This Article presents preliminary findings from the Federal Judicial Center’s (FJC) study of the impact of the Class Action Fairness… Continue reading →
Settlements dominate the landscape of class actions. The overwhelming majority of civil actions certified to proceed on a class-wide basis… Continue reading →
A number of the papers in this Symposium on the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA)… Continue reading →
Like the supporters of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), Issacharoff and Nagareda ground their proposal in the concept of… Continue reading →
The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) has taken on its real form through construction by federal judges. That form emerges… Continue reading →
Jurisdictional legislation, like the law of procedure with which it tends to be grouped, can become disembodied from the political… Continue reading →
The enactment of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) is a congressional pronouncement implying that the Erie Doctrine… Continue reading →
Procedural reforms alter litigation options directly, but they alter the litigation landscape in more ways than reformers anticipate. Three years… Continue reading →
The class action has come of age in America. With increasing regularity, class litigation plays a central role in discussions… Continue reading →
It is a daunting assignment to attempt to add something of merit to the work of Stephen Burbank and Edward… Continue reading →