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Class Action Was Improperly Removed To Federal Court Under CAFA

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Adams v. West Marine Prods., Inc., 958 F.3d 1216 (9th Cir. 2020) - Adrianne Adams filed a putative wage and hour class action in state court, which her former employer (West Marine) removed to federal court under the...more

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Don’t Count Your Chickens – Or State Citizens For CAFA Exceptions – Before They Hatch

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The Ninth Circuit vacated a remand order implicating the local and home-state controversy exceptions to CAFA jurisdiction in a putative class action by former California resident employees of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) for...more

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Court Denies Motion to Remand, Rejecting Application of Home State and Local Controversy Exceptions to CAFA

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The plaintiff filed a putative class action in Pennsylvania state court against two Pennsylvania defendants and one Virginia defendant, claiming that the defendants preyed on non-English speakers, illegally coercing them to...more

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