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Ranlett, Kevin S.

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kranlett @mayerbrown.com
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Federal Appeals Court Refuses To Enforce Agreement To Arbitrate Antitrust Claim On An Individual Basis (.pdf)
US Supreme Court Soundly Rejects Certification of a Company-wide Gender Discrimination Class in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (.pdf)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Holds that Statute of Limitations Is Tolled During Pendency of Earlier, Voluntarily Dismissed Class Action
Courts In California Divide Over Whether False Advertising Lawsuits Can Be Dismissed At The Pleading Stage
Federal Court Dismisses Some But Not All Claims in False-Advertising Class Action Against Maker of Guacamole Dip
Eleventh Circuit Deepens Circuit Split, Holding That District Courts Must Resolve Daubert Challenges To Experts Before Ruling On Class Certification
Seventh Circuit Clarifies That Defendants May Remove Class Actions Unless It Is “Legally Impossible” For $5 Million Or More To Be At Stake
Class Action Bar Targets Food Companies In False Advertising Cases With Mixed Results
Seventh Circuit Decertifies Class Seeking Injunctive Relief in Insurance Case
Illinois Supreme Court Rules that Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Because It Selects the National Arbitration Forum, Which No Longer Handles Consumer Arbitrations
Fourth and Ninth Circuits Deepen Split Over Deadline for Removal When Defendants in Multi-Defendant Cases Are Served at Different Times
District of Columbia High Court Restores Standing Requirements for Consumer Protection Lawsuits
Ninth Circuit Holds That Defendants May Satisfy Amount-In-Controversy Requirement of Class Action Fairness Act by Identifying the Total Amount of Customer Charges Potentially in Dispute
US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Abandons Prior Interpretation of Class Action Fairness Act That Would Have Deprived Federal Courts Of Jurisdiction Over Most Consumer Class Actions
Eleventh Circuit Decision Threatens To Eliminate Federal Jurisdiction Over Most Consumer Class Actions, Undermining The Goals Of The Class Action Fairness Act
Eleventh Circuit Clarifies That Defendants May Introduce Evidence to Satisfy CAFA’s Removal Requirements
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores: En Banc Ninth Circuit Drastically Lowers the Bar for Class Certification and Creates Circuit Court Splits in Approving Largest Class Action Ever Certified (.pdf)
US Supreme Court Releases Opinion in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp.
The Class Action Fairness Act, five years later
Seventh Circuit Sides with Eleventh Circuit, Rules that Federal Jurisdiction Under the Class Action Fairness Act Is Not Dependent on Class Certification
The Nation's New Lawsuit Capital? (.pdf)
Removing the "Fail-Safe" Class Action Under CAFA (.pdf)
Implications of DTD Enterprises Inc. V. Wells (.pdf)
Imposing The Costs of Class Notice On A Defendant Without Consideration Of The Merits May Violate Due Process, Say Three US Supreme Court Justices
Second Circuit Decision on Jurisdiction Under Class Action Fairness Act Could Have Dire Consequences
California Supreme Court Ruling on UCL Standing Requirement May Open the Floodgates to Frivolous Suits (.pdf)
National Arbitration Forum to Cease Administering Consumer Arbitrations: Many Consumer Arbitration Provisions May Need Revision
Mayer Brown Attorney Discusses Kennedy v. Louisiana on C-SPAN

	Selected sample of appellate briefs authored

	American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, No. 12-133 (U.S.) (pending)
	Amicus brief (cert-stage)
	American Isuzu Motors, Inc. v. Ntsebeza, 553 U.S. 1028 (2008)
	Petition for Certiorari
	Reply brief
	AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011)
	Reply Brief (merits stage)
	Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
	Brief for Petitioner
	Reply Brief for Petitioners (cert stage)
	Campbell v. Pac. Bell Wireless LLC (In re Cingular Cases), 2007 WL 93229 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 16, 2007)
	Brief for the Appellants
	Reply Brief for the Appellants
	Cappuccitti v. DirecTV Inc., 623 F.3d 1118 (11th Cir. 2010)
	Amicus Brief
	Coneff v. AT&T Corp., 673 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2012)
	Appellants' Opening Brief
	Appellants' Reply Brief
	Cool v. General Motors Corp. , 954 A.2d 45 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2008)
	Appellee's Brief
	Cool v. GM, 954 A.2d 45 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2008) (Table)
	Appellee's Brief
	Gardner v. United States, 680 F.3d 1006 (7th Cir. 2012)
	Reply brief for Petitioner-Appellant
	Gentry v. Superior Court, 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 773 (Ct. App./App. Dep't Super. Ct. 2007)
	Amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Industry Leaders Association
	Grayson v. AT&T Corp., 15 A.3d 219 (D.C. 2011) (en banc)
	Amicus Brief in Support of Appellees
	Harvey v. KAG West, LLC, No. 10-17360 (9th Cir.)
	Amicus Brief
	In re Lauderdale, 460 F. App’x 361 (5th Cir. 2012)
	Appellant's opening brief
	Reply Brief
	Josephs v. Pac. Bell Tel. Co., 443 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2006)
	Petition for rehearing
	Kaltwasser v. Cingular Wireless LLC, 350 Fed. Appx. 108 (9th Cir. 2009)
	Appellant's Opening Brief
	Appellant's reply brief
	Kennedy v. Louisiana, 128 S. Ct. 2641 (2008)
	Amicus Brief (cert stage)
	Amicus Brief (merits stage)
	Kircher v. Putnam Trust Funds, 126 S.Ct. 2145 (2006)
	Amicus Brief
	KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 617 (2006)
	Amicus Brief
	Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC, , 584 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. granted, 130 S.Ct. 3322 (2010)
	Appellant's opening brief
	Appellant's reply brief
	Lee v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc., 2006 WL 1452936 (Cal. Ct. App. May 26, 2006)
	Brief for the Cross-Appellants
	Reply Brief for the Cross-Appellants
	Brief for the Respondents
	Masters v. DirecTV, Inc., 2009 WL 4885132 (9th Cir 2009)
	Amicus Brief
	McArdle v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 474 F. App’x 515 (9th Cir. 2012)
	Appellants’ Opening Brief
	Reply Brief
	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit, 126 S. Ct. 1503 (2006)
	Amicus brief
	Pella Corp. v. Saltzman, 131 S. Ct. 998 (2011) (Mem.)
	Amicus brief (cert stage)
	Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., 97 So. 3d 824 (Fla. 2012)
	Amicus Brief in Support of Appellees
	Randolph v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc., No. A112342 (Cal. Ct. App.)
	Brief of the Appellants
	Raniere v. Citigroup, Inc., No. 11-5213 (2d Cir.) (pending)
	Amicus Brief for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Society for Human Resource Management
	Rel v. Cingular Wireless LLC, No. A112893 (Cal. Ct. App.)
	Brief of the Appellant
	Stiener v. Apple Computer, Inc., No. 08-15612 (9th Cir.)
	Appellant's opening brief
	Stolt-Nielsen N.A. v. Animalfeeds Int'l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010)
	Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011)
	Merits-stage amicus brief

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