Tag Archives: due process

The U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Regarding Whether State Business Registration Requirements Can Create General Personal Jurisdiction

Photo of Ali HaqueBy Ali Haque on Posted in Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from requiring a corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction as a condition to doing business in the state. Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., U.S. Supreme Court, No. 21-1168, granted. The plaintiff is a Virginia … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Rejects Efforts to Avoid CAFA Jurisdiction

By Deborah Renner on Posted in Class Action Fairness Act, Class Action Trends
Editors’ Note:  This post is a joint submission to this blog and rennerclassactions.com. In The Standard Fire Insurance Co.v. Knowles, No. 11-1450, a unanimous decision yesterday written by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff cannot stipulate to an amount of damages for a putative class in order to avoid federal jurisdiction under … Continue Reading

Delaware Supreme Court Allows Opt-Out Right in Securities Case Certified on Equitable Grounds

By Frank Oliva on Posted in Securities
In In Re Celera Corporation Shareholder Litigation, No. 212, 2012 (Del. Dec. 27, 2012), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the lower Court of Chancery and ruled that a large holder of Celera Corporation (“Celera”) shares must permitted to opt out of a shareholder class action settlement relating to the company’s sale to Quest Diagnostics, Inc. … Continue Reading

Renner to Speak at Strafford Web Seminar

By Guest Blogger on Posted in Events
Class Action Lawsuit Defense co-editor, Deborah Renner, will be speaking in an upcoming Strafford live phone/web seminar, “Limits of Class Representation Prior to Class Counsel Appointment,” scheduled for Tuesday, December 18, 1:00pm-2:30PM EST. For more information and to register > or call 1-800-926-7926 ext. 10 (ask for Class Representation Pre-Class Counsel Appointment on 12/18/12 and mention code: ZDFCT). … Continue Reading

Trial By Formula, Statistical Sampling, and the Right to Due Process

Photo of Paul KarlsgodtBy Paul Karlsgodt on Posted in Class Certification, Expert Testimony
A common temptation in class action litigation is to fashion procedures based on “rough justice” to avoid overburdening the courts or attempting to redress alleged mass harm.  Over the past decade, as storage and computing power have increased exponentially, it has become increasingly tempting to use statistical sampling as a proxy for the actual adjudication of … Continue Reading
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