As 2010 winds down, it’s time to review the key developments in class action law. It was an especially busy year for the federal courts, and in particular the U.S. Supreme Court, on issues impacting class action practice. Here, in chronological order, are 10 key developments from the year that was: January 5 – In In [...]
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2010 Class Action Year in Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Federal Court Decisions, Supreme Court Decisions, Uncategorized, tagged 23(b)(2), all writs act, baycol, CAFA, CAFA removal, civil rights class action, class action review, Class Action Trends, class arbitration, class arbitration waiver, discrimination class action, diversity jurisdiction, dukes, FAA, foreign cubed, morrison, nerve center, preemption, rigorous analysis, shady grove, stolt-nielsen, top ten lists, wal-mart, year in review on December 31, 2010 | 1 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 [...]

