--- title: Class Actions description: Advocate Magazine articles on Class Actions, from the Subject Matter Index. url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Class%20Actions --- [![Promoting worker protection through the class-action device](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Kramer-istocks-584866490_ce2aecd73a327d5b2a13eef712f3cc25.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-april/promoting-worker-protection-through-the-class-action-device "Promoting worker protection through the class-action device") ## [Promoting worker protection through the class-action device](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-april/promoting-worker-protection-through-the-class-action-device "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/helen-you "Helen You") [Jennifer Kramer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jennifer-kramer "Jennifer Kramer") From Issue: [2022 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-april) [![[[case]]Bristol-Myers Squibb[[/case]]’s impact on class actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Fisher_istock-166195708_aaf98a238932c45f86dfb33352b11d14.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/bristol-myers-squibb-s-impact-on-class-actions "[[case]]Bristol-Myers Squibb[[/case]]’s impact on class actions") ## [[[case]]Bristol-Myers Squibb[[/case]]’s impact on class actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/bristol-myers-squibb-s-impact-on-class-actions "[[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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-fisher "Robert Fisher") From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june) ## [Porter Ranch litigation: Lessons learned](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february/porter-ranch-litigation-lessons-learned "Porter Ranch litigation: Lessons learned") Ten lessons learned from representing clients in mass torts and other mass actions [Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck") [Lina Melidonian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lina-melidonian "Lina Melidonian") From Issue: [2017 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february) ## [Employment wage-and-hour class-action trials](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-april/employment-wage-and-hour-class-action-trials "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-yslas "John Yslas") [Thiago M. Coelho](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/thiago-m-coelho "Thiago M. Coelho") [Tyler Woods](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tyler-woods "Tyler Woods") From Issue: [2026 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-april) ## [Crossing the finish line to approval of your class-action settlement](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-may/crossing-the-finish-line-to-approval-of-your-class-action-settlement "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adrianne-de-castro "Adrianne De Castro") From Issue: [2021 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-may) ## [Calculating damages with class](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/calculating-damages-with-class "Calculating damages with class") Presenting damages to the mediator in wage-and-hour class actions [Arya Rhodes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arya-rhodes "Arya Rhodes") From Issue: [2019 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august) [![Down, but not out](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Crist-istock-1141989891_d02c7a31b81f148a76e1246c21c348ce.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-august/down-but-not-out "Down, but not out") ## [Down, but not out](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-august/down-but-not-out "Down, but not out") Call-recording class actions and the California Invasion of Privacy Act [Ryan Crist](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-crist "Ryan Crist") From Issue: [2020 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-august) [![Inverse condemnation and damage to private property](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/riddle-istock-506923247_bf3f9d95f8052ec88371f9681f3ed746.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february/inverse-condemnation-and-damage-to-private-property "Inverse condemnation and damage to private property") ## [Inverse condemnation and damage to private property](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february/inverse-condemnation-and-damage-to-private-property "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/amanda-riddle "Amanda Riddle") From Issue: [2018 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february) ## [Is this a class action?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/is-this-a-class-action "Is this a class action?") The basics of deciding whether your case has the makings of a successful class action [David Pivtorak](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-pivtorak "David Pivtorak") From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june) ## [Demystifying complex-case coordination](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february/demystifying-complex-case-coordination "Demystifying complex-case coordination") How to have your case designated as “complex” or form a Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding [Helen E. Zukin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/helen-e-zukin "Helen E. Zukin") [Melanie Meneses Palmer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/melanie-meneses-palmer "Melanie Meneses Palmer") From Issue: [2017 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february) [![Class certification and warranty claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Mazella_istock-1151939169_88f205fc417979268c1f0f19102f6ade.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/class-certification-and-warranty-claims "Class certification and warranty claims") ## [Class certification and warranty claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/class-certification-and-warranty-claims "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/anastasia-k-mazzella "Anastasia K. Mazzella") [Serena Vartazarian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/serena-vartazarian "Serena Vartazarian") From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june) ## [Assignment of claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december/assignment-of-claims "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gerald-serlin "Gerald Serlin") [Judith Posner](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/judith-posner "Judith Posner") From Issue: [2020 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december)