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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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Lack of Confidence Not An Answer to CAFA Removal

By Sean Wajert on April 18, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Readers are used to litigants using favorable law to their benefit; this case involves a plaintiff trying to use unfavorable law to his benefit. The c…
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CAFA Removal Appeal to Watch

By Sean Wajert on April 10, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Here’s one to watch. The Supreme Court agreed earlier this week to consider whether defendants seeking removal of a proposed class suit to federal cou…
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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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Supreme Court Hears Argument in CAFA Case

By Sean Wajert on November 7, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case raising the issue whether a parens patriae group action by a state attorney general — a class-like li…
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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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New Law Takes Effect Regarding Venue, Removal

By Sean Wajert on January 11, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

For all the litigators out there, a reminder that The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011, H.R. 394, P.L. 112-63. took eff…
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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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