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April 14, 2008 8:34 PM You Can't Blame a Plaintiff for Trying! CAFA is Limited to CAFA.
April 14, 2008 4:18 PM Hot Off the Press! Looks Like It's Going To Rain All Night For Louisiana AG's Class Action Against Insurers
April 3, 2008 1:44 PM Ko?n to Polo Ralph Lauren: YOUR SHEETS SUCK!
March 25, 2008 3:14 PM You Can't Blame a Plaintiff for Trying to Defeat Removal. After All, They Had Inhaled Ethylene Dichloride.
March 19, 2008 10:12 AM No CAFA for You! Allstate Remanded to the District Court ... and It Didn't Even Get Bread!
March 18, 2008 2:13 PM Judge Says to Abbott Labs "I Ain't Feelin' It, Dog!"
March 17, 2008 10:17 AM I Bet Circuit City Wishes It Had Refunded That Restocking Fee Now! This CAFA Case is Remanded on Amount in Controversy.
March 11, 2008 1:27 PM Playtex's Spill Proof Cups, the Kind You Drink Out of, Not Wear on Your Chest, is at the Bosom of this CAFA case.
February 29, 2008 6:30 AM Man, that was a long opinion!!!! New Jersey Federal Court Keeps This CAFA Case
February 28, 2008 6:30 AM Hapless Home-Do-It-Yourself Plaintiff Hammered by Trial Court For Trying to "Turn CAFA'S Burden of Proof On Its Head."
February 26, 2008 5:09 PM Fifth Circuit Says No New Car, Caviar, Four Star Daydream Or Football Team For These Lawyers
February 14, 2008 6:30 AM Just Like Green Acres, Oklahoma Is The Place To Be . . . Good thing, Because The Tenth Circuit Is Sending Mobil Back to State Court "Sooner" Rather Than Later.
February 13, 2008 6:30 AM Glasses in a Timely Fashion? Sure. Removal in a Timely Fashion? Not So Much!
February 12, 2008 6:30 AM Mr. Potato Head Doesn't Have a Clue and Gets His Battleship Sunk to State Court in this CAFA Commencement Case.
February 11, 2008 6:30 AM What We Really Need is a "Decider." Are There any Bushes in Arkansas? (The Political Type Not the Foliage Type (and Yes, There is a Difference.).
February 1, 2008 6:30 AM Yada, Yada, Yada - CAFA Cases Worthy of Yada, Yada, Yada
January 30, 2008 6:30 AM New York Court Accepts Class Settlement, "Making It Rain" for Class Members.
January 29, 2008 6:30 AM Don't Be Like Ferris Bueller, and Take This Day Off. This Case Presents an Important Lesson for CAFA and MDLs.
January 25, 2008 6:30 AM Getting Ready for the June Wedding Season; Travelers Left Standing at the Federal Court Altar When Southern District of Illinois Remands CAFA Case to State Court!
January 24, 2008 6:30 AM "Rabid Raccoon Bites Shopper at Home Depot!" Screams the Headline of the Daily CAFA Inquirer. After All Inquiring Minds Want to Know.
January 23, 2008 6:30 AM Removal By a Third-Party Defendant? It's a Theory That's Not "Built Ford Tough."
January 22, 2008 6:30 AM Another Drug Manufacturer Stuck in State Court. No CAFA Jurisdiction for Paxil Class Filed in Minnesota Due to our Old Friend, Commencement.
January 21, 2008 6:30 AM $9.00 in Seattle May Get You a Cup of Coffee, But It Won't Get You CAFA Jurisdiction In the Western District of Washington.
January 18, 2008 6:30 AM "Go to the Head of the Class!" Make Sure You Have the Right Class When You Try to Prove CAFA's Amount in Controversy.
January 17, 2008 6:30 AM Chinese Wheat Gluten is Not the Breakfast of Champions (at least not for Cats and Dogs). Proving the Amount in Controversy is the Focus of this Poisoned Pet CAFA Case
January 16, 2008 6:30 AM It's the Beginning of the Second Semester of the School Year, and the Eastern District of Missouri Takes on--No, Not Reading or Writing, but 'rithmatic--and that Tricky Amount in Controversy Requirement of CAFA.
January 10, 2008 6:31 AM U-Haul Makes Like a Bread Truck and Hauls Buns to Federal Court
January 9, 2008 6:24 AM Traveler's Claims Against United Air Lines Crash Lands in State Court
January 8, 2008 6:10 AM Can you Hear Me Now?...Court Utilizes Lodestar Method to Calculate Attorneys Fees in Calling Card Case
January 7, 2008 4:57 PM Much Like Local NFL Franchise, Philadelphia Plaintiffs' Bid to Win at Home Falls Flat in Eastern District of Pennsylvania
January 2, 2008 8:47 AM Smith's Bicycle Case Comes "Unchained" (Van Halen's 1981 hit) to a Tune with Unusual Chord Functions and a Metre Change (4/4 to 3/4 and back).
December 20, 2007 11:28 AM We're Not Worthy: The Holiday Edition
December 4, 2007 5:44 PM "Let's Do the Time Warp Again!" When the Plaintiff Tries to Convince the Court to Go Back in Time and Relate an Amendment Back to the Complaint to Avoid Federal Jurisdiction.
November 29, 2007 1:03 PM "Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Jiffy Lube Franchise Gets Slick and Slides on Out of This Class Action (at least in Kansas).
November 23, 2007 6:56 AM Judge Smith Says "Smell You Later," Remanding Noxious Odor Class Action Back to State Court.
November 21, 2007 8:36 AM "COUPONS! WE DON'T WANT YOUR STINKIN' COUPONS ... OR YOUR STINKIN' AIR PURIFIER!" says Judge Altonaga in this CAFA Settlement Decision.
November 8, 2007 6:24 AM While Patrick Henry Said, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," Judge Reagan Said, "Give Liberty Back to State Court" in this CAFA Commencement/Relation Back Case.
November 7, 2007 7:18 AM Dreading the Effect of the Writers' Strike on Your Saturday Night Live-Watching Plans this Weekend?
November 6, 2007 10:18 AM The Defendant Uses the Twinkie Defense to Defeat this Class Action Remand Motion Before the Ninth Circuit.
October 31, 2007 6:45 AM Sweet Home Alabama: Another Fax Case Sent Back to State Court
October 30, 2007 6:55 AM Edward & Marjorie Take Bad Beat on All-In Bet! Play-by-Play Brought to You by Your Friends at the CAFA Law Blog.
October 29, 2007 6:52 AM Reagan Rejects Voodoo Economics In This CAFA Trailer Trash Case
October 26, 2007 10:22 AM Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, You Get Nothing Good To Eat...We're Not Worthy--The Halloween Edition.
