Charles B. Casper is chair of the Class Action Defense practice of Montgomery McCracken. Chuck is a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s management committee. His practice emphasizes the defense of consumer and antitrust class actions, computer software and hardware litigation, complex commercial litigation and environmental litigation matters including environmental insurance coverage.
Ninth Circuit Rejects “Administratively Feasible” Requirement in Ascertainability Dispute
As expected, the Ninth Circuit has joined the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits in rejecting the Third Circuit’s “administratively feasible” prong of the ascertainability requirement for class certification. Briseno v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., — F.3d —, 2017 WL 24618 (9th Cir. Jan. 3, 2017). But… Read More
Food Labeling Litigation in 2016: The Sun Never Sets
This past September, I blogged about the brewing battle over Vermont’s controversial GMO labeling law (“Act 120”), which was approved May 8, 2014 and is scheduled to take effect July 1, 2016. Since then, not only has the Vermont GE controversy taken on national and constitutional… Read More