U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation
Jan. 24, 2012
Collateral estoppel: Benefits of class certification denials may be elusive
Why 2012 is looking up for plaintiff-side class action attorneys.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436
Phone: (818) 990-8300
Fax: (818) 990-2903
Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
This year may be shaping up to be a banner year for class actions. Coming off a beleaguered 2011 in the wake of Wal-Mart Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740, the National Labor Relations Board started the year off with its decision in D.R. Horton Inc. and Michael Cuda, 357 NLRB No. 184 (Jan. 3, 2012), which seemed, for now, to allow employment class actions to proceed through some form of collective process be that in...
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