As promised in my post late last week, the Baker Hostetler client alert on last week’s Second Circuit decision in In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871 (2d Cir., Feb. 1, 2012) (Amex III) was released today. Here is a link to the alert, authored by New York partner Deborah Renner and Columbus associate Jennifer Vessells, [...]
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… More on Amex III
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, tagged american express merchants, amex III, arbitration waiver, class arbitration, concepcion, FAA, stolt-nielsen on February 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Third Circuit Clarifies the Facts About FACTA While the Second Circuit Has a Different Concepcion of Class Arbitration Waivers
Posted in Antitrust Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, Consumer Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged arbitration, circuit court of appeals, class arbitration waiver, concepcion, consumer class action, credit card, expiration date, FAA, FACTA, hilfiger, scotus, second circuit, stolt-nielsen, Supreme Court, third circuit on February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Two readers sent me tips yesterday on important decisions from the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals that will be of interest to class action practitioners: First, John G. Papianou of the Philadelphia firm Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP forwarded a copy of the Third Circuit’s decision in Long v. Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc., No. 11-1554 (3d Cir., [...]
Second Circuit Deals Another Blow to Class Arbitration Waivers
Posted in Antitrust Class Actions, Class Action Decisions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged arbitration, arbitration waiver, class action waiver, class arbitration waiver, FAA, federal arbitration act, public policy, second circuit, sotomayor, stolt-nielsen on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Class arbitration waivers are contract provisions that require disputes be submitted to arbitration but also expressly preclude the arbitration from being conducted on a representative or class basis. Class arbitration waivers have been a hot topic in class action litigation over the past few years, as some courts have found that in certain contexts that the are unenforceable in violation of public [...]
2010 Class Action Year in Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Federal Court Decisions, Supreme Court Decisions, Uncategorized, tagged 23(b)(2), all writs act, baycol, CAFA, CAFA removal, civil rights class action, class action review, Class Action Trends, class arbitration, class arbitration waiver, discrimination class action, diversity jurisdiction, dukes, FAA, foreign cubed, morrison, nerve center, preemption, rigorous analysis, shady grove, stolt-nielsen, top ten lists, wal-mart, year in review on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As 2010 winds down, it’s time to review the key developments in class action law. It was an especially busy year for the federal courts, and in particular the U.S. Supreme Court, on issues impacting class action practice. Here, in chronological order, are 10 key developments from the year that was: January 5 – In In [...]

