JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Affirms That Class Action Settlement Was Not a "Coupon Settlement"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McKnight v. Hinojosa, No. 21-16623, 2022 WL 17333820 (9th Cir. Nov. 30, 2022) considered whether the proposed class action settlement was a "coupon ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were Individualized

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed an issue that tends to arise frequently in class certification motion practice: how trial courts should apply the predominance requirement where appellate ...
Forbes

This Ninth Grade Class Shows Critical Race Theory Has A Place In Schools

A class in ethnic studies can make a huge difference to students' experience of education, according to a new study (Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post via Getty Images ) Some classes are ...
OPB

Class of 2025: Summer program offers a high school head start

High school teachers will tell you: middle school doesn’t really matter. But high school — beginning with ninth grade — really does. Several years ago, officials at Oregon’s education department ...
Washington Examiner

Ninth Circuit takes jurisdiction, denies class certification in class action against Home Depot

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – An appeal involving Home Depot USA Inc.’s tool damage waiver at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has been decided on. Benjamin Berger appealed from the ...
Reuters

Did the 9th Circ. just create a split on a key class certification issue?

(Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cannot agree on whether it has created a circuit split on a critical class action issue. Sign up here. Defendants StarKist Co and Dongwon Industries ...