Promoting worker protection through the class-action device

Identifying what makes a suitable class case; wage theft and non-wage-and-hour cases

Jennifer Kramer
Helen You

From Issue: 2022 April

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s impact on class actions

Bristol-Myers Squibb imposed new limitations on specific jurisdiction in mass actions

Robert Fisher

From Issue: 2020 June

Porter Ranch litigation: Lessons learned

Ten lessons learned from representing clients in mass torts and other mass actions

Brian S. Kabateck
Lina Melidonian

From Issue: 2017 February

Demystifying complex-case coordination

How to have your case designated as “complex” or form a Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding

Helen E. Zukin
Melanie Meneses Palmer

From Issue: 2017 February

Class certification and warranty claims

The implications of class-certification requirements in California State and Federal District Courts for breach of warranty claims in products-defect class actions

Serena Vartazarian
Anastasia K. Mazzella

From Issue: 2020 June

Assignment of claims

An untraditional approach to combining the claims of plaintiffs; how it differs from class actions, joinder, consolidation, relation and coordination

Judith Posner
Gerald Serlin

From Issue: 2020 December

Down, but not out

Call-recording class actions and the California Invasion of Privacy Act

Ryan Crist

From Issue: 2020 August

Inverse condemnation and damage to private property

Inverse condemnation may become a cause of action as the causes of California wildfires are sorted out

Amanda Riddle

From Issue: 2018 February

Is this a class action?

The basics of deciding whether your case has the makings of a successful class action

David Pivtorak

From Issue: 2020 June

Crossing the finish line to approval of your class-action settlement

Courts are increasingly scrutinizing settlements to ferret out potential conflicts and collusion

Adrianne De Castro

From Issue: 2021 May

Calculating damages with class

Presenting damages to the mediator in wage-and-hour class actions

Arya Rhodes

From Issue: 2019 August

Appellate Reports

Court says methodology of identifying class members who purchased an inflatable pool from chain store need not be shown in order to certify class. Also, decisions on choice of law and waiver of right to compel arbitration

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2019 September