Something is Buzzing in the 9th Circuit: How Canned Tuna, Bumble Bees, and Uninjured Class Members Combine for an Important Class Certification Ruling
By EsqSocial Corporation 12/04/21
Over the past several years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit appeared poised to sanction a generous approach to certifying proposed classes under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Recently, however, the 9th Circuit has taken steps to tighten up the rigor of the required analysis that district courts must conduct when evaluating motions for class certification. The 9th Circuit appears to have taken another step in that direction in Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative,...
By: K&L Gates LLP