Our loyal readers were probably wondering why I did not provide a post last week. I apologize. I had hoped to be able to complete a post prior to departing for a conference on Thursday afternoon. Alas, the week got away from me. In consideration of our loyal readers...
In 2005 the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) was enacted, thereby creating an avenue for class actions arising in state courts to be drawn into federal courts. However, CAFA does not authorize federal jurisdiction over each and every class action case. The...
On February 7, 2013 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a scathing, but informative, decision affirming the dismissal of a putative class action. The case, Thomas v. UBS AG, sought to seek redress on a class wide basis for injuries sustained by the...
While many courts across the country were relatively quiet this week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appealsprovided a very valuable decision in helping to understand the mechanism of class actions. The basic issue that arose in Reliable Money Order, Inc. v. McKnight...
Occasionally when I sit down to write my weekly blog post, I am left mulling over several equally worthwhile topics to cover. Other times, there is absolutely no question what the post ought to be about. This week’s post arises in the latter category. This past week,...
This week the attorneys here at Pavlack Law are taking a brief respite from the series on damages to discuss the basics of how Class Action law works. Recently, we have been in contact with many of the persons who suffered losses as a result of the fire and defective...