The award-winning U.S. Supreme Court blog SCOTUSblog is presenting a symposium on recent Supreme Court developments in the area of class actions that you won’t want to miss. Click here for an introduction to the symposium and here to see a list of the various contributions as they are released. I’m extremely honored to be listed [...]
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Don’t Miss the Class Action Symposium on SCOTUSblog
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, Commentary, Other class action blogs, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged class action, class action symposium, Class Action Trends, class certification, dukes, erica p. john fund, halliburton, scotus, smith v. bayer, Supreme Court, wal-mart on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Presentation Materials for Tomorrow’s CLE Webinar on the Supreme Court’s Dukes, Bayer, and Halliburton Decisions
Posted in Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, tagged bayer, class certification, cle, CLE program, commonality, dukes, eisen, employment class action, erica p. john fund, fraud on the market, halliburton, securities class action, smith v. bayer, webinar on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not too late to sign up for tomorrow’s Strafford Publications Webinar Class Certification After Dukes, Bayer and Halliburton Rulings. As a preview, here is a copy of the written materials for my portion of the presentation, Opposing Class Certification After Dukes, Bayer and Halliburton. I hope you can make it.
Don’t Miss this Exciting CLE Webinar: “Class Certification After Dukes, Bayer and Halliburton Rulings”
Posted in CLE Programs, tagged bayer, class certification, CLE program, dukes, erica p. john fund, halliburton, rule 23, scotus, smith v. bayer, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court, wal-mart, webinar on August 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who simply can’t get enough of the Supreme Court’s recent class action rulings, I will be speaking in an upcoming live phone/web seminar sponsored by Strafford Publications entitled “Class Certification After Dukes, Bayer and Halliburton Rulings.” The Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, August 30, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT. Here is a summary: The [...]
What Fraud Claims Make for a Good Class Action? Justice Breyer has an Idea.
Posted in Commentary, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged breyer, erica p. john fund, fraud, fraud on the market, halliburton, oral argument, presumed reliance, presumption of reliance, reliance, scotus, securities fraud, Supreme Court on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument today in the case of Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., No. 09-1403. A transcript of the argument is now available on the Court’s website. Erica P. John Fund involves the appropriate standard for assessing class certification in securities fraud cases brought under the “fraud [...]
Supreme Court Adds a Fourth Class Action Case to its Docket
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Federal Civil Procedure, Federal Court Decisions, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged burden of proof, class certification, erica p. john fund, fraud on the market, halliburton, price inflation, scotus, securities class action, securities fraud, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Instead of a trilogy of class action decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, it looks like there will be a “quadrilogy“! For the fourth time in the October 2010 Term, the Court has granted certiorari in a class action-related case. Today, the Court granted cert in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., No. 09-1403. The [...]


Perspectives on the October 2010 Supreme Court Term
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, Commentary, tagged bayer, class action, class certification, dukes, erica p. john fund, halliburton, scotus, scotusblog, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court, wal-mart on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My submission to the SCOTUSblog Class Action Symposium is now available for viewing. Click the title below for the link: The October 2010 Supreme Court Term in review: For defendants, life returns to normal after the celebration ends
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