Class Action Practice & Procedure: State & Federal Court Perspectives

• CAFA (brief general overview) (Nelson Thomas)
• Arbitration Agreements & Class Action Practice (Lou Orbach)
• – Class-Wide Arbitration
•  – Class Action Waivers
•  – “Clickwrap” Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers
• Class Notice Issues (Nelson Thomas)
  •  – What is reasonable notice?
•  – Electronic notice
  •  – December 2018 Amendment to Federal Rule 23(b)(3)
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• Named Plaintiff Standing Requirements After Spokeo (Nelson Thomas)
•  – Frank v Gaos, 139 S. Ct. 1041 (2019)
• Pre-Answer Motions to Dismiss Class Action Allegations (Lou Orbach)
•  – Maddicks v Big City Props., LLC, 34 N.Y.3d 116 (2019)
• Class-Wide Penalty Recoveries, State vs. Federal Court (Nelson Thomas)
•  – CPLR 901(b)
• Tenders of Relief to Named Plaintiffs & Mootness After Campbell-Ewald v Gomez (Lou Orbach)

Speakers

Lou Orbach – Bond Schoeneck & King

Nelson Thomas – Thomas & Solomon LLP

Hon. Mae D’Agostino – United States District Judge, Northern District of New York

Hon. Lucy Billings – Supreme Court Justice