On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that companies can prohibit workers from bringing class action suits over workplace issues. This affects an estimated 25 million employment contracts, and has far-reaching implications in wage and hour litigation and beyond. Click here to read what this means for you.
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Overall, 2017 was a busy year for securities class action lawsuits. It started at a blistering pace, and finished with the most suits filed since 2001, at a staggering 66% increase over 2016. The resolutions for securities cases, coming in at 353 total, was the highest number since 2001. This is a 30% increase over 2016.
read more Since almost all certified class actions settle, a Circuit Court of Appeals decision affecting the viability of such settlements is certain to receive a lot of attention from class action practitioners. This is particularly true when the decision is issued by the high-profile Ninth Circuit, which covers the West Coast.
read more Reach. This word has become the measuring stick for how notice adequacy is judged in many class action settlements – certainly in consumer settlements with little or no class member address data. The term literally means the estimated percentage of an audience that is exposed to a message (though not necessarily the percentage that have actually seen it). But there's more to reach than just numbers - legal practitioners must be smart about balancing reach vs. cost in an effective way.
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