O’Connor v. Uber: The Ninth Circuit Unravels the Class Certification Orders in Appeals From Four Related Actions

By John Lewis on September 27, 2018 Posted in Class Certification, Rule 23

In O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc., a Ninth Circuit panel, in four related appeals from District Judge Edward Chen’s rulings, reversed the denial of Uber Technologies Inc.’s motions to compel arbitration, also reversed the district court’s class certification orders and found the Rule 23(d) orders entered by the district court were moot. The opinion impacts … Continue Reading

Standing Together to a Point: Spokeo Holding Reflects Broad Supreme Court Agreement on Standing Rules in Actions Raising Statutory Violations

By John Lewis and Dustin Dow on May 17, 2016 Posted in FCRA

Amid the meteoric rise of statutory damage class action filings, the Supreme Court laid out ground rules on Monday for when a case meets both components of the injury-in-fact requirements of Article III. In a 6-2 opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339, written by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court held that a named … Continue Reading

Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!”

By Nathan A. Schacht on January 18, 2013 Posted in Uncategorized

Editors’ Note: This post is being jointly published on BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. Over the past few years, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the federal law mandating, among other things, procedures and reporting requirements employers must follow when conducting background checks through a third party vendor, has become a hot-button employment issue, … Continue Reading