Broadcast Date: Friday, December 13, 2024
from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)

Overview:

Class certification decisions in antitrust litigation have increasingly become a decisive factor, often influencing the overall direction and outcome of cases. The ability to proceed as a class action can significantly impact legal strategies for both plaintiffs and defendants, making it essential to stay informed on the evolving landscape.

Join our panel of experts as they explore the latest trends and key developments in class certification decisions within antitrust litigation. This session will provide an in-depth analysis of recent rulings and their implications, with a focus on standing issues for absent class members, the role of Daubert challenges in expert testimony.

They will also explore the importance and complexities of data analysis in the context of class actions and issues of merits. This includes guidance to lawyers in the management of data analysis and potential roles of experts. New large and complex datasets require effective strategies in class action litigation.

 

Key topics include:

  • Standing of Absent Class Members
    • TransUnion and Current Circuit Caselaw
      • Discuss the Supreme Court’s 2021 TransUnion decision which clarified that “every class member must have Article III standing in order to recover damages,” while simultaneously leaving open “the distinct question whether every class member must demonstrate standing before a court certifies a class.”
      • Highlight the ways in which lower courts have applied these principles of absent class member standing when deciding motions for class certification, with a particular focus on issues pertinent to antitrust class actions.
  • Daubert Motions Relating to Expert’s Use of Data
    • Notable Recent Decisions
      • Discuss the recent use of Daubert to overturn the jury verdict in C.D. Cal. in In re NFL “Sunday Ticket” Antitrust Litigation, to highlight not only the importance of Daubert challenges at various stages of the litigation (class cert., summary judgment, trial), but also the different considerations at each stage.
    • Strategies and Risks: The Role of Large and Complex Data in Litigations
  • What lawyers should know regarding the risks and value of data analysis in antitrust, class actions and litigations
    • New and emerging roles of data use example in antitrust litigation
    • Using real-world data analysis to test hypothetical but-for worlds
    • Data analysis: risks and rewards in litigation
    • Role of data in establishing a proper class and scientifically sound merits analysis
    • Role of the lawyer in maximizing value, recognizing risk, and managing costs

Credit:

Course Level:

Intermediate

 

Advance Preparation:

Print and review course materials

 

Method of Presentation:

On-Demand Webcast

 

Prerequisite:

General knowledge of antitrust class certification

 

Course Code:

1410479

 

NY Category of CLE Credit:

Areas of Professional Practice

 

Total Credits:

CLE Credit:

CA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/13/2026

PA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/13/2026

VT CLE 1:50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2025

NJ CLE 1:50 General - Credits through Reciprocity

NY CLE 1.50 Areas of Professional Practice - Credits through Reciprocity

AR CLE 1.50 General - Credits through Reciprocity

CT CLE 1.50 General - Credits through Reciprocity

NH CLE 1.50 General – Meets the requirements of NH Supreme Court Rule 53

MO CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/13/2024

TN CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/13/2025

WI CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2025

MS CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/13/2026

GA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2024

 

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AL, CO, DE, FL, ID, IN, IO, KS, KY, LA, NC, ME, MN, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

 

If you’d like us to apply for CLE, you may opt to pay the CLE processing fee here.

 

No MCLE Requirements:

DC, MD, MA, MI, SD

 

Not Eligible for CLE:

AK, AZ, HA, IL

Speaker Panel:

Gary Harvey, President & CEO
Cirque Analytics

Gary Harvey has served as an expert witness in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings involving statistical analyses, evaluation of damages, commercial disputes, antitrust, sample design and analysis, survey design and analysis, payment card market analysis, payment card industry data analysis, TV broadcast data analysis, conjoint analysis, copyright infringement, patent infringement, consumer product performance, epidemiology, toxic tort analysis, insurance claims analysis, medical claims analysis, healthcare fraud claims analysis, victims of human trafficking, claims of false advertising, unfair competition and monopolization, environmental damage, disparate impact, disparate treatment, and class certification. He also has extensive business consulting experience involving statistical analysis, data analysis, survey design, sampling design, modeling, and financial analysis. His clients include Visa, major US banks, MLB, NCAA, NFL, Meta, Monsanto, 17 major US universities, and many others.

Brian W. Anderson, Associate Attorney
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

Brian W. Anderson is a litigation associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, the Antitrust Practice Group, and the Class Action Practice Group. His practices focuses on antitrust litigation as well as civil litigation in various substantive areas of law.

Winthrop S. Jordan, Associate
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Winthrop Jordan is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, focusing primarily on defending antitrust and securities class actions.

He also is actively involved in the firm’s pro bono practice, assisting in the representation of indigent individuals in various criminal and habeas corpus proceedings.

Agenda:

Gary Harvey, President & CEO

Cirque Analytics,

Brian W. Anderson, Associate Attorney

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,  

and

Winthrop S. JordanAssociate

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

  • Standing of Absent Class Members
    • TransUnion and Current Circuit Caselaw
      • Discuss the Supreme Court’s 2021 TransUnion decision which clarified that “every class member must have Article III standing in order to recover damages,” while simultaneously leaving open “the distinct question whether every class member must demonstrate standing before a court certifies a class.”
      • Highlight the ways in which lower courts have applied these principles of absent class member standing when deciding motions for class certification, with a particular focus on issues pertinent to antitrust class actions.
  • Daubert Motions Relating to Expert’s Use of Data
    • Notable Recent Decisions
      • Discuss the recent use of Daubert to overturn the jury verdict in C.D. Cal. in In re NFL “Sunday Ticket” Antitrust Litigation, to highlight not only the importance of Daubert challenges at various stages of the litigation (class cert., summary judgment, trial), but also the different considerations at each stage.
    • Strategies and Risks: The Role of Large and Complex Data in Litigations
  • What lawyers should know regarding the risks and value of data analysis in antitrust, class actions and litigations
    • New and emerging roles of data use example in antitrust litigation
    • Using real-world data analysis to test hypothetical but-for worlds
    • Data analysis: risks and rewards in litigation
    • Role of data in establishing a proper class and scientifically sound merits analysis
    • Role of the lawyer in maximizing value, recognizing risk, and managing costs

Date & Time:

Friday, December 13, 2024

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)

Who Should Attend:

  • Antitrust Lawyers and Consultants
  • Corporate Lawyers
  • M&A Lawyers
  • Compliance & Risk Executives
  • General/In-house Counsel

SPEAKERS

Gary HarveyPresident & CEO
Cirque Analytics
Brian W. AndersonAssociate Attorney
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
Winthrop S. JordanAssociate
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

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