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Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles

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Sixth Circuit Adopts Bright Line Test for CAFA Removals

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Eyeglass case provides focus for employment class action removals - Congress enacted the Class Action Fairness Act, better known as “CAFA,” to address some of the well-documented abuses of class action litigation. Among...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Remand Order Based On Supreme Court’s Knowles Decision

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In what may become a more common trend in CAFA litigation based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, ––– U.S. ––––, 133 S.Ct. 1345 (2013), the Seventh Circuit reversed the district court’s...more

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Knowles Gives Employer Second Chance To Seek And Win Removal

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that neither a damages waiver nor the passage of more than 30 days after receipt of a complaint prevented an employer’s removal under CAFA. A putative class of California store...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Can You Keep Up? Emergence of CFPB and Significant Developments Transform Consumer Finance Landscape

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed significant financial system reform legislation, the Dodd-Frank Act, which created a new regulator of financial institutions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Mass Tort and Consumer Class Action Outlook: A Mixed Landscape for Defendants in 2014"

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have improved the landscape for defendants seeking to fend off mass tort and consumer class actions. In Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), the Supreme Court tightened...more

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Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Class Actions

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The Supreme Court continued to focus on class action litigation during this term, handing down a number of significant rulings relating to jurisdiction, class certification, and arbitration of putative class claims. The many...more

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Ninth Circuit Adopts New Standard For Establishing CAFA Jurisdiction Following Standard Fire

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Crow Doesn’t Taste Too Bad…. If You Season It Right. AT&T Mobility appears determined to make it onto the Christmas card list of every employer in the United States....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

It Just Got Easier To Remove Class Actions

In Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility Services LLC the Ninth Circuit cited recent United States Supreme Court precedent to make it more difficult for class action plaintiffs to pursue their claims in state court. Rodriquez has...more

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CAFA? Don’t mind if I do: Ninth Circuit Overturns Lowdermilk’s Legal Certainty Standard to Remove Class Actions Under CAFA

In a boon to defendants seeking to remove cases to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), the Ninth Circuit has overturned a rule requiring defendants to show to a “legal certainty” that the...more

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Make a Federal Case Out of It!

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The Ninth Circuit Eases the way into Federal Court for Class Action Defendants - On August 27, 2013, the Ninth Circuit lowered the burden of proof for class action defendants to remove their cases to federal court....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Falls In Line With Supreme Court Ruling on Class Action Removals

In Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, the Ninth Circuit continues a string of recent decisions cracking down on district courts’ tendency to remand class actions on the purported basis that the defendant failed to meet the...more

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More Relief For Business: U.S. Supreme Court Continues To Restrict Far-Reaching Claims

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In This Issue: - Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Take-Away from Comcast Corp v. Behrand - Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles - Take-Away from Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles Amgen Inc. v. -...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Business Cases in the US Supreme Court"

The U.S. Supreme Court recently closed its 2012 term with its usual headline-grabbing flurry of June decisions. Several of those decisions, as well as many more that received less publicity, will affect business interests. In...more

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After Standard Fire Uncertainty Continues About the Legal Certainty Standard for CAFA Removal in California District Courts

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Of all the recent landscape-shifting opinions the Supreme Court has issued in the class-action arena, perhaps none appear as straightforward as Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 133 S.Ct. 1345 (2013)....more

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Product Liability Update - April 2013

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In This Issue: - United States Supreme Court Holds Class Certification Improper Absent Showing Plaintiffs’ Damages Can Be Measured on a Classwide Basis through Use of a Common Methodology that Is Consistent with...more

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Burr Alert: A Look At The Supreme Court’s Recent Decision In Standard Fire v. Knowles And The Trend Of Recent Victories For Class...

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On March 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, ____ S. Ct. ____, 2013 WL 1104735. Writing for the unanimous Court, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that a...more

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