New appellate decision applies Brinker to require certification of certain meal and rest claims *

USA - May 13 2013
On Friday afternoon, the Fourth Appellate District, Division 3 (Orange County) decided Faulkinbury v. Boyd & Associates (Faulkinbury II). This was a…

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Plaintiffs' bar is whistling past the graveyard on Comcast *

USA - April 2 2013
As many readers of this blog know by now, last week the Supreme Court issued yet another anti-class certification decision in Comcast Corp. v…

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Supreme Court ruling reverses bad 9th Circuit precedent on CAFA *

USA - March 20 2013
On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles, a short, narrow, and unanimous opinion addressing removal…

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9th Circuit applies Dukes v. Wal-Mart to a wage/hour class action *

USA - March 6 2013
On March 4, 2013 the Ninth Circuit issued a second opinion in the action, Wang v. Chinese Daily News (Wang II), in which it reversed the class…

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New 7th Circuit opinion explains plaintiff's obligation to have a trial plan to maintain class certification *

USA - February 6 2013
On February 4, 2013 in Espenscheid v. DirectSat USA, LLC a Seventh Circuit panel unanimously affirmed a Wisconsin District Court judge's decision to…

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