Supreme Court Closes CAFA Loophole in Standard Fire v. Knowles
This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions tracing the limits of federal courts’ jurisdiction. In the first, the Court addressed the Article III requirements that public interest organizations must satisfy in...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed a case involving a plaintiff’s claim of negligence, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and a federal age discrimination...more
Presented with an argument that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, the Southern District of New York clarified the diversity, amount in controversy, and “place of sitting” requirements under Section 7 of the FAA –...more
Late last month, a federal district court in New York tackled procedural challenges to an arbitration confirmation proceeding. The arbitration arose from a dispute between an insurer and its reinsurer over the amount due to...more
The Fifth Circuit Bar Association’s summary reports: “Appellants were investors who suffered financial losses as a result of R. Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme. In their arbitration complaint, they sought $80 million in...more