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Perspective

Aug. 11, 2015

Are you sure you want to defeat class certification?

While it is true defeating certification is a dispositive event for certain types of class actions, to the surprise of many, there are instances where this is not the case. By Justin P. Karczag and Aaron L. Arndt


By Justin P. Karczag and Aaron L. Arndt


You're a defendant who just successfully defeated a motion for class certification
- or you've prevailed on a motion to decertify plaintiffs' class. Now what? Despite
your procedural victory, do you know that you've advanced your client's interests
by stopping the case from continuing as a class action?


While it is true that de...

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