Class action ruling gives defense bar more good news 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 25, 2013
Tags: class action, federal jurisdiction, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s first ruling addressing the Class Action Fairness Act is the latest bit of good news from Washington for the class action defense bar.
Justices take up legal malpractice case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 16, 2013
Tags: federal jurisdiction, legal malpractice, patent, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to make a federal case out of a legal malpractice claim arising from a patent suit.
Can class plaintiffs stipulate damages to avoid federal court?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 8, 2013
Tags: class action fairness act, federal jurisdiction, stipulation, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Class Action Fairness Act allows plaintiffs to avoid removal to federal court by promising to seek less than the monetary damages threshold.
Court to consider legal malpractice jurisdiction issue
Published: October 10, 2012
Tags: federal jurisdiction, legal malpractice, patent, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state law legal malpractice claims against trial lawyers for their handling of patent cases fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts.
Supreme Court to take up class action jurisdiction case
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, federal jurisdiction, removal, stipulation, Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a stipulation by a class action plaintiff that damages will be limited to less than the $5 million threshold for federal jurisdiction is enough to defeat a motion to remove the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act.
CLASS ACTIONS
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: class action fairness act, class actions, federal jurisdiction, removal, stipulation, Supreme Court
Is a stipulation by a class action plaintiff that damages will be limited to less than the $5 million threshold for federal jurisdiction enough to defeat a defense attempt to remove the case under the Class Action Fairness Act?
Justices: Federal workers’ constitutional claims barred
Published: June 11, 2012
Tags: Civil Service Reform Act, Employment Law, federal jurisdiction, Merit Systems Protection Board, Supreme Court
The Merit Systems Protection Board provides the exclusive avenue of judicial review for federal employees’ adverse employment action challenges, even when those employees argue that a federal statute is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Published: June 11, 2012
Tags: Civil Service Reform Act, Employment Law, federal jurisdiction, Merit Systems Protection Board, Supreme Court
The Merit Systems Protection Board provides the exclusive avenue of judicial review for federal employees’ adverse employment action challenges, even when those employees argue that a federal statute is unconstitutional.
See “Justices: Federal workers’ constitutional claims barred”
U.S. Supreme Court. Elgin v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury,
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Can federal workers bring constitutional claims?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 27, 2012
Tags: Civil Service Reform Act, constitutional claims, Employment Law, federal jurisdiction, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Civil Service Reform Act precludes federal workers from bringing certain constitutional claims in federal court.
FEDERAL JURISDICTION
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: Employment Law, federal jurisdiction, Supreme Court
Does the Civil Service Reform Act preclude a federal worker from challenging the constitutionality of a federal statute in district court?
Elgin v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, No. 11-45. Certiorari granted: Oct. 17, 2011. Ruling below: 641 F.3d 6. (1st Cir. 2011).
