JD Supra

2024 Second Quarter Class Action Update: Trends in First Circuit Class Actions

We are pleased to present our second quarter 2024 update to the New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on class action filings in state and federal courts within the ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Gives Defendants Breathing Room to Challenge Personal Jurisdiction at Class Certification

Last year, the Seventh and D.C. Circuits addressed the contours of personal jurisdiction in federal class actions. Now, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the mix in Moser v. Benefytt, Inc.
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Attorney Fees Cannot Exceed Value to Class, 9th Circuit Makes Clear in Copyright Case

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made clear its view that class-action plaintiffs lawyers generally ...
Reuters

11th Circuit’s Equifax decision is full of good news for class action bar

(Reuters) - For class action plaintiffs’ lawyers, there’s a whole lot to like about the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision affirming approval of the $380.5 million Equifax data breach ...
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9th Circuit tosses $14.8 mln fee award in Whirlpool ‘coupon’ class action

(Reuters) - A new decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (2020 WL 6578223), vacating a $14.8 million fee award to class counsel in a case alleging that Whirlpool dishwashers were prone to ...