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Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
With calls for class action reform intensifying in 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act became law. The Act has had wide-ranging effects, and the influence of this landmark legislation on case law is still developing.
Program Materials
- » The Last Laugh: Plaintiffs’ Perspectives on CAFA |
2007 Section Annual Conference
Articles and Analysis
- » CAFA:
For Whom the (Removal) Burden Tolls |
Alan E. Rothman and Steven Glickstein
Products Liaibility Committee - » The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: An Analysis |
Scott Nelson
Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee - » Understanding the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 |
Professor William B. Rubenstein
Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee - » Summary of CAFA's Changes to Class Action Law |
Jocelyn Larkin
Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee - » Class Actions:
De Minimis Curat Lex? |
Gary L. Sasso
From Litigation, Summer 2005
Case Notes
- » Appellate Practice Litigation Committee
Summaries for the Seventh Circuit include updates on cases involving CAFA - » Class Action Fairness Act Resources
Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee
Online Resources
Books & CLE Products
This audio program brings together experts in class action practice from both sides of the bar to discuss these important changes and provide strategies for adjusting to them. Listen and you will: receive an overview of the Act; gain insight into its likely impact on structuring and defending class actions; and learn about potential unintended consequences of the Act.
The panelists in this audio program discuss the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and how the Act has affected the filing and removal of class actions, as well as how the early court rulings under CAFA are changing the landscape of class action practice.
Committee Newsletters
Download these articles on electronic discovery from our committees' newsletter. All articles are in PDF format ().
- » When Does A Class Action "Commence" Under CAFA?
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Summer 2006 - » The Class Action Fairness Act: The Dog Has Barked
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Winter 2005 - » A New Road to Resolution: The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Spring 2005 - » CAFA: Is the Remedy Worse than the Disease?
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Spring 2005 - » CAFA does not shift the burden of proof from a removing defendant to a remanding plaintiff
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Summer 2005 - » Seventh Circuit denies petition for leave to appeal district court’s order to remand Class action to state court
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Summer 2005 - » Tenth
Circuit holds that removal to federal court does not “commence” an action for the purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
Summer 2005 - » CAFA
2005: The New Release of a Long-Awaited Vintage, or The Same Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Mass Torts
Spring/Summer 2005 - » Class Action Fairness Act: The Year In Review
Products Liability
Winter 2006
