Bucking a recent trend and departing from both the Second Circuit’s Katz decision and the Third Circuit’s Kamal decision, the Eleventh Circuit found that a plaintiff had standing to settle a FACTA claim on behalf of a class. This decision—Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.—signals the continuing debate about what Spokeo means for
TIME STOPS FOR NO ONE: The Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness Issues in Two Separate Class Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court suddenly seems to have a little time on its hands. Or at least on its mind. In two different class action cases on its docket this week, the question at hand was timeliness.
First, in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, the Supreme Court ruled that Rule 23(f)’s 14-day time limit for
A Look Back at Significant Developments in Class Action Law in 2017
From the standpoint of class action practice, 2017 was as important for what did not happen as for what did. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the 2017 class action scorecard, with a look forward to how the impact of some of those developments may be felt in 2018.
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