Lonny Hoffman, The Commencement Problem: Lessons From a Statute’s First Year, 40 U. C. Davis L. Rev. 469 (2006) [full text available either at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881779or http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/articles/Vol40/vol40_no2.html].
In a guest post available here, Professor Lonny Hoffman of the University of Houston Law Center, takes a critical look at how courts have
The Editors of the CAFA Law Blog are honored to bring you a Guest Post from Professor Lonny Hoffman, the George Butler Research Professor of Law, of the University of Houston Law Center. Professor Hoffman has some very interesting (and we think correct) thoughts about the theory behind the courts’ decisions on CAFA’s commencement cases, as well as how that theory may raise its ugly head in future cases. Now, class, we turn the podium over to Professor Hoffman….
Continue Reading Guest Commentary on the Theory Behind the Courts’ Decisions on “Commencement” Cases under the Class Action Fairness Act.
Lauren D. Fredricks, Removal, Remand, And Other Procedural Issues Under The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 39 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 995 (2006).
Ms. Lauren Fredricks, a 3L on the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, provides a nice addition to the Law Review’s symposium on CAFA with her review of CAFA’s procedural
Helen Norton, Reshaping Federal Jurisdiction: Congress’s Latest Challenge To Judicial Review, 41 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1003 (2006).
Although the confirmation process of a federal judicial nominee attracts more attention than most of Congress’s other checks on the federal judiciary, the legislative body utilizes a number of more subtle tools to influence the federal
It seems like more and more Law Journals and Law Reviews are looking at CAFA. We would like to think that this is the case, but NYLJ probably cited this one because of its local impact. The NYLJ posts Decisions of Interest on its subscription site and this time it is the recent case of DiTolla v.
Bob Yates, Class Action Fairness Act, more than a year later, Chicago Lawyer, December 2006, at 54 .
“The trends are visible,” Rollo said, “but we’re still only in the first or second inning of a nine-inning game.” What could our fearless Editor-in-Chief be referring to? A Nor’easter blowing up the East Coast?…A Category
H. Hunter Twiford, III, Anthony Rollo & John T. Rouse, CAFA’s New "Minimal Diversity" Standard For Interstate Class Actions Creates A Presumption That Jurisdiction Exists, With The Burden of Proof Assigned To The Party Opposing Jurisdiction, 25 Miss. C. L. Rev. 7 (2005).
Over the sound of chestnuts roasting over an open fire, you
Philip Stephen Fuoco & Joseph A. Osefchen, Leveling The Playing Field In The Garden State: A Guide To New Jersey Class Action Case Law, 37 Rutgers L. J. 399 (2006).
Hey – you’re not dealing with a couple of jamooks here. This couple of good fellas from the neighborhood give their fellow class action
Stephen B. Burbank, Aggregation On The Couch: The Strategic Uses Of Ambiguity And Hypocrisy, 106 Colum. L. Rev. 1924 (2006).
Academic banter – tantalizing, we know. But at least its practical. In this article from the Columbia Law Review’s recent symposium on litigation reform, Professor Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania responds to
Brent M. Rosenthal, Misty A. Farris & Amanda R. Tyler, Toxic Torts And Mass Torts, 59 S.M.U. L. Rev. 1579 (Summer 2006).
This article, out of SMU’s Annual Survey of Texas Law, addresses recent decisions from Texas state courts, developments out of the Texas legislature, and any developments in federal legislation that will affect