The 11th Circuit recently addressed the issue of competing or overlapping class actions, which often create problems for both the plaintiffs’ counsel and the defense. In Medical and Chiropractic Clinic, Inc. v. Oppenheim, the 11th Circuit clarified what duties class counsel owes to class representatives and the correct forum for asserting challenges
American Pipe? No Cigar: Third Circuit Rejects Tolling for Claims of Named Plaintiffs
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in China Agritech Inc. v. Resh conclusively established that equitable tolling of the statute of limitations for putative class members – known as American Pipe tolling – applies only to class members’ individual claims, and not to later-filed class claims (sometimes referred to as “piggyback” class actions). (We discussed
Supreme Court Puts Kibosh on Piggybacked Class Actions
The Supreme Court’s decision in China Agritech Inc. v. Resh means that class action plaintiffs can no longer rely on serial class actions to toll their statute of limitations indefinitely. Instead, the Supreme Court held that the judicially created rule which tolls the statute of limitations for putative class members—called American Pipe tolling—applies to individual