U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Corporate,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dec. 20, 2016
Consumer class actions: year in review
The more significant developments relate to challenges over who may pursue class action relief, either because of waiver provisions found in arbitration clauses or because of limitations on standing.
Christopher J. Lovrien
Partner
Jones Day
Email: cjlovrien@jonesday.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
Christopher is a business litigator who serves as partner-in-charge of Jones Day's California Region.
Jason C. Wright
Associate
Jones Day
555 S Flower St 50th FL
Los Angeles , CA 90017-2300
Phone: (213) 243-2810
Fax: (213) 243-2539
Email: jcwright@jonesday.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Jason is in Jones Day's Business & Tort Litigation group, concentrating in consumer class actions.
The more significant developments affecting class actions filed in California over the past year relate to challenges over who may pursue class action relief, either because of waiver provisions found in arbitration clauses or because of limitations on standing. Many of these developments arose in federal cases.
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