Supreme Court Closes CAFA Loophole in Standard Fire v. Knowles
One of the mandates of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 was to provide greater visibility into settlements with the goal of generating more transparency on how these settlements affect class members, according to...more
Life insurers in California are all too familiar with claims based on alleged violations of senior notice statutes and financial elder abuse. ...more
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In February 2017, Representative Goodlatte introduced the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017. The Act, as with its 2015 predecessor, covers a lot of ground. It permits certification of damages classes only where...more