Jurisdiction, Putative Class Actions, Appeals

Opening Door to Universal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases, En Banc Ninth Circuit Finds Specific Personal Jurisdiction Over Shopify

Vedder Price on 5/1/2025

On April 21, 2025, a Ninth Circuit en banc panel revived (by a 10-1 decision) a putative class action against Shopify, Inc. alleging violations of privacy and data rights via use of cookies. In reversing both the district...more

Some Class Action Fairness Act Remand Decisions Are Appealable as of Right

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider on 4/4/2022

Federal district court orders remanding cases to state court are generally not appealable, as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d). One exception to this is that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) allows a court of appeals, in...more

Eleventh Circuit clarifies procedural and appellate jurisdictional issues pertaining to CAFA’s local controversy exception

Kilpatrick on 4/1/2022

Takeaway: The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) provides class action defendants with the means to secure federal jurisdiction over putative class actions filed in state court, as well as a mechanism to appeal decisions by...more

Jurisdiction › Putative Class Actions › Appeals

Opening Door to Universal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases, En Banc Ninth Circuit Finds Specific Personal Jurisdiction Over Shopify

Some Class Action Fairness Act Remand Decisions Are Appealable as of Right

Eleventh Circuit clarifies procedural and appellate jurisdictional issues pertaining to CAFA’s local controversy exception

Class Actions Quarterly Update: Labor and Employment - September 2021

The Seventh Circuit Provides District Courts Ammunition To Deal With “Objector Blackmail” In Proposed Class Settlements

California Court of Appeal Enforces Delaware Forum Selection Bylaw

Patronage capital update

Tenth Circuit Finds Plaintiffs’ Settle And Dismiss Strategy Unappealing

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