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Class Certification

Jeremy M. Creelan

<b><i>Will Gorsuch Pick Up Where Scalia Left Off?</b></i><p>"Is my client a potential member in a class-action lawsuit against a pharmaceuticals manufacturer?" The answers can get complicated, especially when the legal landscape is in flux, as it is now as we await the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice. What should we expect?

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Will Ascertainability Split Finally Be Resolved?

Vivian Quinn & Tracey Scarpello

Despite requests for change, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules declined to include ascertainability in its proposed changes to Rule 23. In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected two petitions for certiorari earlier this year that would have addressed ascertainability.

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