Whether bringing or defending a class action in South Carolina state court, counsel should closely analyze Rule 23 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure to understand the foundations of class-action practice in the state. While South Carolina’s drafters adopted language from the federal rules, South Carolina’s version of […]
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 […]
In a previous post, we covered Sos v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance and analyzed the pick-off exception under Eleventh and Fourth Circuit case law. No. 21-11769 (11th Cir. 2023). Sos involved another issue of significance: the calculation of attorneys’ fees, which is the subject of this blog post. Click […]
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 […]