Full court rehearing sought for controversial 3rd circuit class-action decision

A little while ago Allison posted on the Third Circuit's recent decision in Carrera v. Bayer, explaining that

the court … held that, if the defendant does not have
purchase records, a consumer class action cannot be certified based on sworn customer
affidavits. The court stated the "rigorous analysis"
requirement for class certification "appl[ies] to the question of
ascertainability," which the court called an "essential prerequisite
of a class action." (Where is ascertainability found in Rule 23? It
is not.) Defense-side lawyers have been rightly touting the decision
as a huge win (see here and here, for example), and an article in Law 360 noted that the Third Circuit has
adopted [an] “Unheard-Of Consumer Class Action Hurdle.”

On Friday, the plaintiff filed a petition for rehearing en banc. Worth reading.

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