Developments and Trends Affecting Class Actions
The Third Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s ruling in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case that rejected class certification because individualized questions about consent precluded predominance. Conner v. Fox Rehabilitation Servs., P.C., 2025 WL 289230 (3d Cir. Jan. 24, 2025).
In Conner, a plaintiff brought a…
Continue Reading Third Circuit Affirms That Individual Inquiries Into Consent Preclude Class CertificationThe First Circuit recently vacated and remanded a district court’s approval of a proposed class action settlement “because the absence of separate settlement counsel for distinct groups of class members makes it too difficult to determine whether the settlement treated class members equitably.” Murray v. Grocery Deliver E-Servs. USA Inc.…
Continue Reading First Circuit Holds that Class Action Settlements Require Separate Counsel for Class Members with Significantly Different Claims