Finding that, where parties “reached an enforceable settlement agreement subject to court approval,” defendant could not withdraw from agreement even before court approval
Holding that a settlement was fundamentally fair when it created a $6 million settlement fund for the plaintiff class without releasing their claims and provided extensive injunctive relief
Finding that the factor pertaining to the risk of future litigation weighed in favor of approval where "there remained significant procedural hurdles for the putative class to confront, including certification" and "there were significant risks in continued litigation and no guarantee of recovery"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,874 times 1249 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 Cited 16,728 times 134 Legal Analyses
Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely