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Thousands of ‘Sweet v. McMahon’ class members notified their student loans will be discharged

Nearly 30,000 student loan borrowers will be granted relief.
JD Supra

Class Definition in Class Action Settlement Must Be Limited to Class Members That Have Standing According to Eleventh Circuit

Last week the Eleventh Circuit addressed an issue that many class action practitioners probably haven’t thought much about: whether approval of a class action settlement requires that each class ...
Reuters

Supreme Court may limit class certification through Article III standing requirement

March 10, 2025 - The Supreme Court is set to decide a question that has vexed lower courts and class action practitioners for years: Can a class be certified if some members did not suffer any injury ...
Law

Absent Class Members and Article III Standing

A plaintiff's standing to bring a claim is a threshold justiciability inquiry in all actions, including class actions. The Supreme Court has instructed that "[i]n an era of frequent litigation [and] ...
Law

Contacting Class Action Members Without Running Afoul of the Law

The U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on attorney communications with putative collective or class action members are less than intuitive. The legal standard is vague, context-specific and interpreted ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Says Class Members Must Demonstrate Standing at Summary Judgment for Certified Damages Classes

A recent Ninth Circuit decision held that both named and unnamed class members in a class seeking monetary damages must come forward with sufficient evidence of Article III standing at the summary ...