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ABA Section of Litigation
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
 

Welcome to the Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee's website. The Committee consists of practitioners, corporate counsel and academicians interested in class actions and stockholder derivative suits. To the right-side of your screen is box entitled "Inside The Committee," which provides one-click access to the Message from the Chairs, which discusses recent and upcoming committee programs and other issues, numerous full-length articles and practice tips submitted by Committee members, and case notes (along with PDF copies) of the most recent and topical federal and state court class action and derivative suit decisions. Your participation in the Committee and this website is welcome. Email our web editors an article or case note for publication. Attend our renowned National Class Action Institute. For more information about the Committee, email any member of its leadership.

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Recent Updates
CADS Report Newsletter: Winter 2010

The Winter 2010 edition of the CADS Report newsletter is now available.


Is Email Notice Enough?

The class-action bar has debated the question of email notice for some time.


The Seventh Circuit Holds That Federal Courts Retain Jurisdiction under CAFA after Class Certification Is Denied

The Seventh Circuit (Posner, J.) became the second federal circuit to hold that jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) continues if class certification is denied, in Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet, Inc., No. 09-8042.


Ninth Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in Two Recent Decisions

In Rodriguez v. Hayes et al., No.08-56156, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of class certification, concluded that none of the alleged bars to class relief raised by the respondents prevented certification, and held that the class met the requirements of Rule 23.



 
Inside this Committee
 

Committee Leadership

Co-Chairs

Gregory Cook

Birmingham, AL


Lynda Grant

New York, NY


Web Editors

Jeff Gardner

Phoenix, AZ


Danny David

Houston, TX


Ethan Brown

Los Angeles, CA


Bill Doyle

San Diego, CA


Newsletter Editors

Kathryn Jann

Phoenix, AZ


Jocelyn D. Larkin

Berkeley, CA


Ben V. Seessel

Simsbury, CT


Roger K. Smith

Los Angeles, CA

 

 
 

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