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Advertisement A Chilly Reception at the 11th Circuit: The Court Narrows the Scope of the Ascertainability Requirement for Class Certification Tuesday, February 9, 2021 What do you get when you cross allegedly defective refrigerators, a dangerous chemical agent, and a hotly contested topic in class action practice? The answer is: a precedential opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit that clarifies the boundaries of the ascertainability requirement and minimizes the role of “administrative feasibility” considerations in the class certification analysis. In  C...

Monday, February 1, 2021 A look at the most significant cases and stories in class and collective litigation last year, and the anticipated impact of these developments in 2021: 1. Pandemic-related class actions lie in wait The COVID-19 pandemic was the most significant challenge employers had to reckon with in 2020, and COVID-19-related litigation continues to evolve alongside the ever-changing workplace. Although companies faced an onslaught of employment claims related to the pandemic and its operational and financial impact, relatively few of these were class filings. According ...

In Hirsch v. USHealth Advisors, LLC, Judge Pittman, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, denied Aaron Hirsch’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Class Certification, which was based on allegations that USHealth Advisors, LLC (“USHA”) and USHealth Group, Inc. (“USGA”) (collectively “Defendants”) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Maryland equivalent of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. In doing so, the Court put a dent in claims where professional plaintiffs seek to profit off the TCPA. In that case, Plaintiff developed a plan t...

Constituti unconstitutional. these two individual iraqi plaintiffs that we filed on behalf exemplify individuals who actually have helped the united states government in the war in iraq and should not be detained and should be released so that they can be reunited with their family. >> so mostly your biggest argument is they are being detained, but wouldn't it be the discretion of a president by way of executive order or no? >> we are seeking class certification because we believe there are many other individuals, including we're even hearing that lawful permanent residents, people with green ...

Congressman. [ foreign language ] >> we've been talking about the fact that president trump's executive order closing the nation's borders to funls was put into immediate effect on friday night, but refugees who were airborne on flights on the way to the united states when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports. so lawyers are jumping in now, the detention has prompted legal challenges. they want their clients released. so at the same time, they filed a motion for class certification to represent all of these refugees and immigrants. so let's listen into the congressmen and...