Federal circuit courts are split today on whether a federal court can certify a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) when at least one member of the proposed class lacks an ...

Many class-action commentators (including this blog) spend much of their time focusing on class action in federal courts: what caselaw controls, what arguments tend to work. They spend far less time ...

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently served up a defense victory by ruling that defendants do not carry the burden of proof at class certification, even on issues where defendants would bear ...

At a lengthy hearing Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court considered a thicket of procedural issues standing in the way of a potentially significant ruling on class action certification. The U.S. Supreme ...