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13 J. Bus. & Sec. L. 201 (2012-2013)
Antitrust Class Action Litigation Post Wal-Mart v. Dukes: More of the Same

handle is hein.journals/bussecul13 and id is 209 raw text is: ANTITRUST CLASS ACTION LITIGATION POST WAL-MART V. DUKES: MORE OF THE SAME Amit Bindra I. CLASS ACTION ANTITRUST LITIGATION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. ................................................ 202 1H. THE BACKGROUND OF CLASS ACTION AND ANTITRUST LAWS............ 203 A. Class Actions are Powerful Tools that Benefit Society .............. 203 1. The Typicality and Commonality Requirements of Rule 23(a) Tend to Merge ......................... ....... 206 2. Rule 23(b)(2) Provides Injunctive or Declarative Relief to a Homogenous Group of Individuals............ ..... 207 B. Class Actions Provide Antitrust Practitioners with a Powerful and Efficient Tool. .............................. ..... 210 C. The Supreme Court did not Certify the Class and Held that the Wal-Mart Employees Failed to Establish the Requirements of Rule 23 ................................................ 212 1. The Class Failed to Establish Rule 23(a): It Lacked Commonality Because the Employees had too Many Individualized Questions ................... ..... 214 2. The Class Failed to Satisfy Rule 23(b)(2) by Seeking Monetary Relief ....................................... 215 3. The Court Opened the Door for Lower Courts to Apply the Daubert Rule..................................... 215 III. WHILE WAL-MART V. DUKES WILL INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY FOR A CLASS TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATION, DUKES WILL MINIMALLY IMPACT ANTITRUST CLASS ACTIONS ............................... 216 A. Dukes Increases the Difficulty for Plaintiffs to Meet Rule 23(a)(2)'s Commonality Requirement ..................... 217 1. Dukes's Changes to the Commonality Requirement Will Not Impact Antitrust Class Action Litigation because that Litigation Rarely Turns on this Requirement ....... ..... 218 B. Dukes will Prevent Future Classes from Seeking both Monetary and Injunctive Relief ..................... ............ 222 1. Dukes is Unlikely to Impact Antitrust Class Action Litigation because Plaintiffs Rarely File Cases Pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2) ........................... ...... 223 C. After Dukes, Courts will Scrutinize Expert Testimony .............. 225 1. Antitrust Class Action Litigation Relies Strongly on Expert Testimony and Dukes Will Have an Impact in this Area...... 227 IV. ULTIMATELY, DUE TO THE NATURE OF ANTITRUST CLASS ACTIONS, DUKES WILL ONLY IMPACT EXPERT TESTIMONY ........ ........ 228