Litigation
Feb. 15, 2012
Pivotal new ruling on management of class actions
The 1st District addresses the use of representative sampling and restrictions on trial testimony. By Barbara Cotter of Cook Brown LLP
In a case that may dramatically affect wage and hour class action litigation in California, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled last week that a $15 million judgment against U.S. Bank cannot stand because the trial court's case management plan was unconstitutional. The case, Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association, arose from plaintiffs' claim that the bank wrongfully classified certain bank officers as exempt, thereby failing ...
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