Common and predominating damages: Comcast opinion extends Wal-Mart v. Dukes' standards for class certification but leaves the question of Daubert for another day *

USA - April 2 2013
On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864, which provides a valuable tool for the defense in…

Co-authors: Dustin M. Dow, Casie D. Collignon, Patrick T. Lewis, Danyll W. Foix, John B. Lewis.

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Sixth Circuit further defines requirements of commonality under Dukes; distinguishes Seventh Circuit case relaxing those requirements *

USA - February 21 2013
In a recent case, Miller v. Countrywide Bank (In re Countrywide Financial Corp. Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation), — F.3d —, No…

Co-authors: Elizabeth A. Braverman.

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Seventh Circuit rejects class trial by [un]representative sample *

USA - February 19 2013
In Espenscheid v. DirectSat USA, LLC, Case No. 12-1943 (7th Cir. Feb. 4, 2013), in a combined collective/class action asserting claims under the Fair…

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Dukes dooms Domino’s delivery drivers’ class action *

USA - February 14 2013
The Eighth Circuit recently reaffirmed one of the central holdings of Dukes v. Wal-Mart—commonality is no longer a "rubber stamp." In Luiken v…

Co-authors: Scott J. Bent.

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Class action settlements — res judicata or not? *

USA - August 7 2012
Defendants settle class actions, in large part, to buy peace. 

Co-authors: Robert Tucker.

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