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Archive for April 9th, 2008

One misconception that many lawyers have (and admittedly I was one of them until recently) is that the Official Notice requirement imposed under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), codified at 28 U.S.C. 1715, applies only to cases removed under the CAFA’s jurisdictional provisions, codified as part of 28 U.S.C. 1332.  However, the notification requirements of section [...]

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A story at Forbes.com provides a nice analysis of the possibility that the well-publicized Deutsch Telekom trial could open the door to more class action litigation in Europe.   http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/04/08/deutsche-telecom-claim-markets-equity-cx_jm_0304markets20.html.  The trial, which began on Monday, involves claims of shareholder fraud brought on behalf of approximately 16000 shareholders.  As the Forbes article points out, the case became possible due to a recent change [...]

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