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• Best Practices for Defending a Class Action

Complaint Before Even Filing a Response

• Michael R. McDonald

Caroline E. Oks

• I.

GATHER FACTS ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE CASE

• See, e.g., Osberg v. Foot Locker
• See, e.g.Butler v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• cert. denied

In re Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer

• Prods. Liab. Litig.
• cert. deniedSpera v.

Samsung Elecs. Am.

• II.

IS THE LITIGATION IN THE RIGHT FORUM?

A.

Invoking Arbitration

E-18

• See Am. Express v. Italian Colors

Rest.

• per se

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

• id.
• see, e.g.Ramirez v.

Freescore, Chavez v. Bank of Am.

• see, e.g.Raniere v. Citigroup

Inc.

• CompuCredit Corp. v.

Greenwood

B.

Removal

• 1.

Diversity Jurisdiction Based on the Class Action Fairness Act

• see Amoche v. Guar.

Trust Life Ins. Co. Evans v. Yum Brands, Inc. Lewis v. Ford Motor Co.

• ABM Sec. Servs. v. Davis
• Morgan v.

Gay

• Grawitch v.

Charter Communs. Hoffman v. Nutraceutical Corp.

• Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles
• 2.

Federal Question Jurisdiction

• E-19
• Marcus v. AT&T Corp.
• Mass. v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
• III.

CONSIDER MOVING TO DISMISS THE CASE IN WHOLE OR IN PART

• A.

Standing

• See, e.g.Mahon v. Ticor Title Ins. Co.
• See,

e.g.6803 Boulevard East v. DIRECTV

• B.

Deficiencies in the Pleadings

• See, e.g.In re Cross Media
• Mktng. Corp. Secs. Litig.
• SeeBell Atl.
• Corp. v. TwomblyAshcroft
• v. Iqbal
• See, e.g.Cortina v. Wal-Mart
• See, e.g.Macedo v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l

Trust Co.

• C.

Substantive Legal Problems

E-20

• See, e.g.In re Toyota

Motor Corp. Hybrid Brake Mktg. Loreto v. P&G

• See, e.g.Brown v. Ameriprise
• Fin. Servs.
• IV.

EARLY CHALLENGES TO CLASS CERTIFICATION

• Pilgrim
• v. Universal Health Card LLC
• SeeBicek v. C&S

Wholesale Grocers

• See Labou v. Cellco P’ship
• See Duvio v. Viking Range Corp.
• Stearns v. Select Comfort Retail Corp.
• See

Picus v. Wal-Mart Stores

• Eliason v. Gentek Bldg. Prods.
• V.

CONSIDER MAKING AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT

• See Radosti
• v. Envision EMI
• Carroll
• v. United Compucred Collections
• Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk
• CompareDemasco v. Clearwire Corp.
• withDiaz
• v. First Am. Home Buyers Protection Corp.
• See, e.g.Stewart v. Cheek & Zeehandelar

• E-21
• VI.

CONCLUSION