3rd Circ. Should Allow Class Notice In Wells Fargo Case, according to Law360

By Raphael Janove (February 17, 2022, 2:27 PM EST) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Bruno v. Wells Fargo Bank NA[1] is teed up to decide whether a district court may send notice to absent class members despite a defendant’s claim that such members are bound by arbitration clauses.The Third Circuit has been asked to create a circuit split and disagree with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s 2019 ruling in In re: JPMorgan Chase & Co.[2] and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s 2020 ruling in Bigger v. Facebook Inc.[3] These rulings restrict a district court’s discretion in sending…