Last month, the Eleventh Circuit rejected a plaintiff’s bid to keep her class action in state court even though CAFA’s local controversy exception would have required a remand. In Blevins v. Aksut, No. 16-11585, — F.3d —,...more
A class action filed last week in the Northern District of Georgia disputes the ability of a lender to charge post-payment interest for certain home mortgage loans when the lender has not provided a very specific disclosure...more
The Eleventh Circuit has reaffirmed the rule announced in Griffin v. Singletary, 17 F.3d 356 (11th Cir. 1994), that there can be no piggybacking of successive class actions for statute of limitations purposes regardless of...more
In a first-of-its-kind opinion that could open the class action flood gates, the Eleventh Circuit has held that state consumer fraud class actions may proceed in federal court even if the state consumer fraud statute...more
7/16/2015
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