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Ranlett, Kevin S.

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Washington

Ph: 202.263.3217
kranlett @mayerbrown.com
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US Supreme Court Soundly Rejects Certification of a Company-wide Gender Discrimination Class in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (.pdf)
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Courts In California Divide Over Whether False Advertising Lawsuits Can Be Dismissed At The Pleading Stage
Federal Court Dismisses Some But Not All Claims in False-Advertising Class Action Against Maker of Guacamole Dip
Eleventh Circuit Deepens Circuit Split, Holding That District Courts Must Resolve Daubert Challenges To Experts Before Ruling On Class Certification
Seventh Circuit Clarifies That Defendants May Remove Class Actions Unless It Is “Legally Impossible” For $5 Million Or More To Be At Stake
Class Action Bar Targets Food Companies In False Advertising Cases With Mixed Results
Seventh Circuit Decertifies Class Seeking Injunctive Relief in Insurance Case
Illinois Supreme Court Rules that Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Because It Selects the National Arbitration Forum, Which No Longer Handles Consumer Arbitrations
Fourth and Ninth Circuits Deepen Split Over Deadline for Removal When Defendants in Multi-Defendant Cases Are Served at Different Times
District of Columbia High Court Restores Standing Requirements for Consumer Protection Lawsuits
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US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Abandons Prior Interpretation of Class Action Fairness Act That Would Have Deprived Federal Courts Of Jurisdiction Over Most Consumer Class Actions
Eleventh Circuit Decision Threatens To Eliminate Federal Jurisdiction Over Most Consumer Class Actions, Undermining The Goals Of The Class Action Fairness Act
Eleventh Circuit Clarifies That Defendants May Introduce Evidence to Satisfy CAFA’s Removal Requirements
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores: En Banc Ninth Circuit Drastically Lowers the Bar for Class Certification and Creates Circuit Court Splits in Approving Largest Class Action Ever Certified (.pdf)
US Supreme Court Releases Opinion in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp.
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Removing the "Fail-Safe" Class Action Under CAFA (.pdf)
Implications of DTD Enterprises Inc. V. Wells (.pdf)
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Second Circuit Decision on Jurisdiction Under Class Action Fairness Act Could Have Dire Consequences
California Supreme Court Ruling on UCL Standing Requirement May Open the Floodgates to Frivolous Suits (.pdf)
National Arbitration Forum to Cease Administering Consumer Arbitrations: Many Consumer Arbitration Provisions May Need Revision
Mayer Brown Attorney Discusses Kennedy v. Louisiana on C-SPAN

Ranlett, Kevin S.
Partner
Washington

Ph: 202.263.3217
Fax: 202.263.5217
kranlett @mayerbrown.com

Kevin Ranlett is a partner in the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Consumer Litigation & Class Actions practices. He has written merits or amicus briefs in appellate cases involving issues of class certification, arbitration, securities law, federal preemption, the Alien Tort Claims Act, punitive damages, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, and patent law. He also maintains a substantial trial practice, and has litigated cases in state and federal courts across the country and before the American Arbitration Association.

Kevin also serves as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches advanced appellate advocacy.

Kevin joined Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC in 2005. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2004-2005). Kevin graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was selected to the Order of the Coif and served as an articles editor on the University of Chicago Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

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