Complex, Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation
Speaking Engagements
Cowden Speaks at Conference on Missouri Class Action Developments
Speaking Engagements
Eisenberg to Participate on ALFA International Client Seminar Panel
![Right to Arbitration, Maybe Not. Courts Must Resolve Conflict of Arbitration Provisions when Parties Enter Multiple Contracts](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/140308_07122024.jpeg)
![Mortgage Industry Braces for Storm of Further CFPB Scrutiny](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/140084_06182024.jpeg)
Financial Services Law Blog
Mortgage Industry Braces for Storm of Further CFPB Scrutiny
![Supreme Court Declines Credit Card Companies' Request to Review Class Certification](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/139999_06072024.jpeg)
Financial Services Law Blog
Supreme Court Declines Credit Card Companies' Request to Review Class Certification
![Eleventh Hour Order Delays CFPB's Late Fee Cap](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/139859_05132024.jpeg)
Financial Services Law Blog
Eleventh Hour Order Delays CFPB's Late Fee Cap
![Sanction of Dismissal with Prejudice Approved for Repeated Discovery Violations](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/139730_05132024.jpeg)
![Litigation is not late in challenging new CFPB Rule capping credit card late fees.](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/139642_04052024.jpeg)
Financial Services Law Blog
Litigation is not late in challenging new CFPB Rule capping credit card late fees.
![The United States Supreme Court affirmed the Third Circuit in Finding Waiver of Sovereign Immunity by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135055_10032023.jpeg)
![From BIPA to GIPA: Another Four-Letter Word in Illinois Class Action Litigation, Part 5](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/138240_02092024.jpeg)
![From BIPA to GIPA: Another Four-Letter Word in Illinois Class Action Litigation, Part 4](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/138238_02082024.jpeg)
![From BIPA to GIPA: Another Four-Letter Word in Illinois Class Action Litigation, Part 3](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/138229_02082024.jpeg)
![From BIPA to GIPA: Another Four-Letter Word in Illinois Class Action Litigation, Part 2](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/138221_02072024.jpeg)
![From BIPA to GIPA: Another Four-Letter Word in Illinois Class Action Litigation, Part 1](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/137873_02092024.jpeg)
![The Supreme Court will resolve a Circuit split regarding when the statute of limitations begins to run under the Administrative Procedure Act](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135305_10302023.jpeg)
![Eighth Circuit Affirms Decision that Insurance Company Did Not Violate the Terms of its Policy by Requesting Reimbursement from an Adverse Insurer.](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135178_10112023.jpeg)
![Illinois Expands Law to Allow Punitive Damages for Wrongful Death and Survival Plaintiffs](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135117_10042023.jpeg)
![Reduction in Force Did Not Discriminate against Older Workers, District of Kansas Finds](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/133502_07052023.jpeg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Reduction in Force Did Not Discriminate against Older Workers, District of Kansas Finds
![All Claims Means ALL: The PREP Act Provides Immunity in COVID-19 Vaccination Case](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/133354_06192023.jpeg)
Drug / Device Law Blog
All Claims Means ALL: The PREP Act Provides Immunity in COVID-19 Vaccination Case
![ICYMI: A Proposed New Rule for Managing Multidistrict Litigation Is Making Its Way Through The Approval Process](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/133069_05122023.jpeg)
![After Ten Years of Litigation, Trucking Company and Former Drivers Head Back to Court, Again](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/127891_08312022.jpg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
After Ten Years of Litigation, Trucking Company and Former Drivers Head Back to Court, Again
![U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Monsanto's Appeal to End Roundup Lawsuits](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/127221_07182022.jpg)
Product Liability Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Monsanto's Appeal to End Roundup Lawsuits
![If You Want to Arbitrate, You Had Better Act Like It](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/126105_07182022.jpg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
If You Want to Arbitrate, You Had Better Act Like It
![Timely Motion for Change of Judge Strips a Judge's Authority to Rule on Subsequent Motions](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/126067_07182022.jpg)
![Supreme Court Declines to Provide Clarity on Responding to Sexual Harassment in Trucking Industry](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/124561_05312022.jpg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court Declines to Provide Clarity on Responding to Sexual Harassment in Trucking Industry
![Supreme Court Declines to Provide Clarity on Responding to Sexual Harassment in Trucking Industry](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/124456_05312022.jpg)
![TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/120475_06072022.jpg)
Illinois Law Blog
TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt
![The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/120425_06272022.jpg)
Missouri Law Blog
The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts
![2021: A Whirlwind Year for Labor & Employment Law](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/120248_06092022.jpg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
2021: A Whirlwind Year for Labor & Employment Law
![Prejudgment Interest Has Hit Illinois](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/116581_06072022.jpg)
Illinois Law Blog
Prejudgment Interest Has Hit Illinois
![Kansas and Missouri Federal Courts Raise the Stakes on Employers' Tip Pooling Practices](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/116035_09212022.jpeg)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Kansas and Missouri Federal Courts Raise the Stakes on Employers' Tip Pooling Practices
![If Illinois' Governor signs HB3360 it would impose a 9% pre-judgment interest.](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/114526_09212022.jpeg)
![Missouri enacts significant changes affecting punitive damages and consumer protection claims](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![Let's Be Specific About Personal Jurisdiction: Missouri and Illinois Address Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![Let's Be Specific About Personal Jurisdiction: Missouri and Illinois Address Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Seventh Circuit Paves the Way for Illinois Biometric Law Suits in Federal Courts](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![Eighth Circuit Reverses ADA Class Certification in "Fitness for Duty" Challenge](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Reverses ADA Class Certification in "Fitness for Duty" Challenge
![Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Missouri Law Blog
Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims
![Eighth Circuit Holds Federal Question Jurisdiction Can Be Found in the Details](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![City of St. Louis falls to 5th on the Judicial Hellhole list with Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois close behind ranking 7th.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![City of St. Louis falls to 5th on the Judicial Hellhole list with Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois close behind ranking 7th.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Ninth Circuit Allows Class Action Against Facebook under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act to Proceed in California](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![United States Supreme Court Holds Counterclaim Defendants May Not Remove Diverse Lawsuits](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/95713_06072022.jpg)
Product Liability Law Blog
United States Supreme Court Holds Counterclaim Defendants May Not Remove Diverse Lawsuits
![Second Update: Hopping On The Missouri Bandwagon? Not So Fast Out Of State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Illinois Counties Remain Top Jurisdictions for Asbestos Litigation in 2018](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![From the East to the West, Does Arbitration in Missouri Reign Best? Missouri Courts Uphold and Invalidate Arbitration Agreements](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![Can't satisfy both the FDA and the State? The judge will be the judge of that.](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/92364_09212022.jpeg)
Drug / Device Law Blog
Can't satisfy both the FDA and the State? The judge will be the judge of that.
