Identify a Substitute Proposed Class Representative

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

Defendant in Certified Class Action Sanctioned for Interfering with Notice Process and Defense Counsel Sanctioned for Improper Communications with Class – Rejecting, as Willful Blindness, Attorney’s “Failure to Scroll” Defense

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

California Court of Appeals Invalidates Fee-Sharing Agreement in Class Action Based on Violation of Professional Rule; Remands for Consideration of Quantum Meruit; Rejects that Only Hours, and Not Value of Referral, Can Be Considered

Written by Steve Herman
May 20, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Certification of Policyholder Class re Actual Cash Value Payments

Written by Steve Herman