Earlier this year, in Bellon v. The PPG Employee Life & Other Benefits Plan, 41 F.4th 244 (4th Cir. 2022), the Fourth Circuit remanded a decision from the Northern District of West Virginia addressing whether a class of retirees and their spouses may recover […]
Just about a year ago, Ellis & Winters LLP launched its Best in Class Blog. So, we are declaring today, October 7, as the Blog’s official one-year anniversary. Even before launching the Blog, the firm recognized the perilous and complicated path that class-action litigation can bring to any company. So, […]
A Rule 23(f) Refresher A recent opinion from the Third Circuit, Laudato v. EQT Corporation, 23 F.4th 256 (3d Cir. 2022), provides a helpful refresher on the procedure for obtaining interlocutory review of district courts’ class certification decisions—and also confirms the Third Circuit as perhaps the most liberal circuit in […]
Attorneys interested in class actions and antitrust law will read the Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in the “tuna case”—Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC—with relish. 31 F.4th 651 (2022). The case contains important takeaways for class action and antitrust attorneys,[1] and also—the focus of this post—highlights […]