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“Commonality” in NCAA Class Action Certification After Wal-Mart v. Dukes
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to class action certification last year in the case Wal-mart v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011). The case set a precedent that may affect the ongoing NCAA lawsuit brought by players seeking compensation for use of their names, images and likenesses. In
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More Corporations Preclude Class Actions Lawsuits After Supremes Give the OK
Class action lawsuits can afford plaintiffs the opportunity to level the playing field against large corporations who engage in actions that harm employees and consumers. When the damages due to a single plaintiff are too low to support the litigation costs of an individual lawsuit, a class of people similarly situated banning
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D.C. Bar Green Lights eDiscovery Services in Ethics Opinion
The production of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation has boomed in the last decade, mainly due to the slow but steady global switch from paper documentation to electronic data. As ESI is now part of almost every class action lawsuit and multidistrict litigation case, the courts and bar associations