Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 23 Sep 2015
The Eighth Circuit recently reversed class certification in a recent environmental case. See Smith v. ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Co., No. 14-2191 (8th…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 3 Jul 2015
We typically focus on state court class actions when they reach the appellate level, but wanted to note an interesting decision at the trial court…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 12 Mar 2015
A March 8, 2016 trial date was set for the 28 criminal charges against PG&E in the wake of the San Bruno explosion. The company faces a fine of up to…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 14 Aug 2014
The Judicial Conference of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure will meet October 20, 2014, in Washington, D.C. While the…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 4 Sep 2013
Defendants in a fracking toxic tort case last week petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to overrule an appeals court decision which had struck down…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 22 Aug 2013
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded to state court under the Class Action Fairness Act's (CAFA's) "local controversy" exception a…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 2 Aug 2013
In a thorough per curiam order, the Kansas Court of Appeals emphatically reversed the District Court's order certifying a class of "free gas" users…