A split en banc panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a $295 million class action settlement in an antitrust case against diamond wholesaler De Beers after an initial panel of the court found the two nationwide classes involved in the settlement were improperly certified.
The court ruled the predominance requirement of class certification was not deficient simply because some of the class members’ state antitrust claims were not recoverable in their jurisdictions. The standard to meet predominance is not as high, the court said, when dealing with certifying a class for purposes of settlement.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
