Jurisdiction: D.C. Circuit

Fail-Safe Classes Are Fundamental

Last month, the D.C. Circuit deepened a circuit split on the issue of fail-safe classes. The decision, In re White, 64 F.4th 302 (D.C. Cir. 2023), rejected a categorical rule against all fail-safe classes in favor of a case-by-case approach rooted in the text of the federal rules. With this ruling, the D.C. Circuit called […]