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First Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement Based on Potential Intra-class Conflict, But Approves Named Plaintiff Incentive Awards

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Seventh Circuit Emphasizes “Rigorous Analysis” to Certify Class against University for Its Decision to Cancel Classes during the Pandemic

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Peeved iRobot investors urge First Circuit to revive suit over botched Amazon takeover

Amazon and Roomba maker iRobot scrapped their $1.4 billion merger deal last January in response to scrutiny from a European ...
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Third Circuit Clarifies Class Action Standing and Ascertainability in 'Kelly'

The past year or so has been challenging for consumer attorneys seeking to bring consumer class actions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. For a while now, the Third Circuit's ...
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En banc 9th Circuit takes up certification of classes with uninjured plaintiffs

(Reuters) - The en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals intends to clarify whether the federal rules for class action litigation preclude the certification of class actions in which more than a ...
Publishers Weekly25m

On Appeal, Copyright Chief Shira Perlmutter Keeps Her Job

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted the register of copyrights an injunction pending ...
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3rd Circuit vacates certification of 'issues class' against licensing gatekeeper

Sept 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Philadelphia must reconsider his decision to certify an “issues” class action by people who are suing a medical-licensing gatekeeper after learning that their OB ...
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'We, Too, Are Frustrated': Rehearing Remains Elusive Years After 11th Circuit Banned Class Action Awards

After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit shocked the class action bar by wiping out incentive awards, groups like Public Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union immediately ...