Class Actions

Promoting worker protection through the class-action device

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

Helen You
Jennifer Kramer

From Issue: 2022 April

[[case]]Bristol-Myers Squibb[[/case]]’s impact on class actions

[[case]]Bristol-Myers Squibb[[/case]] 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

Employment wage-and-hour class-action trials

Complex by nature, it’s your job to keep it focused, targeted and understandable to a jury

John Yslas
Thiago M. Coelho
Tyler Woods

From Issue: 2026 April

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

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

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

Anastasia K. Mazzella
Serena Vartazarian

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

Gerald Serlin
Judith Posner

From Issue: 2020 December