Ted Anderson and Nathan D. Woods recently published a piece in Bender’s California Labor and Employment Bulletin on the role of statistical analysis in meal class actions following Brinker.  A number of observers view the decision in Brinker as an indication that meal class actions would no longer be certified in California and analysis of data at the class stage would be unnecessary.  In the article the authors discuss how, to the contrary, the role of statistical analysis in CA meal class actions should be more prominent, not less so, following Brinker. (download)