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Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decisions in Smith v. Bayer and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, I have wondered aloud whether we would start to see a significant divergence between the standards applicable to class certification in the state and federal courts.  (See the Parting Thoughts Section of this August 31 SCOTUSBlog Post).  My home state [...]

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The Colorado Supreme Court’s highly anticipated rulings in four class actions were announced earlier today.  Here are links to the opinions.  I’ll have more commentary on the four decisions soon: No. 09SC668 – Jackson v. Unocal Corp. – Judgment Reversed (class certification upheld) - Addresses the burden of proof on class certification.   No. 09SC1080 – Garcia v. [...]

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Matt Masich of Law Week Colorado has a good article out today previewing oral arguments scheduled for tomorrow in four class-action related cases.  The outcome of these cases could have a dramatic effect on class action practice in the state.  The issues to be considered include the proper standard for reviewing class certification, the burden of proof on class certificeation, the [...]

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I must have more readers than I thought, and some quality readers at that!  Andrew Oh-Willeke, Denver lawyer and author of the blog Wash Park Prophet, posted this question as a comment to one of my recent posts, and it seemed like a great topic deserving of its own post: Do you know of any [...]

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The 200th episode of “South Park” features a class action lawsuit by 200 celebrities led by Tom Cruise against the small fictitious Colorado town.  As a Colorado resident and class action lawyer, I’m dismayed at the lack of attention to detail by the South Park writers when it comes to Colorado class action law.  (Ok, I haven’t actually [...]

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For those of you who practice in the Colorado state courts, the CBA weekly newsletter had a snippet today about what constitutes official service through the e-filing system that you’ll want to pay attention to.  I suspect that similar rules applies in other states that have adopted an official e-filing system.  I have never had [...]

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