August 18, 2020
The named plaintiffs in a putative class action must offer affirmative evidence—beyond just the allegations in their complaint—sufficient to satisfy each of the elements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and the defendants often will seek to rebut that evidence at the class certification stage. In our latest article, we analyze Southern District Judge Lewis J. Liman’s recent decision in Fishon v. Peloton Interactive, permitting the defendant to depose putative class members who are not named plaintiffs for purposes of developing its defense to class certification.