Commentary and analysis of the Supreme Court's opportunity to grant certiorari review in Amchem Prods. Inc. v. Windsor, to decide issues relating to settlement classes in the underlying Georgine nationwide asbestos futures settlement class. The article places the Georgine settlement in the...

Commentary and analysis of the Supreme Court decision in Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., and reversing two decisions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Ortiz, a 7-2 decision, the Court reversed the Fifth Circuit's affirmation of a Rule 23(b)(1)(B) mandatory global settlement of asbestos...

Commentary and analysis of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure published by the Administrative Office of the United States Court, relating to Rule 23 (class action litigation), and Rule 53 (special masters). The current rule package comes after a decade-long effort of the...

Commentary and analysis of the possibility of classwide litigation over bad subprime mortgage loans under the federal Truth in Lending Act. This article discusses TILA's various provisions as they intersect with class action procedure, and TILA's limitations on remedies and monetary recoveries....

This article discusses Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Angie Moriana, to be argued to the Supreme Court on March 30, 2022. The Court will address whether California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PACA) permits a plaintiff in a labor dispute to seek relief on behalf of hundreds of claimants and...

This article analyzes and comments on the Supreme Court appeal in Public Employees' Retirement System v. IndyMac MBS, Inc., No. 13-640, which was scheduled to be argued to the Court on October 6, 2014. In this case, the Court was to consider whether the filing of a putative class action under...