October 16, 2007 6:36 AM "No Bugs, No Hassles" for Class Action Against Terminix When Illinois Federal Court Denies Remand
October 8, 2007 10:00 AM In the Immortal Words of Joel Goodsen in Risky Business, "Sometimes You Just Gotta Say 'WTF."" The District of New Jersey remands CAFA case under Permissive Home State Exception--SUA SPONTE!
August 22, 2007 11:34 AM Like K-Fed in Hollywood, Plaintiffs' Class Certification Gets DENIED.
August 10, 2007 6:59 AM Please Come to Boston in the Springtime....Just Don't Plan on Leaving Anytime Soon.
August 6, 2007 6:44 AM Bigger is Not Better for CitiFinancial in Ohio in This Class Action Fairness Act Case
August 3, 2007 6:47 AM PeoplePC's Internet Connection to Federal Court Was Dropped In This CAFA Amount In Controversy Case
August 1, 2007 6:09 AM The Luck of the Irish Causes The Ninth Circuit To Weigh In On This Post-CAFA Amendment Case.
July 31, 2007 6:39 AM Street Sense is Not the Winner in this Unpublished District Court Opinion on CAFA Burden of Proof From The Blue Grass State.
July 30, 2007 6:26 AM Got Burden of Proof: Ninth Circuit Examines Jurisdictional Burden of Proof for CAFA
July 27, 2007 6:56 AM A Touch of Grey: The Defendants "Get By" and "Survive" Remand in This Dead Head CAFA Case.
July 25, 2007 6:25 AM Second Time's the Charm: Southern District of Florida Denies Second Motion to Remand in Commencement Case
July 24, 2007 6:00 AM In This Class Action Fairness Act Game, the Ninth Circuit Allows McAtee to Take Ball and Go Home.
July 23, 2007 10:29 AM "Get Back! Get Back! Get Back to Where You Once Belonged," Says the United States District Court for the S.D. of Illinois. Mandatory Joinder Fails to Satisfy CAFA's Minimal Diversity Jurisdiction.
July 20, 2007 4:05 PM Hey Yo Adrian! We Don't Have To Pay No Fees! Seventh Circuit Decides that Pfizer's Removal Was "Objectively Reasonable."
June 22, 2007 11:22 AM Unsatisfied With the Sopranos Series Finale? Pepsico Is Sent to Sleep With the Fishes In This New Jersey CAFA Case.
June 7, 2007 6:35 AM My Advice To You Is To Start Drinking Heavily: Class Member Billing Addresses Are Insufficient To Prove Citizenship For Local Controversy Exception.
June 5, 2007 6:30 AM It Is An Ill Wind That Blows No Good: Hurricane Katrina Spawns an Important 5th Circuit CAFA Decision.
May 30, 2007 5:50 PM "WE'RE NOT WORTHY! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!"
May 28, 2007 10:23 AM Reach of CAFA Spreads Smoothly Like Pancake Batter in the Griddle!
May 23, 2007 9:45 AM Wal-Mart's Always Low Prices Were Just High Enough in This Case to Satisfy the Amount in Controversy in this CAFA Removal.
May 15, 2007 6:16 AM Failed the Evelyn Woods Speed Reading Course? No Worries! This 11th Circuit Court of Appeals 77 Page Decision is Analyzed Free of Charge for You by Your Favorite CAFA Law Blog Editors
May 2, 2007 6:20 AM Avoiding CAFA Removal 101: Admit Your Claim Is Under $5 Million
April 10, 2007 6:18 AM "Just the Fax, Mam." The Interplay Between CAFA and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Addressed by the District Court for the Western District of Washington.
March 30, 2007 6:32 AM If You Are Crossing Boardwalk and Park Place on Your Way to Go in Your CAFA Monopoly Game/Case, Then You Need to Pay Attention to This Practice Pointer Before You Complete the Settlement. Otherwise, You May Not Collect Your $200.
March 29, 2007 6:27 AM The Final Class Action Fairness Act Commencement Case? Hope So!
March 28, 2007 6:39 AM The Decisions are Lining Up! Another CAFA Decision Holds that the Plaintiff Bears the Burden of Proving the Local Controversy Exception.
March 27, 2007 6:51 AM Don't Try to Use CAFA's Appeal Provisions If the Case is Not a Class Action.
March 25, 2007 6:39 AM Douglas MacArthur said, " Rules Are Mostly Made To Be Broken and Are Too Often For The Lazy To Hide Behind." Good Thing He Did Not Practice Before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
February 23, 2007 6:44 AM Post-CAFA Amendment Means the Doctor Is In (Federal Court)
February 21, 2007 6:38 AM The United States District Court for the E.D. of Pennsylvania "dreams a little dream" suggesting an expansion of CAFA to multi-district mass tort litigation.
February 16, 2007 10:08 AM So Close: Removing Defendant Satisfies CAFA, Including, Unfortunately, the Local Controversy and Home State Exceptions.
February 8, 2007 6:35 AM Finally! An Appellate Decision Recognizes the Distinction Between CAFA's Minimal Diversity Jurisdiction and Traditional Complete Diversity Jurisdiction.
January 26, 2007 9:14 AM In the Words of Buster Poindexter: "Hot! Hot! Hot!" Analysis of Date of Senate Judiciary Committee Report, And Critique of Second Circuit's Blockbuster Burden of Proof Ruling.
January 25, 2007 6:07 AM No More Late Fees and Federal Court Jurisdiction Goes Down the Tubes for Blockbuster. Another Circuit Court Holds that CAFA Does Not Change the Burden of Proof as to Minimal Diversity Jurisdiction Upon Removal.
January 24, 2007 6:58 AM Local Controversy and Home State Exceptions in the Class Action Fairness Act Send This Hurricane Katrina Case Back to State Court.
January 19, 2007 5:00 PM The Hits Just Keep Coming from the Third Circuit on Morgan v. Gay. This Time the Third Circuit Examines the Threshold Burden of Proof under CAFA and follows Brill and its Progeny.
January 17, 2007 6:42 AM Say it With Flowers...But Not in Federal Court. This Class Action Fairness Act Case Wilted Under the Application of the Jurisdictional Burden of Proof on the Removing Defendant.
January 4, 2007 6:49 AM Disco Comes to CAFA and the Defendants in this Louisiana District Court Case are Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive, Ah Ha Ha Ha Stayin' Alive!
January 2, 2007 6:33 AM Is This Alabama District Court Decision on the Class Action Fairness Act the Last of the Commencement Cases? We Hope So!
December 29, 2006 6:56 AM Ninth Circuit Decision on Amount in Controversy in the Class Action Fairness Act Case Puts a Smile on Priceline and William Shatner
December 28, 2006 6:27 AM Nine out of Ten Dentists Agree that CAFA Does Not Apply to their New York Class Action.
