Senior Judge Gerald Tjoflat has a well-earned reputation for lengthy opinions, especially in class actions. His recent opinion disapproving the class-action settlement involving GoDaddy is of epic length, but he could not win the concurrence of the other two panel members, Judges Wilson and Branch. Drazen v. Pinto, 101 F. 4th 1223 (11th Cir. May…
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One More Time: No Standing for Injunctive Relief, No Class Settlement Approval
For the second time in less than a year, the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a district court’s approval of a class action settlement on the ground that the named plaintiffs lacked standing to seek the injunctive relief component of the settlement. In Smith v. Miorelli, 2024 WL 7700360 (11th Cir. Feb. 26, 2024), the court…
Court Identifies Factors for Analyzing Fairness of Class Settlements
The court took the opportunity to provide guidance to courts and class-action litigants on considering the fairness of a class settlement under the 2018 amendments to Rule 23(e) in Ponzio v. Pinon, 87 F.4th 487 (11th Cir. 2023). The court affirmed approval of the settlement, concluding that the district court appropriately analyzed and rejected the…
Blue Cross/Shield $2.67B Class Action Settlement Approval Affirmed
The court affirmed a district court’s approval of a $2.67 billion class action settlement of an antitrust multi-district litigation brought against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its local member plans alleging Sherman Act violations in restrictions on the member plans’ ability to compete. In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litig. MDL 2406, 2023…
Full Court to Rehear Uninjured Class Member TCPA Standing Case
The en banc Eleventh Circuit announced on March 13 that it would rehear Drazen v. Pinto and vacated the panel opinion. As discussed in our post on the panel decision, the case addresses whether class members who lack Article III standing with respect to the claims asserted by the class are nonetheless permitted to receive…
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of (Almost) All of Equifax Data Breach Settlement
In In re: Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. (Huang v. Equifax, Inc.), 2021 WL 2250845 (11th Cir. June 3, 2021), the Eleventh Circuit upheld the district court’s approval of a class settlement arising out of the Equifax data breach – except for the incentive awards to the class representatives, as to which the…