In this issue: Courts and authorities—both in the United States and Europe—have muddied the waters regarding various class issues. To try to clear things up a bit, we first asked…

William Monts III, Aug 15, 2011 Class action lawsuits are a staple of private antitrust litigation in the United States. Over the last four decades, they have become particularly prevalent…

Robert O’Donoghue, Aug 10, 2010 Somewhat fitful attempts at promoting antitrust damages litigation have taken place in the EU in the last several years. These attempts have been stymied to…

Ruchit Patel, Aug 10, 2010 On July 23, 2010, the English Court of Appeal rejected an appeal brought by Dow Deutschland and others against a 2009 decision of the English…

Daniel Crane, Aidan Synnott, Aug 10, 2010 The United States Supreme Court recently held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 trumps a state rule that forbids all class action…

Donald Falk, Marcia Goodman, Archis Parasharami, Aug 10, 2010 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a significant decision affirming the certification of the largest class…

Jay Himes, William Reiss, Aug 10, 2010 With its much-anticipated en banc decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Ninth Circuit became the most recent federal court of appeals…