Class Certification

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Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates v. Russell

May 16, 2022

Supreme Court declines to review decision by Third Circuit allowing certification of an issues class. The Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this outcome.

Clark v. A&L Care & Training Center, LLC

May 13, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to require named plaintiffs in FLSA collective actions to affirmatively prove that employees receiving opt-in notice are similarly...

Plan Benefit Services, Inc. v. Chavez

May 11, 2022

Fifth Circuit grants permission to appeal certification of multi-plan ERISA class action. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of this outcome.

Plan Benefit Services, Inc. v. Chavez

April 19, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to review order certifying a multi-plan ERISA class action.

Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. v. Bumble-Bee Foods, LLC

April 8, 2022

En banc Ninth Circuit holds that a class may be certified even when it includes more than a de minimis number of uninjured class members so long as individualized questions about standing do not...

In re Niaspan Antitrust Litigation

March 21, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to reaffirm that district courts must conduct rigorous ascertainability analysis before certifying class actions.

In re: Veolia North America, LLC

February 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief supporting petition for rehearing en banc in Sixth Circuit to reverse panel decision that declines to enforce guardrails on certification of issues classes and...

Clark v. A&L Care & Training Center, LLC

February 4, 2022

Sixth Circuit grants interlocutory review to consider “conditional certification” of FLSA collective action. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this result.

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates v. Russell

January 28, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review decision by Third Circuit allowing certification of an issues class. Previously, the U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief when this...

In re: Veolia North America, LLC

January 24, 2022

Divided Sixth Circuit panel denies Rule 23(f) petition seeking interlocutory review of a decision certifying an issues class based on a lax application of Rule 23’s superiority requirement. The U...