Class-action suits have long been a way for common consumers to use their strength in numbers to address grievances and apply accountability against companies but have recently hit high walls since the business-friendly Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was passed (See "Class-Action Law Gums Up Courts").
The first major piece of legislation, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act enacted in 1995, specifically targeted securities cases while the Class Action Fairness Act, passed some years later, placed broader obstacles before potential plaintiffs.
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The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 expanded federal jurisdiction over class-action lawsuits primarily to reduce so-called "forum shopping, " where plaintiffs would look for the locale friendliest to class-action cases and then file in courts there.
Another case challenges a creative work-around lawyers dreamed up after Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act in 2005.
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In its 20-page appeals petition, the big investor group argues that Judge Pauley made a mistake in ruling that the Class Action Fairness Act gives his federal court jurisdiction over the settlement proceeding.
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He voted for the Class Action Fairness Act only after it was clear it would pass, for example, and did so after voting for several Democrat-proposed amendments that would have gutted the bill.
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that plaintiffs could not circumvent the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) by capping the value of their claims in an attempt to keep their cases in state courts.
Business has less riding on this case than it did before 2005, when Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act making it much easier to pull class actions out of state court into the federal system.
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He also co-sponsored a bill designed to cut down on malpractice litigation in 2005, and voted for the Class Action Fairness Act, a law that made it harder for trial lawyers to file some of their most lucrative cases.
The Class Action Fairness Act was intended to prevent what business interests have described as the gaming of the legal system by plaintiffs' lawyers to drag out lawsuits and make fighting them so expensive that companies would rather settle than continue in court.
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That case tests whether businesses can short-circuit a consumer class action by invoking the federal Arbitration Act, which encourages arbitration instead of litigation.
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