JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Affirms That Class Action Settlement Was Not a "Coupon Settlement"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McKnight v. Hinojosa, No. 21-16623, 2022 WL 17333820 (9th Cir. Nov. 30, 2022) considered whether the proposed class action settlement was a "coupon ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Says Class Members Must Demonstrate Standing at Summary Judgment for Certified Damages Classes

A recent Ninth Circuit decision held that both named and unnamed class members in a class seeking monetary damages must come forward with sufficient evidence of Article III standing at the summary ...
The National Law Review

Class Standing Redux- Ninth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs Must Present Evidence of Class Member Injury at Summary Judgment

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Law

Ninth Circuit Deepens Split on Class Action 'Ascertainability'

Plaintiffs lawyers don't need to put forth a plan for identifying class members to secure class certification, Judge Michelle Friedland wrote Tuesday in a defeat for the defense bar. Throwing its ...
Reuters

Did the 9th Circ. just create a split on a key class certification issue?

(Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cannot agree on whether it has created a circuit split on a critical class action issue. Sign up here. Defendants StarKist Co and Dongwon Industries ...
Reuters

9th Circuit decertifies tuna price-fixing classes, clamps down on uninjured class members

Antitrust class action plaintiffs won a battle on Tuesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op Inc v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC(2021 WL 1257845) that three ...