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Supreme Court Fails to Clarify Standard of Evidence for Class Damages
David W. Arrojo,Thomas M. Byrne,Phillip E. Stano, April 4, 2013
The United States Supreme Court held Wednesday in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend that a district court may not certify a class action without first resolving whether the plaintiff class has introduced adequate evidence to show that the case is susceptible to an award of classwide damages.

Retained Asset Account Litigation-Summary Judgment Entered for MetLife
Brendan Ballard,Phillip E. Stano,Steuart H. Thomsen, March 25, 2013
On March 8, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Judge Larry R. Hicks presiding, granted the defendant-insurer’s motions for summary judgment in the consolidated, putative class actions, Keife v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 3:10-cv-0546-LRH-VPC, and Simon v....

Federal Court Finds That SEC Attorneys’ Interview Notes and Memories Are Not Protected by the Work Product Doctrine
Bruce Bettigole,Andrew M. McCormick, February 11, 2013
In a highly unusual decision that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says “ignores 65 years of precedent,” a federal judge has held that the memories of SEC attorneys and information from their interview notes are discoverable. The SEC lawyers appear to have interviewed three...

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