Class Action & Mass Torts
Class Definition in Class Action Settlement Must Be Limited to Class Members That Have Standing According to Eleventh CircuitNinth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were IndividualizedThird Circuit Maintains a Strict Approach to Numerosity and Highlights Circuit Split on Application of Evidentiary Rules to Class Certification Decisions
Employment & Labor
Sixth Circuit Rejects Arbitration Of Certain ERISA § 502(a)(2) Claims, Ruling That Employee Consent To Arbitration May Not Bind Plan In Putative Class ActionU.S. Supreme Court Denies Review Of Significant Second Circuit Ruling On The Scope Of California’s Anti-Discretion Statute And The Meaning Of A “Full and Fair Review” Under ERISASecond Circuit Clarifies That Reclassification of Health Status That Limits Scope of Disability Benefits Does Not Constitute “Adverse Benefit Determination” Under ERISA Claims Procedures Regulation
Insurance
Class Definition in Class Action Settlement Must Be Limited to Class Members That Have Standing According to Eleventh CircuitNinth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were IndividualizedThird Circuit Maintains a Strict Approach to Numerosity and Highlights Circuit Split on Application of Evidentiary Rules to Class Certification Decisions
Tax
Sixth Circuit Rejects Arbitration Of Certain ERISA § 502(a)(2) Claims, Ruling That Employee Consent To Arbitration May Not Bind Plan In Putative Class ActionU.S. Supreme Court Denies Review Of Significant Second Circuit Ruling On The Scope Of California’s Anti-Discretion Statute And The Meaning Of A “Full and Fair Review” Under ERISASecond Circuit Clarifies That Reclassification of Health Status That Limits Scope of Disability Benefits Does Not Constitute “Adverse Benefit Determination” Under ERISA Claims Procedures Regulation