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The article offers information on the issue before the Federal courts of appeal and the Federal Circuit and Seventh Circuit courts on whether or not a complete offer of settlement with a class representative prior to filing a class certification motion would render the case moot. The author talks about the doctrines of mootness and standing and discusses the case of Russell v. United States and Damasco v. Clearwire Corp.

The article discusses a research on judicial decision making suggests that judges are subject to many of the same unconscious influences and decision making shortcuts as jurors. Topics discussed includes jurisprudence on patentable subject matter, class certification motion and new insight into the role of equal population objectives.

The article offers news briefs related to American Bar Association as of October 1, 2014. The court decision on challenges between the interests of employees in pursuing claims against the employer who aims to maintain some semblance in the workplace. The discovery checklist for defeating class certification on adequacy grounds. The impact of procedural and substantive issue towards criminal appeals.