![Update: Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![SCOTUS Strikes Another Blow to Class-Action Claims, Favoring Individual Arbitration](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
SCOTUS Strikes Another Blow to Class-Action Claims, Favoring Individual Arbitration
![Illinois Appellate Court Holds Employer's Alleged Biometric Information Privacy Act Violation Is Not Subject to Arbitration](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![In a case of first impression, the Appellate Court of Illinois allows counsel to withdraw previously disclosed testifying expert](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![SCOTUS Rebuffs Ninth Circuit's Attempt to "Soften" Deadline to Appeal Class Action Certification](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/90111_06072022.jpg)
Product Liability Law Blog
SCOTUS Rebuffs Ninth Circuit's Attempt to "Soften" Deadline to Appeal Class Action Certification
![Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Missouri Law Blog
Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.
![Illinois Supreme Court Confirms State's Biometric Information Privacy Act Has Real Teeth](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Missouri Law Blog
City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole
![Adding to a Circuit Split, the Tenth Circuit Rules that Arbitrators May Determine Whether Classwide Arbitration is Allowed](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![ANTI-FORUM SHOPPING: Limitation on Joinder in Missouri on the Horizon](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
ANTI-FORUM SHOPPING: Limitation on Joinder in Missouri on the Horizon
![Class Action Slack-Fill Litigation in Missouri: How to Keep a Case in Federal Court](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention
![Federal Judge Clobbers Claims in a Class III Medical Device Case](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/66131_06272022.jpg)
Drug / Device Law Blog
Federal Judge Clobbers Claims in a Class III Medical Device Case
![Indiana Judge Relies on Bausch to Bounce Preemption Motion](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/65551_06062022.jpg)
Drug / Device Law Blog
Indiana Judge Relies on Bausch to Bounce Preemption Motion
![Court Muzzles Counsel: Says Defendants Cannot Ask Plaintiffs if Their Attorneys Referred Them to Treating Physicians](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You
![Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections
![Mere Designation of an Expert Witness Does Not Waive the Work Product Doctrine Protections](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![The Eighth Circuit Applies Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Spokeo to Affirm Dismissal](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![Constructive Discharge Claims: When Does the 45-Day Period for Initiating Contact with the EEOC Begin to Run?](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Constructive Discharge Claims: When Does the 45-Day Period for Initiating Contact with the EEOC Begin to Run?
![UnitedHealth Plan Holders Win Class Certification in ERISA Lawsuit](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Insurance Law Blog
UnitedHealth Plan Holders Win Class Certification in ERISA Lawsuit
![Forget the Pitchers - The H.E.A.T. Team Brought the Real Heat in October](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Drug / Device Law Blog
Forget the Pitchers - The H.E.A.T. Team Brought the Real Heat in October
![The Eighth Circuit Provides Clarity on Outside Sales Exemption and Waiver Requirements under FLSA](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Eighth Circuit Provides Clarity on Outside Sales Exemption and Waiver Requirements under FLSA
![The Supreme Court's Jurisdictional Stretch in Resolving the Evidence Needed to Support a CAFA Removal](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
The Supreme Court's Jurisdictional Stretch in Resolving the Evidence Needed to Support a CAFA Removal
![Mississippi v. Au Optronics: Will There be an Increase in Parens Patriae Suits?](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Drug / Device Law Blog
Mississippi v. Au Optronics: Will There be an Increase in Parens Patriae Suits?
![Eighth Circuit Weighs In on CAFA Removal, and the "Other Paper" Clause](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Weighs In on CAFA Removal, and the "Other Paper" Clause
![Despite Having Standing to Sue, Plaintiffs Cannot Recover Damages for Medical Bills They Did Not Pay and Were Not Obligated to Pay](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)