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Summer 2011, Volume 8, Number 1

AUG-11(1)
 |  Dec 22, 2015

In this issue: The U.S. Supreme Court took a hard look at class actions earlier this year in a decision on Wal-Mart v. Dukes. Our five papers not only represent…

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Clarifies Commonality Analysis for Class Actions and Rejects Use of Injunctive Relief as Hook to Certify Damages Class
 |  Aug 16, 2011

Donald Falk, Marcia Goodman, Archis Parasharami, Aug 16, 2011 Last year we reported on the en banc Ninth Circuit’s pathbreakingly broad decision affirming the certification of a class of 1.5…

Duking It Out in Antitrust Price-Fixing: Class Actions After Dukes
 |  Aug 15, 2011

Jay Himes, William Reiss, Aug 15, 2011 In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the United States Supreme Court rejected class certification in a gargantuan gender discrimination case against Wal-Mart. The…

Implausible Wrongs and Dissimilarities: The Supreme Court Continues Its Anti-Litigation Trend, This Time With a Class Action Focus in Wal-Mart v. Dukes
 |  Aug 15, 2011

Marcia McCormick, Aug 15, 2011 The Supreme Court’s decision this term in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, has broad implications for the future of class actions, particularly where the defendant’s state of…

Implications of Wal-Mart v. Dukes for Federal Antitrust Class Actions
 |  Aug 15, 2011

William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Aug 15, 2011 On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ruled that “one of the most expansive class actions ever” had been improperly certified…

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