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Ninth Circuit Decertifies Nationwide Class in Honda Braking System Suit
Donald M. Falk, January 24, 2012
On January 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decertified a nationwide class in Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., No. 09-55376, --- F.3d ---, 2012 WL 89176. Although the only named plaintiffs came from Florida and Maryland, they filed suit in California seeking to...

Ninth Circuit Decertifies Nationwide Class in Honda Braking System Suit
Donald M. Falk, January 23, 2012
On January 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decertified a nationwide class in Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., No. 09-55376, --- F.3d ---, 2012 WL 89176. Although the only named plaintiffs came from Florida and Maryland, they filed suit in California seeking to...

Code Section 457A Transition Relief Amendment Deadline
Maureen J. Gorman,Ryan J. Liebl, December 7, 2011
Employers that maintain deferred compensation arrangements that are subject to US Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 457A should be mindful of the rapidly approaching deadline for amending their plans to secure certain transition relief for amounts attributable to services performed prior to 2009.

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