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The NAM filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review of a class action certification case that could remedy a circuit split and defend fair class action standards for all class members. The litigation involved whether a class of plaintiffs, which includes purchasers over ten years and across eleven states, can be certified if there is no reliable way to find class members, short of an unmanageable series of mini-trials. Many NAM members are defendants in class actions and are therefore interested in ensuring that courts rigorously analyze whether a plaintiff has satisfied the requirements for class certification before certifying a class. The NAM’s brief argued that the circuit split encourages plaintiffs to circumvent ascertainability requirements adopted in four circuits by filing nationwide or multi-state class actions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and that the decision imposes a burden on businesses without benefiting absent class members. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court denied certiorari, leaving the issue unresolved.