JD Supra

Third Circuit Adopts a Standard for Reevaluating an Initial Denial of Class Certifications

District courts within the Third Circuit have historically applied different standards when analyzing a renewed motion for class certification. The Third Circuit used the recently issued Hargrove v.
JD Supra

Applied Underwriters Overcomes Bid For Renewed Motion For Class Certification in Worker’s Compensation Reinsurance Dispute

We have been tracking certain class actions filed against Applied Underwriters, Inc. and Applied Risk Services, Inc. alleging that the companies fraudulently marketed and sold workers’ compensation ...
Law

Court of Appeals Holds Class Certification Should Be Denied on Certification Motion and Not a Motion To Dismiss

What is remarkable about 'Maddicks' is that the Court of Appeals and a panel of the First Department mustered only bare majorities to reach this unremarkable conclusion. Richard J. Schager Jr. The ...
Reason

"To Certify This Class …, the Court Must Find That the Named Plaintiffs Have Retained Competent Counsel to Represent the Class"

And the court declines to so find when the proposed class counsel filed a brief containing "a wholesale fabrication of quotations and a holding on a material issue" (presumably stemming from using AI ...
Law

CooperSurgical Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

"This order means we get to proceed with litigation and start preparing our case for class certification and trial," Adam Polk of Girard Sharp said. The class action against CooperSurgical, which ...