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The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2016

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/28/2016

This is the 11th edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings issued...more

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/19/2015

This is the ninth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

The Class Action Chronicle - Summer 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/17/2015

In This Issue: - The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 - Class Certification Decisions: ..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims ..Decisions Denying Motions to...more

Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Class Actions

King & Spalding on 10/4/2013

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

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

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 9/4/2013

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

The CAFA Year In (Appellate) Review: A Look Back At The Class Action Fairness Act In The Circuit Courts Of Appeals In 2012-2013

Carlton Fields on 7/1/2013

On January 1, 2012, we published “The CAFA Year in (Appellate) Review: A Look Back at the Class Action Fairness Act in the Circuit Courts of Appeals in 2011.”...more

Product Liability Update - April 2013

Foley Hoag LLP on 4/23/2013

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

Supreme Court Rejects Class Plaintiff’s Attempt To Avoid Federal Court By Stipulation Damages Will Be Less Than $5,000,000

Cozen O'Connor on 4/11/2013

In Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a class-action plaintiff may not avoid the effect of the federal Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) by “stipulating” he will not seek damages in excess of...more

Class Action Plaintiffs Can't Avoid Federal Court By Stipulating To Damage Limits

Polsinelli on 4/4/2013

A unanimous Supreme Court has made clear that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) cannot be undermined by a plaintiff's attempt to seek damages of less than the jurisdictional amount. The Court resolved a Circuit split and...more

High Court Agrees Class Rep’s Stipulation Doesn’t Bar Federal Jurisdiction

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/1/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, resolved the debate between the plaintiffs’ bar and defense bar regarding whether a class representative’s stipulation that damages would not exceed $5...more

Supreme Court Eliminates Jurisdictional Escape Hatch To The Class Action Fairness Act

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 3/27/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles confirms that a plaintiff cannot avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) by stipulating that the class will seek less...more

U.S. Supreme Court Opens the Door Wider for Defendants to Remove Class Actions to Federal Court in Standard Fire Insurance v....

BakerHostetler on 3/27/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly signaled an end to a form of statutory manipulation in the class action arena Tuesday. A unanimous court held that named plaintiffs in class actions may not defeat federal removal...more

CAFA Jurisdiction Cannot Be Evaded by Limiting Amount in Controversy

Morgan Lewis on 3/26/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court holds in a 9–0 decision that class action plaintiffs cannot promise to limit damages in an effort to remain below the Class Action Fairness Act's $5 million federal jurisdictional threshold....more

Classy Move: The Supreme Court Rebuffs Class Action Forum Manipulation

K&L Gates LLP on 3/26/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its first decision reviewing the scope of removal jurisdiction under the federal Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). In Knowles v. Standard Fire Insurance Co., No. 11-1450 (U.S.), the...more

Supreme Court Rejects Class Action Plaintiff’s Effort to Avoid Federal Jurisdiction Under CAFA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/22/2013

In a unanimous decision issued on March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the named plaintiff in a proposed class action lawsuit cannot defeat federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA or the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Manipulate Federal Jurisdictional Threshold Under Class Action Fairness Act

Perkins Coie on 3/22/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 568 U.S. __, No. 11-1450, 2013 WL 1104735 (Mar. 19, 2013), that plaintiffs attempting to bring a class action lawsuit cannot escape federal...more

Supreme Court Limits Class Action Plaintiffs' Ability to Manipulate Jurisdiction

Bracewell LLP on 3/22/2013

On March 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles barring class action plaintiffs from using stipulations that limit the amount in controversy to avoid...more

Supreme Court Closes CAFA Loophole

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 3/21/2013

A unanimous decision by the United States Supreme Court has restored the integrity of the Class Action Fairness Act, or CAFA. At issue in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles was the transparent attempt by a named plaintiff...more

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Ability of Class Action Plaintiffs to Circumvent the Protections of the Class Action Fairness Act

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/21/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has considered a number of important issues affecting class action litigation over the last few terms, and it handed another victory to class action defendants yesterday. In Standard Fire Insurance...more

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The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2016

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

The Class Action Chronicle - Summer 2015

Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Class Actions

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

The CAFA Year In (Appellate) Review: A Look Back At The Class Action Fairness Act In The Circuit Courts Of Appeals In 2012-2013

Product Liability Update - April 2013

Supreme Court Rejects Class Plaintiff’s Attempt To Avoid Federal Court By Stipulation Damages Will Be Less Than $5,000,000

Class Action Plaintiffs Can't Avoid Federal Court By Stipulating To Damage Limits

High Court Agrees Class Rep’s Stipulation Doesn’t Bar Federal Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Eliminates Jurisdictional Escape Hatch To The Class Action Fairness Act

U.S. Supreme Court Opens the Door Wider for Defendants to Remove Class Actions to Federal Court in Standard Fire Insurance v....

CAFA Jurisdiction Cannot Be Evaded by Limiting Amount in Controversy

Classy Move: The Supreme Court Rebuffs Class Action Forum Manipulation

Supreme Court Rejects Class Action Plaintiff’s Effort to Avoid Federal Jurisdiction Under CAFA

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Manipulate Federal Jurisdictional Threshold Under Class Action Fairness Act

Supreme Court Limits Class Action Plaintiffs' Ability to Manipulate Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Closes CAFA Loophole

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Ability of Class Action Plaintiffs to Circumvent the Protections of the Class Action Fairness Act

Did You Know…U.S. Supreme Court Ends Plaintiff’s CAFA Jurisdictional Gamesmanship

Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Bad 9th Circuit Precedent on CAFA

Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds That Damages Stipulation Cannot Bind Class and Defeat Federal Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Makes Clear That CAFA Removal Is Not Defeated by Plaintiffs' Amount-in-Controversy Stipulations

Supreme Court Rejects Efforts to Avoid CAFA Jurisdiction

CAFA Unchained - Court Bolsters CAFA's Coverage in Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles

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