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Apr 22, 2015

Geoffrey Westbrook authored an article in Law360, “Class And Collective Actions In A Post-Dukes World”

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Geoffrey Westbrook authored an article on April 22 in Law360 on how Citibank NA’s victory against putative class and collective actions in Citibank v. Ruiz, represents a growing trend among trial courts of raising the bar on certification. Westbrook explains that Ruiz vividly portrays modern difficulties of certifying nationwide class or collective action in a world following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes.