The three-judge panel in Olean Wholesale Grocery Coop., Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC had determined that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23b3 required a district court to find that no more than a de minimis number of members are uninjured before a class may be certified.
Key Points - The en banc 9th Circuit clarified numerous rules applicable to class actions brought under Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The.
FTC approved petition from Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. to acquire chromatography equipment business of Novasep Process SAS. Sartorius was FTC-approved, when the FTC ordered Danaher Corporation to divest assets as a condition of acquiring General Electric’s biopharmaceutical business.