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Cert Granted in Interesting Class Action Appeal

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2016
Posted in Class Action, Consumer Products

The Supreme Court has granted cert in an important case raising the issue whether a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction under both Article III a…
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Supreme Court Clarifies CAFA Amount in Controversy

By Sean Wajert on December 16, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Readers will recognize that the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) provides a mechanism for removing to federal court various class actions,…
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Remand Not Warranted in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on March 25, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Often defendants in proposed class actions think of an individual’s playing a dual role as lead plaintiff and class counsel as a useful fact to defeat…
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Ninth Circuit to Rehear CAFA Mass Action Removal

By Sean Wajert on February 11, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Ninth Circuit en banc has agreed to rehear a panel’s split decision on mass action removal under the Class Action Fairness Act that created a circ…
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Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision on Daubert Errors

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2014
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

Readers may recall we posted about a Ninth Circuit case involving a worker at a paper mill who claimed asbestos exposure from various products used th…
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CAFA Local Exception Rejected

By Sean Wajert on April 2, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action

A federal court in Georgia ruled last week that a proposed class action alleging injury from chemical exposures was properly removed under the Class …
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Court of Appeals Applies CAFA Mass Action Provision

By Sean Wajert on October 23, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The Seventh Circuit has resolved a conflict between district court decisions about whether a motion to consolidate and transfer related state court ca…
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Supreme Court Grants Cert in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on September 5, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Here is one to watch, especially for our readers with a class action practice. The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari last week in a case raising t…
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Court Permits Plaintiffs to Evade CAFA Mass Action Reach

By Sean Wajert on November 16, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action

Readers know that one of the effects of the Class Action Fairness Act has been to encourage plaintiff counsel to get creative in ways to defeat federa…
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Update on Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on September 1, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Couple of interesting issue being debated in the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation. In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf …
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