Class Action Fairness Act

CAFA Amount In Controversy Is Not Limited To Damages Incurred Prior To Removal And Includes Future Attorneys’ Fees Recoverable By Statute Or Contract

By Jessica C. Gregg & Jackson Lewis P.C. on September 20, 2018

Posted in California, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions, Uncategorized

In Fritsch v. Swift Transp. Co. of Ariz., LLC, No. 18-55746 (Aug. 18, 2018), the Ninth Circuit clarified, in a unanimous published decision, that, where a party may recover its attorney’s fees by statute or contract, the Court must include future fees as well as those already incurred in assessing whether a case meets…

Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report Summer 2018

By Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris, Eric R. Magnus & David R. Golder on August 13, 2018

Posted in California, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions, Discrimination, EEOC Class-Based Actions

Below is a link to the latest issue of the Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report. This report is published on a quarterly basis by our firm’s class action practice group in conjunction with Wolters Kluwer. We hope you will find this issue to be informative and insightful. Using our considerable experience in defending…

Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report Winter 2018 Now Available

By Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris on January 23, 2018

Posted in California, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions, Compliance Tip, Fair Labor Standards Act, Tip Credit

Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report Fall 2017 Now Available

By Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris & William J. Anthony on November 2, 2017

Posted in Case Law Update, Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions, Collective Actions

Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report Summer 2017 Now Available

By William J. Anthony & Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris on July 12, 2017

Posted in Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions, Fair Labor Standards Act, State Law Wage & Hour Claims

Timing Is Everything: District Court in New York Approves CAFA Removal Two Years After Case Filing

By Timothy J. Domanick on May 23, 2017

Posted in Class Action Fairness Act, Class Actions

In a somewhat unusual ruling, a New York federal court denied an unpaid intern’s attempt to remand a putative wage-hour class action against Oscar de la Renta to state court even though the case was removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) approximately two years after the case was filed.

CAFA…