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Class Action Mooting Meets Twombly And Iqbal

Law360, New York (April 6, 2015, 12:21 PM EDT) -- Savvy class action defense counsel practicing in Illinois state courts or the Seventh Circuit have often been able to summarily terminate class action claims by immediately paying the full amount of the named plaintiff's claim. This litigation strategy has been available for years, see Hall v. Beals, 396 U.S. 45 (1969), and Watkins v. Chicago Housing Authority, 406 F.2d 1234 (7th Cir. 1969), even though many lawyers never attempted to affirmatively moot an already filed case....

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