Class Actions & Mass Actions

Recent Activity

Results are sorted by the date of most recent activity.

Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.

December 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber and NRF file en banc brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reject no-injury FACTA class action that had permitted class action settlement where the named class members had suffered no...

Thole v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

November 19, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to hold that a participant in a defined benefit retirement plan does not suffer a cognizable injury for breach of fiduciary duty...

Jock v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc.

November 18, 2019

Second Circuit upholds class arbitration, concluding that the parties agreed to have the arbitrator decide and determine class arbitration procedures. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief...

In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

November 8, 2019

Sixth Circuit panel grants Rule 23(f) petition to review district court’s certification of purported “negotiation class.” The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome, urging...

Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.

October 4, 2019

Eleventh Circuit grants rehearing en banc in FACTA class action case, vacating panel opinion that had permitted class action settlement where the named class members had suffered no injury. The U...

In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

October 2, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to grant review and decertify unprecedented “negotiation class” unauthorized by Rule 23.

Sullivan v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.

September 13, 2019

U.S. Chamber files brief urging Second Circuit to grant Rule 23(f) petition for review and decertify medical-monitoring class action.

Zehentbauer Family Land LP v. Total E&P USA

August 15, 2019

Sixth Circuit panel affirms class certification order in oil-and-gas royalty dispute. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the court to reverse, arguing that the class fails the...

Oren v. Dollar General Corp.

August 13, 2019

U.S Chamber files amicus brief in support of reversal of class certification order, arguing that class of purchasers of motor-oil products from retailer fails ascertainability requirements, and...

Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.

July 3, 2019

U.S. Chamber files merits brief urging Seventh Circuit to vacate class action certification which allowed notice to individuals who had agreed to resolve their disputes by arbitration on an...