Expanded Nationwide Class Notice Costs Are Defendant's Responsibility, Rules 7th Circ. in 'Unusual' Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s cost-allocation order, determining it wasn’t an abuse of discretion to make the defendants in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action foot the bill for notifying potential class members across the country, despite the original class certification being limited to Illinois.

       

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