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
Third Circuit May Soon Consider Whether Offer of Judgment Moots Class Claims
UPDATE – July 17, 2014: Third Circuit Grants Appeal in Weitzner v. Sanofi The Third Circuit granted a petition for leave to appeal in this matter. See attached notice. Will the Third Circuit heed Justice Kagan’s dissent in Genesis and “rethink [its] mootness-by-unaccepted-offer theory” or… Read More