Law360, New York ( May 28, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT) -- In the ongoing saga of allegedly moldy "high efficiency" washing machines,[1] that very principle of "efficiency" has threatened to alter class certification analysis on a fundamental level. Specifically, in a recent reversal of a class certification denial involving allegedly defective Whirlpool-brand front-loading washing machines,[2] the Seventh Circuit announced in Butler v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. that it was clarifying the "concept of 'predominance' in class action litigation."[3]...
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