December 7, 2006 3:48 PM The Saga Continues for Morgan v. Gay as the Third Circuit Hands Down a Precedential Opinion Regarding the Time Limit for Appeal under CAFA. Decision: the Third Circuit May Not Like Rum Either!
November 21, 2006 6:51 AM "But You Said!" Chase Bank Used a Plaintiff's Post Removal Admission to Obtain CAFA Jurisdiction Over a California Class Action.
November 17, 2006 6:42 AM The Lost Circuit?: Is the Ninth Circuit Ignoring the Class Action Fairness Acts's Presumption in Favor of Retaining Federal Jurisdiction of Class Actions?
November 14, 2006 9:53 AM Not Tonight Honey, I Have a CAFA Burden of Proof Headache! Maybe Tomorrow After I Figure Out the Local Controversy and Home State Rules.
November 6, 2006 9:11 AM If I Had A Hammer, Does That Kick Me Out of State Court? The Seventh Circuit Confirms That Plaintiffs' Retooling Related Back and Sends Sears Right Back Where it Started From.
October 25, 2006 6:53 AM GM Takes that California Trip Via CAFA: Illinois Federal Court Remands Claims to State Court in California
October 24, 2006 6:14 AM Got a Little Captain Morgan in Ya? This District Court Does Not. In this Jurisdictional Burden of Proof case, the District Court Sent the Pirate Packing Back to State Court.
October 13, 2006 6:10 AM Lucky CAFA Defendants Escape Remand On Mere "Technicality" in Latest John "Gresham" Potboiler.
October 6, 2006 9:26 AM Rocky Mountain Sigh Colorado: Geico Boomerangs to Colorado State Court After Federal Judge Refuses to Apply CAFA to Newly-Severed Action.
October 2, 2006 1:06 AM Viva Las Vegas: Elvis has Left the Building and He Took this Case with Him, Branded Too Local for CAFA and Federal District Court.
September 27, 2006 10:27 AM Need a Wood Chipper to Grind a Body a' la Fargo? Beware of Damage Waivers if you Rent From Home Depot. Damage Waivers Provided CAFA Jurisdictional Amount in this Case.
September 21, 2006 6:40 AM Stop-this is the Police! Wisconsin Court, Policing Jurisdiction, Takes Class Action Fairness Act Removal Downtown
September 19, 2006 6:26 AM Oh, Yes, They Call Him The Streak: The Bare Allegations in This Case Satisfy the Class Action Fairness Act Jurisdictional Requirements...For Now.
September 11, 2006 6:10 AM "Louisiana, Louisiana. They're Tryin' to Wash Us Away:" CAFA's Local Exception and State Defendant Exception Wash Katrina Class Action Out of Federal Court.
September 7, 2006 6:43 AM I Want a New Drug. One that Won't Make Me Sick: Defendant Gets Stuck with Plaintiff's Bill Because of Improvident CAFA Removal in Pfizer II.
September 5, 2006 6:27 AM Another CAFA Defendant Gets "Brill-Creamed," and Learns a Tough Lesson in the Brave New World of CAFA Removal: When In Doubt, Move It Out!
August 31, 2006 6:03 AM Riding a Train Wreck Into Federal Court: The Class Action Fairness Act Carries the Defendants to the Federal Court Station.
August 30, 2006 6:08 AM Hans and Franz Return for Another Workout and Say: Don't be Such a Girlie Man and Don't Cry Like a Sissy Baby When Federal Court Remands Class Action Against to State Court (Where They Really Will Pump [clap] CAFA Up!)
August 28, 2006 6:44 AM Oklahoma Plaintiff Drills Court for Abstention Under CAFA; Comes Up With Dry Hole
August 25, 2006 6:56 AM A Dog That Just Wouldn't Hunt. Supplemental jurisdiction, State Law Claims, and FSLA.
August 24, 2006 6:27 AM O Canada! Class Action Fairness Act Removal and Relation Back
August 22, 2006 8:58 AM Special Report: Editors' Critique of Miedema Ruling On Threshold Burden of Proof
August 22, 2006 8:52 AM Maytag's Lonely Repairman Has Work to Do: Eleventh Circuit Holds that the Removing Defendant Bears the Burden of Proving Threshold Subject Matter Jurisdition.
August 21, 2006 6:43 AM You Will Want to Track This Package: Seventh Circuit Holds that the Plaintiff Bears the Burden of Proof that the Home State and Local Controversy Exceptions of CAFA Apply.
August 18, 2006 6:31 AM The Oil Companies Have It Rough - What?: Mobil alleges the intervention of new plaintiffs from previous federal court suit commenced a new state court action for purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act
August 17, 2006 6:11 AM "You say goodbye, and I say hello, hello, hello." Plaintiffs try to say goodbye to removed CAFA case, but Fifth Circuit says hell-oh-oh, you have the burden of proof on exceptions to prima facie jurisdiction.
August 16, 2006 8:36 AM "Dorothy Goes Blonde and Meets Three Bears": 10th Circuit chooses an approach for CAFA commencement issues that is "just right."
August 15, 2006 7:42 AM "We Got A Streaker!:" Bare Allegations Just Not Enough to Stay in Federal Court under the standards imposed by the Class Action Fairness Act
August 14, 2006 7:44 AM "No Particular Place To Go:" GM's Dex-Cool litigation has nowhere to go in federal court due to the 7th Circuit's denial of the corporation's request to appeal the district court's remand order under the Class Action Fairness Act
August 13, 2006 11:07 PM Texas is Like a Whole 'Nother Country, But the Application of Federal Law, in this case an Exception in the Class Action Fairness Act, Sent Texas Commerce Trust Back to State Court.
August 9, 2006 7:54 AM "Trouble Down at Squaw Creek:" Not a lost episode of "The Rifleman," but a swift denial of the plaintiffs' remand motion after defendants satisfy federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act.
August 8, 2006 8:57 AM They Lied When They Promised Me No Math Was Required. CAFA's Amount in Controversy Revealed!
August 6, 2006 9:00 AM Roaming Gnome Visits Federal Court, But There May Not be a Vacancy. Plaintiffs file CAFA complaint against Internet travel sites, but the judge is not so sure case should stay.
August 4, 2006 9:15 AM Slow Train Comin': Plaintiff takes more than a year to serve the complaint, but a Florida federal judge says that does not bump the case into the CAFA zone.
July 9, 2006 2:15 PM The Sizzler is a Sweatshop?: Buffet-style restaurant managers seeking to recover past overtime wages amend class action complaint to add new defendant, thereby raising CAFA commencement issue.
