Class Actions & Mass Actions

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Waters v. Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc.

January 13, 2022

Divided First Circuit panel affirms district court’s denial of motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in FLSA collective action. The U.S. Chamber filed...

Bank of America Corp. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC

January 10, 2022

Supreme Court declines to review whether an action filed by non-existent plaintiffs is a nullity that cannot be saved by joinder of a real party in interest at some future date. The U.S. Chamber...

Ruffing v. Wipro Ltd.

December 16, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to hold that Pennsylvania’s consent-to-general-jurisdiction statute is unconstitutional and that every plaintiff in a FLSA collective action...

Heredia v. Sunrise Senior Living, LLC

December 7, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to grant Rule 23(f) petition and decertify risk-of-harm class action.

Easom v. US Well Services, Inc.

December 6, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief on the scope of the WARN Act’s “natural disaster” exception in the context of the global pandemic.

Pennington v. Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

November 30, 2021

Fourth Circuit affirms district court and rejects interpretation of the WARN Act that would have broadened single employer liability and narrowed the unforeseen business circumstances exception. ...

Steinmetz v. Brinker International, Inc.

November 23, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reverse district court’s class certification and hold that neither allegations of the risk of future harm stemming from a data breach nor...

Bruno v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

November 22, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to reverse and hold that a district court may not order that notice be sent to potential members of a collective action who have agreed to...

Bank of America Corp. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC

November 4, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant writ of certiorari and hold that an action filed by non-existent plaintiffs is a nullity that cannot be saved by joinder of a real...

Cline v. Sunoco, Inc.

November 1, 2021

Tenth Circuit dismisses appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. The U.S. Chamber filed a brief on the merits, urging the Tenth Circuit to enforce Rule 23’s predominance requirement.