Article: LEGAL STUDY QUESTIONS RATIONALE FOR LIMITING CLASS ACTIONS.

Article: Class Actions and the Federal Courts
The Washington Post;  December 4, 2002 ;     454 words ... ... that would force all class actions into federal courts so their handpicked ... corporations that want all class actions heard in federal courts. Nor are federal ... The rules governing class actions in federal courts are not "more reasonable ...

Article: Move national class actions to federal ...
Business Insurance;  June 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the modern world of class actions, plaintiffs often ... the number of class actions grows dramatically ... nonsensical result. Federal courts have jurisdiction ... scale interstate class actions would certainly top ...

Article: Class Action Fairness Act Places Multistate Class ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  May 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... jurisdiction over multistate class actions-actions that are filed in ... that by forcing multistate class actions into the federal courts, the class action system ... federal jurisdiction over class actions and observers differ on what ...

Article: Courts grow wary of class actions filed only to ...
Business Insurance;  May 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 3rd Circuit leads skepticism Class actions formed to settle massive numbers ... one swipe, rules governing class actions and the integrity of the judicial ... dumb and blind to the rules of class actions and, fortunately, this appeals ...

Article: English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) affirms declaration that ...
International Law Update;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... advice (sic) the Underwriters thereof by cable within 72 hours." Investors in Coke stock later brought two similar class actions in the Georgia federal court making substantial claims against Coke and its named directors for inflating the value of its ...

Article: Federal Courts Dismiss Class Actions ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  February 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and assesses their implications for future consumer fraud class actions based on the contents of hotel chain websites. The Hotel ... Rationale Underlying The Courts' Dismissal Of The Guests' Class Actions The trial courts dismissed both Shaw and Bykov's claims ...

Article: Supporters hopeful about class-action reform: bill would move ...
Indianapolis Business Journal;  February 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... exactly why the federal courts were created ... added. Moving class actions from state ... Sending class actions to federal courts could prevent ... from state to federal courts. Proponents ... Duplicate class actions would stop ...