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The latest class action developments and trends in the United States Supreme Court, including news, key cases, and strategies.

Article III and Rule 23: Do We Stand Together or All on Our Own?

January 27, 2021 by Aaron S. Weiss

On December 16, 2020, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Ramirez v. TransUnion LLC. Specifically, the Supreme Court granted certiorari for the following question: Whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury anything like what the class representative suffered. The Supreme Court’s certiorari ... Keep Reading »

Supreme Court Declines to Remove Loophole in CAFA

May 30, 2019 by Gary M. Pappas and Raina T. Shipman

On May 28, 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas ­­— joined by unlikely allies Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan — wrote the 5-4 majority opinion holding that third-party counterclaim defendants in class actions do not have the authority to remove claims to federal court under either the general removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), or § 1453(b) of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). In this pro-consumer ruling, Justice Thomas declined to close an emerging ... Keep Reading »

Lights Out on Classwide Arbitration: The Supreme Court Rules in Lamps Plus That Ambiguity in Agreements Is Not Enough to Permit Classwide Arbitration

April 25, 2019 by D. Matthew Allen

Recently, the Supreme Court extended its prior rulings looking skeptically at the idea of classwide arbitration, holding that even when an agreement is “ambiguous” about the availability of classwide arbitration, such arbitration is still barred. Nine years ago, in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010), the Court had ruled that classwide arbitration may not be compelled when an agreement is “silent” on the availability of such ... Keep Reading »

Chaos in Gaos: Supreme Court Avoids Cy Pres Ruling and Remands Google Settlement for Standing Analysis

March 21, 2019 by D. Matthew Allen

On March 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion vacating the decision of the Ninth Circuit in Frank v. Gaos. The Court granted certiorari to evaluate a cy pres settlement in a class action. The district court approved a settlement fund granting $8.5 million in monetary relief in a suit brought by plaintiffs alleging that Google’s privacy practices violated the Stored Communications Act. The class included tens of millions of Google users. Because ... Keep Reading »

Employers and Employees Look Ahead to Potential Impact of SCOTUS Rulings on Arbitrations vs Class Action Cases

October 29, 2018 by D. Matthew Allen and Julianna Thomas McCabe

Carlton Fields Shareholder Julianna Thomas McCabe was quoted by CNBC in an article about whether the U.S. Supreme Court will make it harder for workers to take their employers to court. A fair arbitration is better and faster than a trial for both parties, said McCabe, who leads the firm’s National Class Actions practice group. McCabe told CNBC the Supreme Court appears “extremely interested in this issue” ahead of oral argument in Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White ... Keep Reading »

Tenth Circuit Finds Plaintiffs’ Settle and Dismiss Strategy Unappealing

October 5, 2018 by Carlton Fields

Following Supreme Court precedent, the Tenth Circuit recently held that plaintiffs’ settlement and voluntary dismissal of their claims did not transform the court’s interlocutory order denying class certification into a final, appealable order under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Plaintiff trusts brought a putative class action against an energy company, alleging various claims related to royalty interests under gas leases, and sought to certify a class. The district court denied ... Keep Reading »

Put This in Your Pipe: Supreme Court Rules 9-0 That American Pipe Tolling Does Not Permit Filing of Serial Class Actions Beyond the Statute of Limitations

June 12, 2018 by Bruce Berman, Julianna Thomas McCabe and Brooke Patterson

As we previously reported, last year the Ninth Circuit in Resh v. China Agritech, Inc., No. 15-55432, 2017 WL 2261024 (9th Cir. May 24, 2017), joined a circuit split when it held that the statute of limitations did not bar a third successive putative class action alleging securities fraud claims against a fertilizer manufacturer. The Ninth Circuit’s decision would have expanded the American Pipe equitable tolling rule to allow absent members of an uncertified class to ... Keep Reading »

Supreme Court Upholds Use of Class Action Waivers in Employment Arbitration Agreements

May 23, 2018 by Ricardo Rozen and Gary M. Pappas

In a significant decision awaited by U.S. employers since January 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the use of class action waivers in arbitration agreements. Justice Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, which was joined by Justices Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito. Justice Ginsburg filed an extensive dissenting opinion joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. The decision answers a question that has loomed large for employers: Can they include class action ... Keep Reading »

Supreme Court to Determine Whether An Arbitration Clause Must Explicitly Authorize Class-wide Arbitration

May 14, 2018 by Carlton Fields

The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela, to determine “[w]hether the Federal Arbitration Act forecloses a state-law interpretation of an arbitration agreement that would authorize class arbitration based solely on general language commonly used in arbitration agreements.” In other words, at issue is whether an arbitration clause must explicitly allow for class-wide arbitration, rather than solely on an individual basis, in order to find ... Keep Reading »

Will the Supreme Court Take a Charitable View of Cy Pres Settlements?

May 11, 2018 by Carlton Fields

On April 30, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Frank v. Gaos, No. 17-961 to review the fairness of the ever-increasing use of cy pres remedies in class action settlements. Cy pres remedies are often used to fund charitable or educational organizations when it would be infeasible to provide monetary relief directly to class members. In Frank v. Gaos, No. 15-15858 (9th Cir. 2017), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s approval of a cy pres-only ... Keep Reading »

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