This guest post was written by Sean P. Costello. Mr. Costello is an associate resident in the Atlanta office of Jones Day. This post is entirely his work. It, of course, represents only his views, and not the views of his clients or firm:
Last September, the Federal Judicial Center issued its “Second
Judge Tjoflat did it up in a big way a couple of weeks ago in Lowery v. Alabama Power Company, Nos. 06-16324 & 06-16325, slip op. (11th Cir. Apr. 11, 2007). We’re not sure if we’re providing a link to the case itself or to the “opinions” page of the Eleventh Circuit website; if we’ve
We were excited two years ago when we read the legislative history of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”). The Senate Judiciary Committee clearly intended CAFA to reverse the traditional burden of proof on remand motions. Before CAFA, the party seeking to invoke federal jurisdiction — the defendant who removed the case —
We read at the Mass Tort Litigation Blog about Professor Samuel Issacharoff’s forthcoming article on choice of law in class actions that will appear in the Columbia Law Review. Professor Issacharoff apparently argues that the enactment of the Class Action Fairness Act lends strength to the position that courts should apply a defendant-corporation’s home state
In an order entered on Thursday, December 7, in the Zyprexa litigation, Judge Weinstein requested further briefing on a motion to remand. Along the way, he noted his frustration with the fact that the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 allows removal only of certain class actions and mass actions, but not of all state