I will be speaking in an upcoming live phone/web seminar on CAFA removal issues sponsored by Strafford Publications. Here is some information about the program: CAFA Removal and Remand: Latest Developments Tuesday, March 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT Program Description: Jurisdictional ambiguities in the CAFA statute continue to challenge litigators. One example is the Eleventh Circuit’s Cappuccitti [...]
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Don’t Miss the CAFA Removal and Remand Developments Seminar, March 29, 2011
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, tagged 28 U.S.C. 1332, 28 U.S.C. 1441, amount in controversy, CAFA, CAFA removal, cappuccitti, Class Action Fairness Act, CLE program, diversity jurisdiction, eleventh circuit, removal, strafford publications on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Supreme Court Embraces Nerve Center Test
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Federal Civil Procedure, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged 28 U.S.C. 1332, CAFA, Class Action Fairness Act, class action removal, diversity jurisdiction, nerve center, principal place of business, removal on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On February 23, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Hertz Corp. v. Friend, No. 08-1107, in which it adopted the “nerve center” test as the proper approach for determining a corporation’s principal place of business for diversity jurisdiction. The Court stated that it was adopting a single test among the numerous approaches previously employed by the [...]

