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Mr. T and Rule 23:  How Not to File a Class Action Against Facebook
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Mr. T and Rule 23: How Not to File a Class Action Against Facebook

A set of recently filed class actions against three big social media platforms are getting a lot of press and, of course, caught our eye. Constitutional scholars have already had lots to say about the legal theory in those cases but, as we said, we’re all about complex civil procedure – so we asked, “can these class actions fly?” We thought these new cases might offer some teachable moments for would-be class action lawyers who may be thinking they are ready to run the gauntlet of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, the rule that governs class actions in federal court.

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