David Kleban

Aug 12, 2024 | globalcompetitionreview.com | William F. Cavanaugh |David Kleban |Voratida Sangchant

This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GCR's co-published content. Read more on Insight In summaryThis article discusses recent patterns and legal developments in the context of class certification in the United States, particularly with respect to antitrust cases. It traces the standards of certification and discusses the evolution of the ‘rigorous analysis’ performed by federal courts.

May 3, 2024 | jdsupra.com | David Kleban |Natalie Noble

On April 5, 2024, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division could reopen an investigation of allegedly anticompetitive practices of the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”). See Nat’l Ass’n of Realtors v. United States, 97 F.4th 951 (D.C. Cir. 2024) (“Op.”).

Aug 3, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Jacqueline Brandon |David Kleban

August 3, 2023 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In May, we discussed two antitrust lawsuits brought against JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in the District of Massachusetts. One lawsuit is focused on JetBlue’s proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines, Inc.

Jul 28, 2023 | globalcompetitionreview.com | William F. Cavanaugh |David Kleban |Voratida Sangchant

William F Cavanaugh, David Kleban and Voratida SangchantPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 28 July 2023 This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GCR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Class action lawsuits are on the rise, both in terms of litigation spending and the number of cases. Companies reportedly spent $3.5 billion on class action defense in 2022 – a record amount likely driven by larger claims and more companies facing class actions.

Mar 16, 2023 | jdsupra.com | William F. Cavanaugh |Jonathan Hermann |David Kleban

In a recently unsealed opinion, a court in the District of New Jersey has declined to certify a direct-purchaser class in In re Lamictal ("Lamictal")on numerosity grounds.  It joins the growing number of courts in recent years to have held that a putative class included too few members to warrant certification. (We discussed those prior decisions in an article published in the Global Competition Review’s 2022 Annual Review, available here).