July 7, 2006 8:07 AM CAFA Law Blog Public Service Announcement: The Tenth Circuit, by way of Chief Judge Tacha, provides a clear and concise discussion of Grable's effect on federal jurisdiction.
July 5, 2006 5:00 PM California Dreaming: District Court has ESP regarding future Ninth Circuit ruling, tagging removing party with CAFA's burden of proof. No winter day for these defendants, though!
June 29, 2006 8:15 AM "It's An Arkansas Thing; You Wouldn't Understand": Arkansas Judge joins with his fellow Arkansas Judges and determines relation back analysis isn't relevant in determining an amended complaint's effect on jurisdiction under CAFA
June 28, 2006 8:05 AM "Start Something": Microsoft hoped plaintiffs started a new action by filing version 4.0 of their complaint after the Class Action Fairness Act became law, however the judge crashed Microsoft's hopes of staying in federal court.
June 26, 2006 8:01 AM "Shoot Bobby, Everybody Knows Malaysian Channel Locks Ain't Worth A Damn!": Sears attempts to use CAFA to remove class action alleging it sold customers foreign made tools while claiming they were Made in the USA.
June 23, 2006 10:01 AM "Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink": Oil Companies attempt CAFA removal after plaintiffs alleging contaminated ground water redefine the class definition. Another decision in the deluge of commencement cases.
June 22, 2006 12:05 PM "I'm Bad. I'm Nationwide": Nationwide attempts to use the commencement of one class action in state court to count as the commencement of a later filed identical action in federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act.
June 21, 2006 7:30 AM Time Marches On, but the commencement cases keep coming: The Southern District of Illinois considers whether the addition of defendants commenced a new suit allowing removal under the Class Action Fairness Act.
June 20, 2006 7:23 AM "Do you mind if we dance with your dates?": Aetna finally gets penciled in on the Middle District of Alabama's dance card after satisfying the Class Action Fairness Act's $5 million amount in controversy.
June 19, 2006 7:05 AM "Fiore!": First American wins the Green Jacket by slamming one down the middle of the fairway by establishing federal jurisdiction under CAFA, and then putting to victory by succeeding on its motion to dismiss.
June 15, 2006 10:03 AM Highway to Hell: Judge uses 7th Circuit's rulings as road map to drive this one back to Madison County, Ill.- dubbed a "Judicial Hellhole" by American Tort Reform Association.
June 14, 2006 1:57 PM "Intel Inside" Federal Court: Computer giant keeps microprocessor antitrust actions in federal court by satisfying the Class Action Fairness Act's amount in controversy.
June 13, 2006 7:21 PM Sack the QB, Get a Buckeye, Score a TD, Get a Buckeye, Have removal stick in less than two page opinion, get two Buckeyes: Defendants earn Buckeyes for helmet by convincing Ohio District Court to grant removal under CAFA.
June 12, 2006 6:06 PM Blood In The Water?: Claims of Floridians injured by Hurricane Ivan are remanded due to Allstate's failure to satisfy CAFA's amount in controversy requirement.
June 10, 2006 11:45 AM "Check your blood sugar, and check it often. There's no reason not to.": Defendant Liberty Mutual mainlines back to Illinois state court after judge rules case was "commenced" pre-CAFA.
June 8, 2006 6:54 PM "I have made this [opinion] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.": West Virginia District Court issues 57 page opinion reviewing CAFA commencement and burden of proof precedent.
June 7, 2006 5:52 PM "Looks like a duck. Quacks like a duck. Must be a duck. Unless it didn't file proper paperwork.": Action must be filed under Rule 23 no matter its resemblance to a class action for CAFA to apply
June 6, 2006 6:29 AM "Down Goes Frazier!": 9th Circuit Judges engage in judicial fisticuffs to determine whether the court's panel opinion construing CAFA's time limit on appeals should be reviewed en banc.
June 5, 2006 2:45 PM "Tie Goes To The Runner:" 5th Circuit gives plaintiffs benefit of doubt by calling suit "commenced" before CAFA became law, despite only partial payment of fax filing fees in state court
June 1, 2006 4:29 PM Leap of Faith: 5th Circuit makes relatively safe leap by deciding to trust integrity of other Circuit Courts of Appeals not to abuse power if CAFA's 60 day appellate review period begins on their order.
May 25, 2006 2:05 PM Another Brick in the Wall: 9th Circuit says CAFA doesn't transfer jurisdictional burden of proof, making the wall more difficult for defendants to scale.
May 25, 2006 8:08 AM OK, gang, pay attention. This is important: Eleventh Circuit becomes first court to apply Section Two of CAFA to burden of proof analysis in CAFA local controversy case.
May 24, 2006 6:30 AM Get a load of this, Braud: The 5th Circuit concludes that a new action "commences" for CAFA purposes when a new defendant is added post-CAFA.
May 22, 2006 6:30 AM "The Three Amigos": Same 5th Circuit panel which recently addressed §1453 now considers whether §1453 allows appeal of remand orders beyond those cases removed under CAFA.
May 3, 2006 7:26 PM "She (almost) Blinded Me With Science": Computer Sciences Corporation attempts to blind Arkansas Federal Court to this action's pre-CAFA commencement date, but the court tidied up, and CSC can't find anything.
April 27, 2006 6:53 PM "Toto, we're not in Kansas (federal court) any more": Kansas judge tosses defendants out of Emerald City and back to state court, finding that suit was "commenced" four days before CAFA became law.
April 26, 2006 4:27 PM "Rainwater blowin' all under my hood, Knew that was doin' my motor good." GM overheats and is towed back to state court in this pre-CAFA engine coolant products class action.
April 24, 2006 6:04 PM "Vernon's got prospects. He's bona fide. What are you?": In a sister case to Main Drug v. Aetna, Alabama federal judge reiterates requirement of bona fide intent to serve complaint for commencement purposes under CAFA.
April 20, 2006 8:08 PM "Bad Moon Rising": South Carolina District Judge finds Unifund CCR Partners (we assume no relation to the real Credence Clearwater Revival) acted in bad faith by removing action to federal court under CAFA.
April 3, 2006 7:08 AM "Hans and Franz Want to Pump - You Up." Plaintiffs added Bally Total Fitness as a defendant post-CAFA, which drops a weight on the plaintiffs' Girlie-Mon motion to remand, even though they later voluntarily dismissed Bally.
March 30, 2006 6:57 PM "May the Schwartz Be with You." Despite having the Schwartz (in the form of named plaintiff, Adam) clearly on their side, plaintiffs' attempt to invoke CAFA's three exceptions to general diversity failed.
March 29, 2006 7:55 AM "Just the Fax, Ma'am": Louisiana federal judge transmits two actions removed under CAFA back to state court, declaring that petitions faxed to state court had "commenced" the cases one day before CAFA became law.
