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.
Microsoft Wins Supreme Court Review of Class Certification Appeal Issue
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Microsoft’s petition for a writ of certiorari and agreed to decide whether class action plaintiffs can dismiss their individual cases with prejudice after class certification is denied and nonetheless appeal the class certification ruling without first going to… Read More
Did The Ninth Circuit Just Give Plaintiffs—But Not Defendants—An Automatic Appeal From Class Certification Orders?
Don’t miss Microsoft’s in-house counsel Tim Fielden’s post on two important new Ninth Circuit decisions that permitted class action plaintiffs to dismiss their cases voluntarily and then appeal adverse class certification orders without first taking their individual cases to trial and securing a final judgment.… Read More