MOSER v. BENEFYTT, INC.

No. 19-56224.

8 F.4th 872 (2021)

Kenneth J. MOSER, individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENEFYTT, INC.; National Congress of Employers, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Unified Life Insurance Company, Inc., a Texas Corporation; Companion Life Insurance Company, a South Carolina Corporation; Donisi Jax, Inc., aka Nationwide Health Advisors, a Florida Corporation; Charles Donisi, an individual; Evan Jaxtheimer, an individual; Helping Hand Health Group, Inc., a Florida Corporation; Anthony Maresca, an individual; Matthew Herman, an individual, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Voigts (argued), King & Spalding LLP, Palo Alto, California; Matthew V.H. Noller , King & Spalding LLP, Sacramento, California; David L. Balser , Zachary A. McEntyre , and Danielle Chattin , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; for Defendants-Appellants.

Matthew W.H. Wessler (argued), Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Neil K. Sawhney , Gupta Wessler PLLC, San Francisco, California; Jeffrey B. Cereghino , Ram Olson Cereghino & Kopczynski LLP, San Francisco, California; Christopher J. Reichman and Justin Prato , Prato & Reichman APC, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nicole A. Saharsky , Andrew J. Pincus , Archis A. Parasharami , and Daniel E. Jones , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky and Jonathan D. Urick , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Dissent by Judge Cardone.


OPINION

We principally consider whether a defendant waived any objection under Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, ___ U.S. ___, 137 S.Ct. 1773, 198 L.Ed.2d 395 (2017), to the district court's certification of nationwide classes because the defendant did...

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