Kentucky District Court's denial of class certification in mortgage lending case provides numerous lessons for class action defendants
Fail-safe definition dooms state wage and hour class
Employers are continuing to see an increase in the number of wage and hour lawsuits filed by current or former employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Countrywide settles housing discrimination claims with Justice Department
Much has been already said about the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011). In this article, we provide a discussion of the recent case of Ham v. Swift Transp. Co., Inc., 275 F.R.D. 475 (W.D. Tenn. 2011), which illustrates that the precepts of Wal-Mart do not impede certification of classes under ...
December 2011 e-discovery preservation rule-making update
Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (commonly referred to as MERS) has been the subject of several class action lawsuits throughout the country.
The future of no-harm class actions is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court following oral argument in First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 10-708, October 2011.
In In re Apple & AT&TM Antitrust Litig., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138539 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 1, 2011), a California federal district court recently had the opportunity to directly apply the Supreme Court’s holding in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740, 179 L. Ed. 2d 742 (2011). In a case involving an AT&T arbitration agreement, the Court ...