IMG_0295A question of numbers

Class actions can save courts and parties a lot of time and money. But what if the class includes just a few members? How much time and money will the class action device save then?

The Third Circuit grappled with that “numerosity” question in In re Modafinil Antitrust Litig., 837 F.3d 238 (3d Cir. 2016).

The answer it gave — that a class with 20+/- mostly big members may not pass the test — could reshape how courts handle antitrust cases worth billions of dollars.Continue Reading No Class?