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Removal? Snap to it!

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The forum defendant rule normally bars removing a state case to federal court when there is a forum defendant, even if the parties are otherwise diverse. A rarely-used method is the exception to this rule. Using a procedure...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Winning the Removal Race: District Courts Put Limits on 'Snap Removal'

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In two recent decisions — Brown v. Teva Pharmaceuticals and Doe v. Valley Forge Military Academy & College — courts in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania put limits on the use of so-called “snap removal,” a strategy...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

The Fourth Circuit, En Banc, Addresses Removal / Remand Litigation

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In Barlow v. Colgate Palmolive Co., 772 F.3d 1001 (4th Cir. 2014), an en banc decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit considered two cases where plaintiffs allegedly misrepresented their intent to...more

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