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Category: Class Action Basics

November 30, 2023 Chelsea Pieroni Christopher Rhodes Jr.
Posted in  Class Action Basics

That Don’t Impress Me Much! Recent Eleventh Circuit Decision Weighs in on Whether Paying Off a Class Can Moot a Class Action, with Fourth Circuit Law Remaining Inconclusive.

While perhaps rare, directly paying off a named plaintiff and putative class members before class certification is one tactic for potentially nipping a class action in the bud.  It can be effective when both parties are willing to play ball and negotiate a settlement. However, a recent Eleventh Circuit decision […]

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August 22, 2023 Ty Jameson
Posted in  Class Action Basics Class Certification

Eleventh Circuit Decision Narrowing Certification of Ford Mustang Class Shows How Predominance and Superiority Can Defeat Consumer Fraud Class Actions

A recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit involving allegations of fraud in Ford’s marketing of Shelby Mustangs highlights how Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance and superiority requirements can defeat class certification in cases where reliance is an element of the plaintiffs’ claims. Cases such as this one illustrate why the necessity of […]

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June 28, 2023 Christopher Flurry Chelsea Pieroni
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MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS: NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS $1.7 MILLION ATTORNEYS’ FEES CALCULATION FOR $52,000 CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, WITH A GLANCE AT FOURTH CIRCUIT LODESTAR ANALYSIS

Anyone asked to choose between receiving more money versus receiving less money would probably choose the obvious: more money. So, when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California lacked structure for calculating attorneys’ fees, class counsel gingerly sought to secure a generous payday after obtaining a measly, […]

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