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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 ...
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Ninth Circuit: class representative may not tailor class definitions to accommodate personal and not class-wide merits issues

Takeaway: The individual claims asserted by a class representative – as well as the defenses that apply to those claims – form the foundation of any effort to certify a class under Rule 23. If the ...

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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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 ...