Best in Class Blog

Could issue-class certification soon be headed to the Supreme Court? In late December, a D.C. medical transportation company defending a wage and hour class action asked our nation’s highest court to take another look at a D.C. Circuit opinion weighing in on an issue-class certification order. Here, paying homage to […]

District courts typically grant or deny class certification on a claim-by-claim basis.  If a plaintiff can’t meet the Rule 23 requirements for a particular claim, then class certification is denied. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)–(b). Once in a while, however, district courts will certify a class on an element […]