Last week the Eleventh Circuit addressed an issue that many class action practitioners probably haven’t thought much about: whether approval of a class action settlement requires that each class ...

When it comes to your personal finances, you might think you know exactly where you stand on the economic ladder, but the reality of American income classes might surprise you. Whether you consider ...

The middle class is not actually one neat income class in the United States but a wide swath of income earners and socioeconomic groups, from $50,000 to $150,000 annual salary, whose dollars stretch ...

March 10, 2025 - The Supreme Court is set to decide a question that has vexed lower courts and class action practitioners for years: Can a class be certified if some members did not suffer any injury ...

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and class definitions. Every class action complaint contains a proposed class definition. It is an indispensable piece of the landscape, just like the ...

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Over the last decade, the household income needed to be a part of the middle class has increased significantly. In 2012, a household income of $35,364 qualified you as a member of the middle class in ...