March 28, 2006 8:11 AM "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson - Heaven Holds a Place for You" (just not in state court). Louisiana District Court declines to invoke CAFA's "local controversy" exception, despite Ms. Robinson's best efforts to the contrary.
March 27, 2006 6:55 AM "Show Me the Money (or at least the amount)," says North Dakota Court. Brokerage firm in unauthorized trading suit fails to satisfy CAFA's $5 million amount in controversy requirement, despite handling over $1 billion in assets.
March 23, 2006 6:47 AM "Outflanked": The plaintiffs, focused on defending against federal jurisdiction under the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act, exposed their flank to Fidelity, and are routed into federal court on the sword of CAFA.
March 22, 2006 7:05 AM "Pack the Bags - Heading Home " -- South Carolina Federal District Court rules that class claims filed in third-party complaint were improper, and thus, cannot provide grounds for removal under CAFA.
March 21, 2006 6:09 AM Against the Grain: Arkansas Federal District Court bucks the trend, and holds that a relation-back analysis is irrelevant to the "commencement" issue under the Class Action Fairness Act
March 20, 2006 6:49 AM "Time Is On Our Side" for the plaintiffs. And, if all else fails, claim the clerk's stamp was wrong, as the defendant in this Arkansas "commencement" case struggles to prove federal jurisdiction, but is bested by time itself.
March 14, 2006 10:20 AM "But you ain't Bona Fide!" - Alabama District Court determines that complaint was not filed with the bona fide intent of having it immediately served, and thus, did not "commence" the action before CAFA became law.
March 10, 2006 7:25 PM "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Option One won one when the plaintiffs voluntarily invoked federal jurisdiction under CAFA in their unsuccessful attempt to avoid arbitration.
March 9, 2006 7:08 PM Volkswagen didn't get the expected mileage out of this vehicle: District Court finds that amended petition related back to the pre-CAFA complaint, and VW gets towed back to Missouri state court.
March 6, 2006 8:04 PM Magical Mystery Tour: Texas Federal District Judge gives the parties a comprehensive CAFA tour in this unusual "commencement" case, and "the invitation to make the reservation" takes the plaintiffs away - from federal court.
February 21, 2006 7:30 AM If at first you don't succeed�file again in federal court:Plaintiffs say CAFA legislative intent mitigates defense efforts to stay a California federal proceeding pending adjudication of an identical state court action.
February 20, 2006 8:06 AM " . . . For the Very First Time" (with apologies to Madonna): New Jersey District Court references CAFA's notice requirements in settlement order.
February 17, 2006 9:00 AM "Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Good-bye." MDL Panel transfers class action against Massachusetts Federal Judge's on-the-record wishes, which results in a comprehensive (and unflattering) look at MDL generally, with some CAFA overtones.
February 15, 2006 6:53 PM "Do as we fail to say, not as we mean." Washington District Court ignores CAFA legislative history in deciding whether CAFA reversed the traditional burden of proof in removal disputes.
February 6, 2006 6:42 AM "If you haven't looked at Ford lately, look again"-you'll find them back in state court. 7th Circuit says amended complaints adding new plaintiffs relate back to originals, so no new actions "commenced" under CAFA.
February 2, 2006 8:27 PM One if by land, and two if by sea-Paul Revere's attempt to ride CAFA into federal court results instead in being thrown off of that horse-back to state court as California District Court invokes "state-action exemption."
February 1, 2006 8:25 PM "Less" is really "more," despite what your mother said--the Ninth Circuit (more or less) says Congress didn't mean what it said in text of CAFA when it set the time limit to trigger appellate review.
January 31, 2006 9:06 AM Arkansas Federal Court puts brakes on GM's argument that cost of class notice counts toward amount in controversy in defective parking brake class action - plus, Pritchett strikes again on "commencement" issue.
January 30, 2006 10:20 AM Persistence (and a newly amended class) pays dividends for Liberty Mutual as the Seventh Circuit finds that federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act is proper.
January 25, 2006 6:47 AM No pill to cure this ill for Merck: Eighth Circuit weighs in on CAFA "commencement" - amended petition related back to original petition, even though original class representative lacked a colorable claim.
January 13, 2006 6:02 AM California Federal Court denies plaintiff keys to the kingdom: no class survey or members' contact info yet, since jurisdictional discovery under CAFA should be limited to the least burdensome means possible.
January 5, 2006 7:13 PM Knudsen: the second verse is same as the first - Illinois District Court reiterates that the latest amended class definition didn't "commence" a new action under CAFA.
January 4, 2006 1:57 PM Illinois Federal Court, "shocked" by plaintiffs' counsel's request for $50,000 in attorney's fees for 130 hours work in a granted remand motion, and citing uncertainty regarding CAFA interpretation, denies the requested relief.
December 27, 2005 9:56 AM Another acknowledgment of the obvious - New Jersey Superior Court finds that an action commenced on October 30, 2003 is not subject to the provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act.
December 22, 2005 7:36 AM An older "date of commencement" case: Illinois Federal Court rules that date of filing, not date of removal, is the date of commencement for determining whether CAFA applies.
December 20, 2005 6:14 AM Another "commencement" case: Illinois Federal Judge cites Oklahoma brethren with approval in decision that case filed in state court on February 18th, an hour before presidential signature of CAFA, was subject to the Act.
December 14, 2005 6:00 PM Where's the party? Arizona Federal Judge remands case in which the pleadings fail to nail down each side's citizenship under either a CAFA or a traditional diversity jurisdiction analysis.
December 12, 2005 12:15 PM Yet another "date of commencement" case - Arkansas Federal Court holds that CAFA doesn't apply to a case filed before the effective date of the Act.
December 9, 2005 4:09 PM Arkansas Federal Court says that neither the date of service of the complaint nor the date of removal is the operative date for "commencement" of this case under CAFA.
December 7, 2005 9:06 PM Amended complaint can't keep removed case initially filed pre-CAFA in federal court, even though the post-CAFA amendment was the first assertion of a class action.
December 5, 2005 10:28 AM Illinois Federal Court addresses dispositive motions and arbitration motions in this spyware case removed pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Action Act, but CAFA itself merits only a footnote.
December 2, 2005 8:41 AM CAFA gets little more than passing mention by New York Federal Judge in an unsolicited fax TCPA case.
December 1, 2005 9:23 AM Plaintiffs can't unring the bell - the voluntary dismissal of certain defendants served after CAFA's enactment in an attempt to destroy federal jurisdiction doesn't fly. And no piecemeal removals, either - all or nothing.
November 29, 2005 12:01 PM Influenced by Pritchett, Florida Federal Judge says that the date of filing, rather than the date of removal is the date that counts for CAFA-based federal jurisdiction.
