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On May 15, 2023, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey unanimously affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a putative securities class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933...

Last week, Florida witnessed a significant development in its telephone solicitation regulations with the signing of HB 761 into law. This amendment brings about substantial changes...

SN Top 10: Rite Aid, Kroger, Instacart top the week's headlines

Early 2022 decisions interpreting Ontarios new mandatory dismissal for delay regime were glad tidings for defendants, suggesting the regime would be strictly applied. However, over the course of 2022, the pendulum swung in the other direction, with an increasingly flexible approach being applied.

In our 2023 edition of Looking Forward, we review notable class action developments from the past year and consider what recent trends in the law might tell us about what to expect in the years ahead.

On May 15, 2023, the Second Circuit vacated the entry of summary judgment on Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and New York Labor Law § 860 et seq.

In an active year in securities class actions, Canadian courts have provided new guidance and clarity in a number of important areas. Below we briefly review a number of significant decisions in Canadian securities class actions from the past year.

The year 2022 continued to be positive for institutional clients involved in privacy breach class actions, with the Ontario Court of Appeal refusing to the expand the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to impose liability on institutions whose databases were hacked by unauthorized third parties.

On May 19, 2023, in Clark v. A&L Home Care and Training Center, LLC., the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the familiar two-step certification procedure in collective...

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