HRD America

Third Circuit ruling empowers HR to resolve wage disputes faster

Third Circuit decision gives HR leaders more flexibility to resolve wage-and-hour class actions – find out what this means ...

Sixth Circuit Creates Circuit Split on Insurance Valuation Class Action Certification

The Sixth Circuit concluded a federal judge for the Western District of Tennessee did not abuse its discretion when it certified the class. However, the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Addresses Class Representative Incentive Awards and Attestation Requirement

A recent Ninth Circuit decision on a class action settlement, In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, 2022 WL 4492078 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2022), received significant attention in the legal ...
Law

Third Circuit Clarifies Class Action Standing and Ascertainability in 'Kelly'

These two pressures have probably kept many a consumer attorney up at night as they wrestled with how best to bring a would-be consumer class action in the Third Circuit knowing the case law that ...
The National Law Review

First Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Based on Potential Intra-class Conflict, But Approves Named Plaintiff Incentive Awards

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JD Supra

Second Circuit Affirms Class Decertification Based On Inadequate Representation

The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the trial court acted within its discretion because class counsel’s conduct made clear that “counsel was no longer adequately representing the class.”[11] ...
The National Law Review

Seventh Circuit Emphasizes “Rigorous Analysis” to Certify Class against University for Its Decision to Cancel Classes during the Pandemic

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Reuters

9th Circuit decertifies tuna price-fixing classes, clamps down on uninjured class members

Antitrust class action plaintiffs won a battle on Tuesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op Inc v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC(2021 WL 1257845) that three ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Brushing Up on Class 1 Circuit Requirements

Article 725 provides the requirements for Class 1 circuits in Part II. A Class 1 circuit is that portion of the wiring between the overcurrent protective device (OCPD) of a Class 1 power supply and ...