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Fifth Circuit reverses class certification and remands with instructions to dismiss for lack of Article III standing
November 21, 2022
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U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to hold that district courts must consider the Article III standing of absent class members and conduct rigorous ascertainability analysis before certifying class actions
January 14, 2022
Click here to view the brief. Scott A. Keller, Steven P. Lehotsky, Jonathan D. Urick, and Katherine C. Yarger of Lehotsky Keller LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Fifth Circuit grants Rule 23(f) petition
September 30, 2021
The Fifth Circuit granted a Rule 23(f) petition to consider a class certification order that failed to require the named plaintiffs to establish that a putative class is ascertainable and that the unnamed class members have Article III standing at the class certification stage.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to hold that named plaintiffs must establish both that a putative class is ascertainable and that the unnamed class members have Article III standing at the class certification stage
September 24, 2021
Click here to view the brief. Scott A. Keller, Steven P. Lehotsky, Jonathan D. Urick, and Katherine C. Yarger of Lehotsky Keller LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.