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Ninth Circuit Reexamines Class Certification Standards After Dukes v. Walmart

In Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 19060 (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2011), the Ninth Circuit reviewed the standards for class certification in an employment class action following the U ...

Zillow Investor Class Rehearing Denial Spurs High Court Question

Zillow Group Inc. failed to convince the Ninth Circuit to revisit the shareholders’ class status in a securities case, ...
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Action Settlement Based on Notice Concerns and Insufficient Scrutiny

Class action settlements are complicated. They often take months to negotiate. The last thing the lawyers or their clients on either side want to happen is for the trial court to deny approval or, ...
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End of an era: Palm Beach Day Academy graduates final class of ninth-grade students

Palm Beach Day Academy marked the end of an era Friday during its annual commencement ceremony. Eleven of the 57 students who received their diplomas from Headmaster Fanning Hearon represented the ...