Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 11, 2019
Ruling breathes new life into nationwide class actions
In a stark reversal from the panel decision, the en banc 9th Circuit held that settling parties are not required to conduct a 50-state conflict-of-law analysis to certify a settlement class alleging violation of state consumer laws.
Ryan Wu
Partner
Capstone Law APC
Email: Ryan.Wu@capstonelawyers.com
Ryan leads the firm's appeals and complex motions practice group. He authored the plaintiff's merits briefing before the California Supreme Court in McGill. He was also counsel for the plaintiff in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC, 59 Cal. 4th 348, (2014) for which he received a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year ("CLAY") Award. He can be reached at ryan.wu@capstonelawyers.com.
Eduardo Santos
Senior Counsel
Capstone Law APC
Phone: (310) 556-4811
Email: Eduardo.Santos@CapstoneLawyers.com
Eduardo concentrates his practice on managing and obtaining court approval of the firm's nationwide consumer, wage-and-hour, and PAGA settlements.
Last week, an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life finto nationwide class actions. Writing for the eight-judge en banc majority, Circuit Judge Jacqueline Nguyen abrogated the three-judge panel decision in In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, 881 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 2018), which sent shockwaves thr...
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