Eighth Circuit grants Rule 23(f) petition, agreeing to review certification of nationwide consumer class action ignoring individualized issues and longstanding choice-of-law principles. The U.S....
Supreme Court holds that a participant in a defined-benefit ERISA plan who has received all vested benefits—and who has not shown a “substantially increased risk that the plan and employer would...
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Eighth Circuit to grant review and decertify nationwide consumer class action ignoring individualized issues and longstanding choice-of-law...
Tenth Circuit reverses District Court and decertifies ADA class action because individualized issues predominate over common ones. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting this...
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief at merits stage in New York Court of Appeals in case concerning whether New York should adopt cross-jurisdictional tolling of the statute of limitations in class...
Seventh Circuit holds that each unnamed member of a nationwide class action filed in federal court need not establish specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant. The U.S. Chamber filed an...
Divided D.C. Circuit panel holds that Whole Foods’ motion to dismiss claims of putative nationwide class members was premature because a class had not yet been certified. The U.S. Chamber filed...
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to reverse district court order certifying a “negotiation class,” arguing that such certification is contrary to the text of Rule 23,...
California Supreme Court holds that employee time spent undergoing exit searches of bags, packages, and personal devices is compensable as “hours worked” under California’s wage-and-hour law. The...
Seventh Circuit vacates district court order requiring notice to purported class action of employees who agreed to arbitrate disputes bilaterally. The court remanded for further proceedings. The...
