• Wolff v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Elliott, Kyle M. Elliott, Stewart J. Greenleaf, Jr., Mark J. Schwemler, Elliott Greenleaf, Blue Bell, PA for petitioner.
    for defendant: Charles Kannebecker, Milford, PA for respondent.

    Case Number: 22-8056

    The issue before the court was when the timeframe for filing an interlocutory appeal of a class certification order could be extended under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f), which authorizes interlocutory review of orders "granting or denying class-action certification" of petitions filed within 14 days of the order. Here, petitioner filed a Rule 23(f) petition 14 days after the district court had revised its class certification order but months after the original order certifying the class. Respondent, who had received disabilit

  • Maugain v. FCA US LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly A. Green, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Russell D. Paul, Abigail J. Gertner, Amey J. Park, Natalie Lesser, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Tarek H. Zohdy, Cody R. Padgett, Laura Goolsby, Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, CA; Steven Calarnusa, Geoff Stahl, Rachel Bentley, Gordon & Partners, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Geoffrey Graber, Brian E. Johnson, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patrick M. Brannigan, Jessica L. Reno, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Stephen A. D’Aunoy, Scott H. Morgan, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO for defendants

    Case Number: 22-116-GBW

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part in a class action matter filed by vehicle owners against an engine manufacturer and distributor.

  • Buttonwood Tree Value Partners, L.P. v. R.L. Polk & Co, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Dorey, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher M. Mason, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York, NY; Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69870

    Court certified class of stockholders challenging self-tender transaction for misleading corporate disclosures, where certification was appropriate for the purposes of establish breach of duty and nominal damages, although the question of rescission damages would be individual to each stockholder.

  • In Re PLX Tech. Inc. Stockholders Litig., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-03
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Robbins Geller Rudman & Down, LLP, San Diego, CA; Kent Bronson, Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Patricia L. Enerio, Melissa N. Donimirski, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Weidinger, Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce, Greenville, DE; Lori Marks-Esterman, Renee M. Zaytsev, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69798

    The court approved a modification to a class action settlement and a more efficient distribution method than the traditional notice-and-claim process.

  • Archer v. Defenders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Rigrodsky, Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eya Dror, Shelly L. Friedland, Stan Gutgarts, Ted Trief, Trief & Olk, New York, NY; Macy D. Hanson, The Law Office of Macy D. Hanson PLLC, Madison, MS; Peter S. Pearlman, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrman, & Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: J. Cory Falgowski, H. Carlton Hilson, Kristin Bryance Metheny, Ronald W. Flowers, Burr & Forman LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69598

    The court held that since plaintiffs, who were agents of defendant company, filed their claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act after the deadline for underpayment claims, their claims should be dismissed with prejudice.

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  • DuBose v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-11
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69498

    Plaintiffs made a judicial admission regarding the tolling of their tort claims, and they failed to establish any other basis for tolling the statute of limitations.

  • Kirchner v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Weiswasser Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David S. Sager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Short Hills, NJ for defendant.

    Case Number: D69370

    The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the putative plaintiffs in this class action pro-ceeding failed to meet the heightened pleading standard for their fraud claims.

  • Laborers Local No. 231 Pension Fund v. Cowan

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Greenberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, David M. Sborz, Craig J. Springer, Andrews & Springer, Greenville, DE; Randall Baron, Joseph D. Daley, David T. Wissbroecker, Robbins Geller Rudman & Down, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Down, Nashville, TN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Deborah S. Birnback, Jennifer B. Luz, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA; David John Teklits, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE for defendant Cowan. Anne S. Gaza, Elena C. Norman, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant LBT Merger Sub, Inc. Adam T. Humann, Kevin R. Powell, II, Kirkland Ellis, Washington, DC; Joshua Z. Rabinovitz, Kirkland Ellis, Chicago, IL for HIG Capital and Lionbridge Tech., Inc.

    Case Number: D69226

    Plaintiff in this class action suit failed to demonstrate the existence of a material misrepresentation, so the court affirmed the judgment in favor of defendants.

  • In re SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Van Gorder, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nadeem Faruqi, James M. Wilson, Jr., Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Alan R. Silverstein, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; S. Mark Hurd, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; David D. Sterling, Paul R. Elliott, Matthew B. Allen, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX; Michelle A. Reed, M. Scott Barnard, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: D69129

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss all claims asserted by class action plaintiffs in connection with this merger transaction.

  • Guidry v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-25
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Gregory Y. Porter, Patrick Muench and Ryan T. Jenny, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilming-ton, DE and Washington, D.C.; Daniel Feinberg and Todd Jackson, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP, Berkeley, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Prame, Edward J. Meehan and Ross P. McSweeney, Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: D68818

    Plaintiff met the ascertainability, numerosity and adequacy of representation requirements for a class action.