Third-party defendant can’t remove class action 
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, removal
A third-party defendant in a state foreclosure action cannot seek removal under the Class Action Fairness Act, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a remand order.
Added defendants can’t remove class action
Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: CAFA, class action fairness act, class actions, consumer protection
Defendants who were added to a state consumer class action brought as a counterclaim could not remove the case to federal court, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a remand order.
Wage and hour class action remanded to state court
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: class action, class action fairness act, diversity jurisdiction, wage and hour litigation
An employer could not rely on extrinsic evidence to show that an employee’s overtime lawsuit did not fall within the “local controversy” exception to federal jurisdiction over class actions, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a remand order.
Verizon can remove class action from state court
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 19, 2010
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, consumer protection, jurisdiction
A telephone company produced sufficient evidence of likely damages in a class action against it to satisfy the jurisdictional requirements for removal of the case from state court, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
DirecTV customers can sue as class
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 19, 2010
Tags: class action, class action fairness act, jurisdiction
Satellite television customers could proceed as a class in a lawsuit challenging early cancellation fees – even though no individual plaintiff could meet the jurisdictional amount-in-controversy requirement, the 11th Circuit has ruled.
Jurisdiction doesn’t exist for consumer class action
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: CAFA, class action, class action fairness act, DirecTV, diversity jurisdiction
A consumer class action filed in federal court failed to satisfy the individual amount-in-controversy threshold for diversity jurisdiction, the 11th Circuit has ruled in ordering a dismissal.
Drug plaintiffs can divide ‘mass action’
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 24, 2010
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, product liability
Hundreds of plaintiffs bringing virtually identical product liability claims against a drug maker could divide their lawsuits in order to avoid federal jurisdiction under the “mass action” provision of the class action reform statute, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming remand orders.
Class settlement not subject to heightened scrutiny
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 18, 2010
Tags: class action, class action fairness act, consumer protection, “coupon” settlement
The recent amendments to federal class action law do not mandate heightened judicial scrutiny of a “coupon” settlement in a consumer fraud lawsuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled.
Court retains jurisdiction under Class Action Act
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 28, 2010
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, wage and hour laws
A denial of class certification did not divest a federal court of jurisdiction over a wage lawsuit removed from state court, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a remand order.
Class action may belong in federal court
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: class action fairness act, home state exception
A putative class action may not fall under the Class Action Fairness Act’s home state exception, and therefore may belong in federal court, the 7th Circuit has ruled.
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