November 28, 2005 10:28 AM "No More Late Fees" class action against Blockbuster stays in federal court, as the judge places the burden in the remand battle on the plaintiff, while rejecting the plaintiff's version of amount in controversy.
November 23, 2005 7:55 AM Washington Federal Court decides that an arbitration award against class action plaintiff wipes out any relation back of amended complaint, so the removed case stays in federal court.
November 21, 2005 8:28 AM Rock Around the Clock - another "commencement" case: original claim isn't wiped out by demurrer, so no CAFA-based federal jurisdiction over the second amended complaint with the same claims.
November 19, 2005 12:21 PM Sauce for the Goose is sauce for the Gander: a plaintiff who files his initial pleadings before CAFA effective date can't invoke Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction in amended pleadings.
November 17, 2005 9:08 AM No surprises here: Illinois Federal District Court follows the Seventh Circuit -- CAFA does not apply to a state court class action filed on February 17, 2005.
November 16, 2005 8:38 AM Federal District Court concludes that state court's consolidation of multiple class action suits does not "commence" an action for CAFA jurisdictional purposes.
November 15, 2005 7:15 AM Illinois Federal Court holds that an amended class definition and the addition of two new class members does not "commence" a new case for CAFA jurisdictional purposes.
November 14, 2005 7:23 AM Missouri Federal Court declines to shift burden of proof in removal dispute to plaintiff, while holding that the amended complaint does not "commence" a new action for CAFA jurisdictional purposes.
November 10, 2005 8:14 AM West Virginia Federal Court joins the crowd -- removal of case to federal court is not "commencement."
November 9, 2005 6:23 AM Illinois Federal Judge consolidates cases and then, remands pre-CAFA state law claims on date of commencement basis while retaining jurisdiction over claims against third party defendants.
November 8, 2005 11:06 AM Georgia Federal Judge decides that the second amended complaint significantly expanded the Class and thus "commenced" a new action, and that the defense satisfied CAFA diversity and amount in controversy requirements.
November 7, 2005 7:58 AM Alabama Federal Judge rejects defense efforts to prevent remand: substituting correct defendant in a pre-CAFA state court action does not "commence" action so as to trigger CAFA
November 6, 2005 8:29 AM Pennsylvania Federal Court says that the removing defendant must prove the validity of CAFA removal, while the plaintiff can conduct discovery to probe diversity jurisdiction.
November 3, 2005 8:39 AM A plaintiff challenging federal jurisdiction has the burden of proving that a CAFA removal is wrong, according to a Federal District Judge in Washington state.
November 2, 2005 9:50 AM 7th Circuit Becomes first circuit to decide which party bears the burden of proof in a CAFA remand dispute, while rejecting CAFA legislative history consideration.
November 1, 2005 8:27 AM CAFA jurisdiction with a twist: in this role reversal, the plaintiffs cite the Class Action Fairness Act to keep their case in federal court.
October 31, 2005 8:07 AM With a nod to Knudsen, Missouri Federal District Judge says that an amended class action complaint in a dismissed case does not commence a new action for CAFA jurisdictional purposes, but certain amendments might.
October 29, 2005 8:05 AM New York Federal Court confirms that CAFA does not have retroactive application.
October 28, 2005 8:55 AM Tennessee Federal Court upholds "carve out" under CAFA for securities litigation, holding that Section 1453(d) is not ambiguous.
October 28, 2005 8:37 AM California Federal District Court rules that the plaintiff bears the burden of proof in CAFA removal cases and upholds the corporate governance exception to CAFA .
October 27, 2005 6:14 AM It's a law school exam question: Massachusetts District Judge frames a multiple choice question, and answers with a resounding "maybe," while confirming the immediate appeal of remand orders under CAFA.
October 26, 2005 6:31 AM Massachusetts Federal Judge laments "toothless" Rule 23, vanishing jury trials, cowed federal bench and CAFA, while giving a "thumbs-up" to a $75 million settlement in this pharmaceutical class action.
October 25, 2005 4:02 PM U. S. Supreme Court refines boundaries of federal question jurisdiction by affirming the removal of a state action to quiet title with a significant federal tax law angle.
October 24, 2005 3:35 PM The 7th Circuit: "Scrivener's error" amending to add a (previously dismissed) "new" party post-CAFA is not enough to foil the remand of a case initially filed before the effective date of CAFA, but removed after the Act.
October 23, 2005 2:28 PM The 10th Circuit issues its "explanatory opinion" in Pritchett, reiterating that CAFA does not apply to class actions filed before its February 18th date of enactment.
October 23, 2005 8:57 AM 9th Circuit weighs in on the "commencement date" issue, joining the 10th & 7th Circuits that the date of original filing, rather than the date of removal, is what counts.
October 22, 2005 10:43 AM Adding a new defendant to "correct a misnomer" after the effective date of CAFA does not defeat remand, according to California Federal Judge.
October 22, 2005 10:00 AM A Double Whammy: Illinois Federal District Court decides that removed case misses both CAFA's $5 million mark and federal question jurisdiction, since the TCPA provides exclusive state court jurisdiction for private actions.
October 13, 2005 6:42 PM Removed Oregon case heads back to state court: an action is "commenced" when it's filed, not when process is served.
October 13, 2005 6:00 PM Missouri Federal Court says that the fifth amended petition is still not the charm -- Post-CAFA amended petition naming the "correct" defendant is not enough to remain in federal court.
October 6, 2005 6:50 PM Oklahoma Federal Court decides that the date of amendment of the initial complaint adding claims and parties and seeking class certification constitutes the date of "commencement" for CAFA purposes.
October 6, 2005 5:19 PM Arkansas Federal Judge decides that case is "commenced" for CAFA applicability determination purposes at the time of initial filing, not when it is amended to seek certification of a national class.
October 3, 2005 8:32 AM Tennessee Federal District Court holds that shareholder class action for equitable relief under Delaware law is a securities action not subject to CAFA, and therefore, no federal jurisdiction exists.
September 30, 2005 7:03 AM Oklahoma Federal District Court Reiterates That Time Of Day Does Not Matter For Removal Of Class Action Case.
September 28, 2005 7:31 PM Time of day of filing doesn't matter for the purpose of determining when an action is "commenced" under CAFA, according to Oklahoma Federal Court, but the burden of proof to establish federal jurisdiction is on the defendant.
September 28, 2005 6:51 PM Kentucky Federal Court determines that class action can be removed to federal court if a new defendant is added after CAFA's February 18, 2005 date of enactment.
September 23, 2005 6:37 PM 1st Circuit Court of Appeals follows the 10th and 7th Circuits, and holds that removal does not commence a case under CAFA.
September 23, 2005 10:17 AM Louisiana Federal Magistrate Judge considers two major topics -- whether addition of new defendants after CAFA's effective date supports removal and whether the CAFA securities exemption applied
September 22, 2005 3:53 PM CAFA does not influence U. S. Supreme Court's analysis of supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1367.
September 20, 2005 2:56 PM Judge Posner: The corporate world should not expect removals to be successful for state court actions filed before the date of CAFA's enactment.
September 20, 2005 8:41 AM New Jersey Federal Court declares that State Attorney General's consumer suit is not a class action under CAFA, since the state (or its alter ego) is not a "citizen" for diversity purposes.
September 18, 2005 12:08 PM Oklahoma federal judge refuses to apply CAFA amount in controversy standards to MDL filed before CAFA was enacted, but federal jurisdiction survives under traditional diversity analysis.
September 18, 2005 8:06 AM Texas Federal District Court declines to apply CAFA to action filed before the date of enactment, remands case for failure to meet amount in controversy.
September 17, 2005 12:07 PM California Federal District Court remands consolidated actions: "commencement of action" under CAFA held to be date case is filed in state court, not date of removal to federal court.
September 17, 2005 11:10 AM The "Schoolhouse Rock" case - Missouri Federal District Court holds that the day Congress adopted CAFA was not the effective date - presidential signature was first required for the Act to become effective.
September 17, 2005 9:06 AM Ohio Federal Court declares that state case filed the day before CAFA's effective date is not covered by the new law because the action was "commenced" before CAFA's enactment.
September 5, 2005 12:00 PM California federal judge remands class action to state court - aggregate value of case to either side falls short of CAFA's $5,000,000 threshold.
September 4, 2005 5:43 PM 7th Circuit stresses that CAFA does not apply to removed cases originally filed in state court before CAFA's effective date. The Court also notes that states vary in determining when a case "commences."
September 4, 2005 10:30 AM Pritchett -the first case to consider CAFA - an action is "commenced" on the date initially filed in state court, not the date it is removed.
September 3, 2005 10:15 AM The 10th Circuit - the first circuit to weigh in - considers the issue, and agrees with Pritchett District Court - the date of initial filing is the "date of commencement" under CAFA.
September 3, 2005 9:50 AM 7th Circuit rules that new class definition does not equal "commencement" for CAFA purposes, but hints at other modifications which might.
August 29, 2005 9:03 AM The trend continues - the date of filing, rather than the date of removal, is key to CAFA jurisdiction, California federal district judge declares.
August 29, 2005 8:13 AM Virginia District Court: plaintiffs' failure to plead CAFA's $5,000,000 minimum deprived court of subject matter jurisdiction.

Events

April 28, 2008 11:22 AM I'll Gladly Pay You Tomorrow for a Hamburger Today.
April 18, 2008 2:40 PM So This Lawyer and Engineer Were Fishing...
April 17, 2008 11:06 AM Asbestos Claims? I thought asbestos litigation was dead.
April 2, 2008 6:30 AM Reminder: American Conference Institute's Pollution Liability Insurance Seminar: Underwriting and Claims Strategies for Managing Risk and Minimizing Liability
March 11, 2008 2:14 PM American Conference Institute's Pollution Liability Insurance Seminar: Underwriting and Claims Strategies for Managing Risk and Minimizing Liability
January 31, 2008 3:13 PM Is the MDL Replacing Class Actions as the Favored Procedure? Find Out at the Tulane Symposium on Multidistrict Litigation in The Big Easy
January 30, 2008 10:25 AM Under Pressure: How To Manage Complex Litigation...Made Easy
December 12, 2007 4:03 PM Cure for Overspending This Holiday Season?
November 2, 2007 6:05 AM Moore's� Rules of Federal Practice Teleconference: Recent Developments in Class Actions and the Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act. The CLE Panacea for the Overworked and Lazy Alike.
November 1, 2007 6:30 AM An Inconvenient Truth: As the Water Rises, So Do Interesting Liability and Class Action Theories
October 15, 2007 11:23 AM Yo, Adrian! Check Out the University of Pennsylvania's Knockout CAFA Symposium.
October 10, 2007 9:37 AM LEARN SECRETS TO THE OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE!
October 9, 2007 3:24 PM Tainted Love: Defending Consumer Class Actions, Such as for Lead Poisioning
October 9, 2007 2:10 PM Leave Your Canoes and Camping Gear at Home, Thomson West "Delivers" Dueling Coastal CLEs!
September 17, 2007 2:41 PM Tick Tock Tick Tock. Time is a Wastin'. Outstanding Wage and Hour Seminar Focusing on Class Actions.
September 17, 2007 10:15 AM Jake and Elwood Blues Sing the CAFA Blues in Chicago for the ABA.
September 5, 2007 8:40 AM Halloween Is Coming-Do You Have a Costume Yet?
August 31, 2007 6:29 AM It Will Be Hot As ^#$&!*. The CAFA Topics, Not the Temperature!
August 7, 2007 6:31 AM What Could Make a Visit to the "Valley of the Sun" Better? Why Discussing How to Position the Class Action Defense for Early Success.
August 2, 2007 6:55 AM Discuss CAFA in the House of the Rising Sun at the 7th Annual Class Action / Mass Torts Symposium in New Orleans.
June 4, 2007 6:33 AM Essay Contest On CAFA! University of Pennsylvania Law Review Is Holding An Essay Contest on CAFA.
April 30, 2007 2:42 PM CAFA, Liberating Ally or the Ugly American? Let's Ask the Italians...in Rome!!!
April 23, 2007 9:47 AM Left Your Heart in San Francisco? Here is a Great Chance to Go Retrieve It and Learn About CAFA!
February 12, 2007 1:21 PM If You Have Waited Until Now to Buy Your Significant Other a Valentine's Day Present, We Have Just the Thing For You. Combine Your Love of the Class Action Fairness Act with That of Your Mate.
December 22, 2006 6:13 AM Festivus and the Class Action Fairnes Act - A Holiday for the Rest of Us!
November 23, 2006 8:49 AM Fried Turkey or Wild Turkey? Both Go Well With the Class Action Fairness Act
November 16, 2006 6:32 AM There is No Better Way to Start Off the New Year...How About Some CAFA and Class Action Education in Los Angeles with the Movie Stars?
November 15, 2006 6:50 AM Anna Nicole Smith and the Class Action Fairness Act (have absolutely nothing in common, yet we expect that they will one day)!
October 18, 2006 6:54 AM Feel the Burn! Get a CAFA workout at the 16th Litigation and Resolution of Complex Class Actions Institute.
October 16, 2006 6:25 AM The Next Best Thing to Being There - Teleconference and Webcast Bring CAFA All-Stars to your Office!
October 11, 2006 6:28 AM Sip Peppermint Schnapps in the Ski Lodge while Brushing Up on the Class Action Fairness Act.
October 9, 2006 6:28 AM The Class Action Fairness Act, Da Bears, and the Windy City. It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
September 14, 2006 6:55 AM Bring Your Tourism Dollars to New Orleans: 6th Annual Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium in the City that Care Forgot
September 4, 2006 6:07 AM Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A Pirate's Life for Me!
August 26, 2006 6:15 AM Hey, you, good looking! Now that we have your attention, think about coasting to California or New York to get an all-day scoop on CAFA and class action practice.
August 23, 2006 6:16 AM Early to Bed, Early to Rise Makes You an Expert on the Class Action Fairness Act (Particularly if You Attend This Seminar).
July 6, 2006 10:27 AM If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, He Will Probably Want a Glass of Milk. If you are interested in CAFA, then you are probably interested in MultiDistrict Litigation. Here is a program for you!
June 4, 2006 2:00 PM A Year In The Life of CAFA: New York conference sizes up the Class Action Fairness Act.
June 1, 2006 7:10 PM The CAFA Law Blog posts its 100th Case - Join Us in the Celebration!!
May 16, 2006 1:32 PM The right stuff: Upcoming ethics seminar targets class action practice.
May 12, 2006 10:49 AM The right stuff: ethics seminar targets class action practice
February 22, 2006 11:56 AM Blog Law and Blogging for Lawyers Conference: Law Seminars International presents a conference on the legal issues and opportunities surrounding blawgs (or whatever you want to call them).
February 10, 2006 12:59 PM Back to the future: UMKC Law School presents symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of Phillips Petroleum Company v. Schutts, including a panel on the Class Action Fairness Act.
January 27, 2006 7:20 PM Springtime, mint julips and CAFA in the South: ACI Atlanta conference offers defense advice for litigating in the post-CAFA world.
December 28, 2005 3:45 PM Hatch comments at ABA November, 2005 seminar In Washington, D.C. on "The Future of Class Action Litigation In America."
December 19, 2005 6:39 AM February 2006 San Francisco class action seminar scheduled to address the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act nearly a year after its adoption.
December 6, 2005 8:32 AM An East Coast event with a West Coast slant: Class Action seminar scheduled to address CAFA and California's Prop 64.
November 30, 2005 10:08 AM December teleconference tackles post-CAFA era class certification issues.
November 22, 2005 10:21 AM Rollo invited to address Class Action Fairness Act issues at Tulane Law Review symposium.
October 5, 2005 7:46 AM The ABA Section of Litigation presents the 9th Annual Institute on Class Actions (Part 2).
October 5, 2005 4:14 AM ABA'S Class Action Litigation Conference tackles CAFA issues for lawyers on both sides of the "v."
October 3, 2005 6:24 PM San Francisco and New York scheduled to host the 15th Annual Class Action Institute seminar.
September 22, 2005 7:43 AM ACI hosts seminar on Consumer Finance Litigation and Class Actions in the Big Apple.
August 31, 2005 5:27 PM ABA's National Institute on Class Actions Fall '05 Programs Target CAFA

Resources

January 31, 2008 6:30 AM Big Book on Big Issues...Class Actions: The Law of 50 States
November 3, 2007 6:07 AM Need A Break from Bad College Football? Then We Have Just the Ticket for You.
August 13, 2007 6:02 AM Guest Post: Professor Lonny Hoffman on the Jurisdictional Burden of Proof
July 30, 2007 11:34 AM BlawgWorld 20007: Harry Potter & the Legal Blawgs
June 11, 2007 6:13 AM BNA Articles Discuss the Recent U.S. Fifth Circuit CAFA Decisions in Weems and Preston.
January 31, 2007 6:48 AM From Sea to Shining Sea . . . Consumer Financial Services Practitioners Will Discuss CAFA and Class Action Issues.
January 23, 2007 6:34 AM Single, Attractive, and Wealthy Group Looking for Deep Spiritual Relationship or Friends With Benefits, Whichever is Easiest.
December 22, 2006 2:20 PM Happy Holidays from the CAFA Law Blog
October 31, 2006 6:53 AM Because I'm Good Enough; I'm Smart Enough, and, Doggonit, People Just Like Me!" - That's Right: What You Have to Say about CAFA is Valuable, and the CAFA Law Blog Would Love to Hear It in the Form of a "Guest Post!"
September 29, 2006 2:20 PM Put It On The 'Fridge: A Few of Our Own Bring Home an Article Espousing a Novel and Somewhat Controversial Argument Regarding the Class Action Fairness Act's Jurisdictional Burden of Proof.
July 28, 2006 9:23 AM CAFARAMA!!! Scholars, lawyers and know-it-alls probe the Class Action Fairness Act.
July 14, 2006 5:22 PM Extra! Extra! Read All About It! CAFA spawns scholarly articles! Shocked?
July 2, 2006 11:15 AM Uncle Sam Wants You...to Have an Outstanding 4th of July but also to Comment on CAFA
June 16, 2006 7:51 AM We Want You! - For CAFA Law Blog's Guest Commentator's Series: Have something to say about the Class Action Fairness Act? Its your duty to send it our way.
May 20, 2006 12:07 PM Calling all law professors - both real ones and wannabes: law student has an interesting CAFA question.
May 18, 2006 6:41 PM "Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people just like me!" - That's right: what you have to say about CAFA is valuable, and the CAFA Law Blog would love to hear it in the form of a "Guest Post!"
May 17, 2006 12:55 PM Class act on class actions: American Law Institute takes on the Law of Aggregate Actions at 83rd Annual Meeting.
May 11, 2006 4:34 PM On notice: the OCC provides guidance to financial institutions about CAFA notice requirements in class action settlements.
February 3, 2006 2:34 PM COMING SOON -- CAFA Law Blog presents "The CAFA Revolution, Year 1 -- Confusion on the Battlefield." A 90 minute interactive audio/visual Live Webcast (via fast Internet connection). Program details and registration information to be announced.
January 23, 2006 6:04 PM Our New Year's Resolutions - What to expect from the CAFA Law Blog in 2006.
December 23, 2005 2:19 PM Season's Greetings to all from the CAFA Law Blog.
December 21, 2005 6:44 AM ATRA releases "Judicial Hellholes 2005," and indicates that the adoption of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 is a "bright spot".
October 19, 2005 7:29 AM Blog On: National Law Journal reports tech-savvy law firms are adapting to (and adopting) this new online forum.
September 19, 2005 2:33 PM Welcome to the CAFA Law Blog - A message from the Editors.
August 28, 2005 2:02 PM So - how did the senate vote on CAFA?
August 28, 2005 7:09 AM